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Pensions, endowments and other institutional asset owners are finding new uses for exchange-traded funds.
Yields on short-duration bond funds are outperforming money markets. Investors are taking note.
The trend differs from the famous fund managers of the mutual fund business, but there is a niche being built by research analysts with recognizable names.
Roundhill and GraniteShares indicated that they could soon launch funds making election bets.
Advisors still aren’t the big crypto fans, viewing the asset class as too speculative and volatile to fit into a traditional financial plan.
Gabe Plotkin, whose firm Melvin Capital was hit hard during the GameStop short squeeze, is reportedly seeding the fund via a 351 exchange.
Products that replicate structured note payoffs in the ETF wrapper are growing in popularity and have even launched in Europe.
Worldwide, active ETFs delivered their highest quarter ever at the start of 2026, and the US and Asia-Pacific region added hundreds of funds.
Expense ratios aren’t listed in the new filings, but the newcomers have significant backing and reach to support the launches.
Just weeks after its launch in early April, Roundhill’s Memory ETF has nearly $1.5 billion. At least two competitors are prepping funds.
Recent news of medical marijuana being reclassified and research into psychedelics being prioritized boosted some thematic funds, at least initially.
With much interest in space technology, companies like Global X, WisdomTree and First Trust have new or forthcoming products focused on it.
Active ETFs continue to gain traction.
The new hire highlights RayJay’s growing aspirations in a quickly evolving ETF landscape.
The company’s third autocallable ETF has a “memory” feature for notes that don’t pay out in years with down markets.
The firm is getting some additions to its lineup, which currently consists almost entirely of leveraged and inverse funds.
Demand for power, long before the Iran war, has boosted funds focused on energy.
The company’s forthcoming ETF differs from other bitcoin funds because it also focuses on income.
The forthcoming fund focuses specifically on the autonomous taxi services theme.
A comparison of a well-diversified portfolio versus the basic 60/40 strategy shows that plain vanilla won most of the time over 20 years, according to Morningstar.