What do Coinshares, Wisdomtree, Invesco, UBS, SSGA all have in common? They all recently cut fees in order to remain competitive. Not so long ago, pundits were claiming the ETF price war was over. Well, we guess not.
Obviously this is music to the ears of investors, but must feel like a kick in the nuts for the managers.
There’s never a dull moment in the world of crypto and this story has been 10 years in the making since the first filing of a Bitcoin ETF. There was a court case, a hacked social media account, a frenzy of anticipation, but finally it came with news coming through last week that the SEC had approved all 11 Bitcoin ETF applications. But, what happens next?
2023 is coming to an end and the ETF juggernaut ploughs on continuing to gobble up all before it, included all of the flows. And it’s happened all over the world.
SEC approval of a Bitcoin is likely to have a positive impact for sure, but is it really going to cause the underlying price to skyrocket? For those who forget, Bitcoin ETFs already exist in a number of countries so a Bitcoin ETF is not exactly new.
Blackwater has produced a new ebook on How to Enter the European ETF market. Normally this info would form part of Blackwater’s consulting services, but we are giving it out for free to anyone who is interested in entering the space.
God loves a trier and so we are back with a new Podcast: ETF SUCCESS STORIES. The first episode is out now featuring the Co-Founders of BondBloxx and it’s pretty cool if you ask us. Getting the inside story of what it takes to succeed in the ETF industry should spark the interest of everyone, so we hope you take the time to check it out. Plus, lots of great more interviews to come.
ACTIVE, ACTIVE , ACTIVE, that’s all we hear about now as if it’s like some sort of new found discovery. Correct us if we are wrong, but the ETF industry has been advocating passive investing since the beginning of time claiming ‘you can’t beat the market’, ‘active management doesn’t work’, blah blah blah.
A new report of Charles Schwab advocates the take up of ETFs as the investment vehicle of choice from the tech savvy generations. Whilst this report was US focused, its findings very much mirror what BlackRock published earlier in the summer about the European ETF landscape. Younger people like ETFs, simple.
Everyone has seen the Rocky movie, we assume, right? Rocky, the underdog fighting the incumbent and winning in the end. It’s a great story. Well, looks like we have a Rocky story in ETFs and it’s called Betashares. Set up in 2099 by Alex Vynokur, an Ukrainian national who emigrated to Australia.
2022 was a tough year for the DWS ETF business in Europe with flows really languishing vs the competition and many wondering what was going on. They were on a bad run. BUT now they are back and back with a bang.
