ETF Prime

ETF.com’s Dave Nadig goes in-depth on Defined Outcome ETFs, one of 2019’s biggest ETF success stories.  m+ funds’ Steve Houston explains their lineup of defined outcome unit investment trusts and the future of structured products.  Matt Raynor highlights Principal’s approach to the ETF market, including multifactor and actively managed offerings.

ETF.com’s Drew Voros highlights 2019 ETF flows, led by bond ETFs.  Vanguard’s Rich Powers discusses the year’s top two bond ETFs in inflows, the Vanguard Total International Bond ETF (BNDX) and the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND).  CFRA’s Todd Rosenbluth recaps the biggest ETF stories of 2019, including bond ETFs, and looks ahead to ETFs in 2020.

Blue Tractor Group’s Simon Goulet explains the rationale behind “non-transparent” ETFs and highlights Blue Tractor’s unique Shielded Alpha approach.  ETF.com’s Dave Nadig offers his take on Charles Schwab’s purchase of TD Ameritrade and combs through recent ETF filings.  EMQQ’s Kevin Carter discusses the Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF.

Nate Geraci and ETF.com’s Lara Crigger debate the merits of ESG investing.  Lara also highlights recent flows into ESG ETFs and explains green bonds.  YCharts CEO Sean Brown discusses the importance of ETF due diligence and tools available to help.

JP Morgan’s 2019 ETF Symposium recently took place in New York City.  Nate Geraci and ETF.com’s Dave Nadig sit down with JP Morgan’s Jillian DelSignore, Ben Mandel, Steve Kaplan, and Yasmin Dahya-Bilger to cover everything from their ETF business to long-term capital market assumptions to the use of artificial intelligence in investing.

ETF.com’s Dave Nadig highlights the record flows into bond ETFs and discusses some of the biggest challenges in fixed income investing. Northern Trust’s Brad Camden talks high yield bonds, including the FlexShares High Yield Value Scored Bond Index Fund (HYGV).  Innovation Shares’ Matt Markiewicz goes in-depth on cannabis stocks and The Cannabis ETF (THCX).

VanEck’s Gabor Gurbacs and Bitwise’s Matt Hougan go in-depth on the SEC’s concerns with a bitcoin ETF and offer perspective on the current bitcoin market.  ETF.com’s Dave Nadig discusses Tesla’s earnings and ETFs, ETF issuers selling performance, and the potential for fractional shares at Charles Schwab.

ETF.com’s Drew Voros highlights several recent ETF launches and discusses the path to success for smaller ETF issuers.  ETF industry veteran Bob Tull offers perspective on the year's biggest ETF stories and looks ahead to the future of ETFs.  Roundhill Investments’ Will Hershey explains the investment case for Esports and video games.

ETF.com’s Sumit Roy highlights this year’s best and worst performing ETFs.  State Street’s Matt Bartolini discusses the investment case for mid-cap stocks and offers perspective on the recent broker wars.  BlueStar Indexes’ Steven Schoenfeld explains potential shortcomings of traditional emerging market indexes.

ETF.com’s Dave Nadig discusses the recent moves by major brokerages to offer commission-free trading, including the impact to investors and ETF issuers.  GraniteShares’ Will Rhind spotlights the new GraniteShares XOUT U.S. Large Cap ETF (XOUT), along with the GraniteShares Gold Trust (BAR).  Nottingham’s Kip Meadows offers a behind-the-scenes look at cannabis ETFs and fields rapid-fire ETF questions.