Asset managers accelerate semi-transparent ETF fund launches
Nuveen and Putnam Investments have both launched their first actively managed, semi-transparent ETFs using the proxy model.
Tag: Active ETFs
Adapting to ETF innovation
With assets under management in ETFs nearing $9 trillion, innovation has taken off with products focusing on everything from ESG to Bitcoin. A growing number of asset managers are also converting mutual funds into actively managed ETFs, and interest in non-transparent ETFs is beginning to rise following their introduction last year. How are service providers catering for this innovation and what are the pressing needs from providers to support these products?
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Fireside Friday with … State Street’s Frank Koudelka
State Street reached its latest milestone of providing services to over $5 trillion of global ETF assets. Frank Koudelka, State Street’s ETF product specialist, details the recent changes the bank has made to its ETF servicing model.
Custodians face requests to move closer to the front-office for ETF innovation support
In day two of Global Custodian’s Leaders in Custody Week, industry experts explained how ETF servicers are filling an important role to facilitate innovation.
JP Morgan surpasses $1 trillion in ETF AuA as it looks to capture demand for new fund structures
At the core of JP Morgan’s ETF servicing strategy has been a multi-year programme to enhance its technology and provide near real-time data.
State Street appointed securities services provider for AllianceBernstein’s Australian dual access ETF
Over the past year, State Street has established itself as the provider of choice for the active ETF market.
Northern Trust revamps ETF servicing platform to meet demand for new structures from Europe
The redesign of its ETF servicing platform will enable it to support future demand for active and semi-transparent ETFs from European asset managers.
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Fireside Friday with …. BBH’s Shawn McNinch and Ryan Sullivan
The ETF market is experiencing significant change with the migration of mutual funds to actively managed ETFs, as well as innovation in new product types. Shawn McNinch, global head of ETF product and sales, and Ryan Sullivan, head of US ETF services at BBH, explain how custodians and fund administrators are adapting.
BBH supports landmark conversion of the first mutual fund to ETF
The move represents a major milestone as the active ETF industry looks to compete against a struggling mutual fund market.
Active ETFs gather momentum as asset managers eye mutual fund conversion
Brown Brothers Harriman is working with Guinness Atkinson Asset Management for the first conversion of two mutual funds to become active ETFs.