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- Launches
WisdomTree brought two actively managed long/short equity ETFs to market
WSLS is a U.S. small-cap strategy, WTAL is global, and the S&P 500 was up 14.1% year to date through Oct. 15, ETF Trends reported.
- Issuers
Average equity UCITS ETF charges fall 49% since 2013, ETF Express reports
Vanguard cut its FTSE All-World UCITS ETF fee to 0.14%; HANetf’s Hector McNeil says the wrapper doesn’t tell you whether a strategy should cost 3 or 80 basis points.
- The Tape
Cybersecurity ETFs drew €101.3m and lost 10.06% in the week to 16 October
Trackinsight data published by ETF Express show equity ETFs took €5.23bn over the five days while Financials lost €628.5m.
- Passive & Indexing
MSCI opens consultation on dropping Indonesia from emerging markets
Indonesia's main stock gauge fell 16% over two sessions after the proposal; the country was less than 0.5% of EEM's weight as of Oct. 16.
- Passive & Indexing
Invesco 0-5 Year US TIPS ETF charges 0.07% fee and has 2.32-year duration
The ETF holds 25 AA-rated securities, yields 4.05% and has $244.8 million in assets, according to an ETF Trends article on an Invesco-sponsored hub.
- The Tape
Nasdaq disseminates three AI Select index lines; THNQ and CHAT stand 10.7 points apart
The three Nasdaq lines differ only by return treatment; THNQ charges 68 basis points to CHAT’s 75.
- The Tape
Vanguard's VOO flips from $19.36 billion July inflow to $13.3 billion September outflow
Ultumus data show iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) took the opposite side in July, while all 20 largest ETF issuers still posted net inflows in September.
- The Tape
Global ETF flows passed $1 trillion for the year as VOO and IVV diverged
Ultumus's July report, published Aug. 4, put VOO at $19.36 billion of net inflows for the month and IVV at a $17.8 billion outflow.
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- The Tape
All 20 largest ETF issuers posted net inflows in September; VOO lost $13.3bn
Ultumus put global ETF assets at $21.35tn, down 0.9% like-for-like as market moves outweighed $150bn of net inflows.
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- Launches
Nasdaq to list Hartford High Yield ETF (HINC) on Oct. 19
Citadel Securities is named designated liquidity provider, and daily valuations begin the same day, per exchange notice ETP2026-168.
- Active
THNQ returned 4.5% over three months; CHAT fell 6.2%
THNQ charges 68 basis points to CHAT's 75, and its average weighted market capitalization is less than half CHAT's, according to the comparison.
- Launches
Defiance CEO Matthew Bielski ties autism ETF launch to son's treatment search
ASD launched in June 2026, tracks a 40-stock VettaFi index, charges 0.79% and held about $1.35 million.
- The Tape
State Street launches four S&P 500 sector SPDR ETFs with uncapped weights and 0.12% fee
Each fund holds its Select Sector SPDR counterpart as a base and buys top index names directly to reach the sector's full S&P 500 weight.
- Passive & Indexing
Nasdaq to disseminate three AI Select indexes from Oct. 16
The Australian-dollar lines carry tickers NQINTLX, NQINTLXT and NQINTLXN and differ only by return treatment.
- Active
Morningstar: active European bond funds outdrew passive in Q2 2026
Active bond funds took EUR47.5 billion against EUR36.5 billion for passive counterparts, even as passive strategies captured 75 per cent of European fund inflows.
- Issuers
Trackinsight survey finds ETFs a core allocation for most professional respondents
Portfolio fit led selection factors at 61%, ahead of strategy design at 50% and cost at 45.1%.
- Active
Active ETFs make up over 80% of this year's new fund launches, ETF Trends says
The figure comes from a piece built around T. Rowe Price's TCAF, a 31-basis-point fund that marked three years as an ETF in June.
- The Tape
September ETF flows favor Treasuries as credit demand slips
iShares data put investment-grade credit inflows at $1.9 billion and high-yield flows negative for the first time since March.
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- The Tape
HANetf report: global ETF assets top USD24tn, European ETPs hit record USD3.9tn
European ETFs drew USD147.79 billion of net inflows in Q3, and HANetf says crypto ETP assets posted the strongest relative growth, up 55.68 per cent.
- Launches
GraniteShares launches 4x leveraged oil, gold and silver ETPs in London
The three products are GraniteShares' first leveraged ETPs dedicated to commodities and the first in its range with a 4x daily leverage factor.
- Launches
Global X launches Article 8 gold miners UCITS ETF with 0.55% fee
The fund tracks the MerQube Responsible Gold Miners Index and will list on the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse Xetra, with Borsa Italiana and SIX Swiss Exchange expected shortly.
- Launches
Pictet to list fifth AI-enhanced ETF, an emerging-market fund with 0.30% fee
The Pictet AI Enhanced Emerging Equity UCITS ETF lists on Xetra, Borsa Italiana and SIX on 14 October, with London the following day.
- Issuers
BlackRock posts $205 billion in Q3 net inflows, two-thirds from iShares
Assets under management rose 15% to a record $15.49 trillion.
- The Tape
21shares launches synthetic Anthropic ETP using swaps on perpetual-futures index
The 21shares x FalconX Limited SPV sources swaps on a Kaiko rate derived from Binance's Anthropic perpetual futures, with FalconX Limited as counterparty.
- Active
Franklin Templeton announces Putnam's first European active ETF, starting on Xetra
The fund will hold 30 to 45 US stocks and list on the London Stock Exchange and Borsa Italiana a day after Xetra.
- Active
European active ETFs gather EUR28.9bn in first nine months of 2026, beating 2025
Assets reached EUR117.1 billion at the end of September, but active funds still hold only 3.4 percent of European ETF assets.
- Active
Franklin Templeton announces Putnam's first European active ETF on Xetra
The fund will hold 30 to 45 US stocks and will list on the LSE and Borsa Italiana a day after Xetra.
- The Tape
European ETF inflows hit USD41.7bn in September, a sixth month above USD40bn
Bond funds took USD9.7 billion of the total while core US equity ETFs drew just USD1.7 billion, per Invesco's snapshot.
- Launches
Amundi launches three UCITS ETFs spanning space, critical metals and grids
The funds list on Xetra and Euronext Paris on Oct. 20, following summer launches covering memory chips and data centers.
- Launches
21shares launches synthetic Anthropic ETP using swaps on a perpetual-futures index
The 21shares x FalconX Limited SPV sources swaps on a Kaiko reference rate derived from Binance's Anthropic perpetual futures.
- Launches
Stratiphy begins offering WisdomTree model portfolios in its UK retail app
The 13 October launch starts with risk-aligned models and a quant-driven commodity model, alongside direct access to WisdomTree commodity and thematic ETPs.
- The Tape
iShares data show $269.1bn September ETP inflows as Treasury flows jump
Investment-grade credit flows fell to $1.9 billion and high-yield turned negative for the first time since March.
- The Tape
European ETFs draw EUR127.4bn in Q3, Amundi flags record year in reach
Equity funds provided EUR99.3 billion of the quarter’s net new assets, and gold ETCs and ETPs took more than EUR10 billion, Amundi’s review says.
- Passive & Indexing
ETF Express column argues index rules, not managers, choose BOTZ holdings
The column says BOTZ holds only Nvidia among the dominant US tech names and adds Fanuc, Keyence and ABB.
- Regulation
SEC clears listing rule for six 3x Volatility Shares products
The products are structured as 1933 Act commodity ETPs, not 1940 Act funds, keeping them outside Rule 18f-4's 2x leverage cap.
- The Tape
NEOS QQQI crosses $15 billion ahead of Goldman move
The options-income ETF took in $7 billion of 2026 inflows and is expected to join Goldman Sachs Asset Management in early 2027, pending the acquisition.
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- Launches
State Street launches four full-weight sector SPDR ETFs at 0.12% annual fee
The funds hold their Select Sector counterparts as a base and buy the largest names directly to match uncapped S&P 500 sector weights.
- Regulation
SEC's Daly says novel ETF review proposal is reasonably close
Brian Daly told ETF Prime that about 85 letters and inbound conversations followed the request for comment on prediction market and crypto ETFs.
- Launches
Nasdaq to list Global X Asia Semiconductor, REX Peptide and MANGOS ETFs Oct. 14
Old Mission Capital and IMC-Chicago are named liquidity providers.
- Launches
Nasdaq to begin listing F/m long-term TIPS ETF on Oct. 14
Exchange notice ETP2026-166 names Jane Street Capital as designated liquidity provider.