Inside ETFs AdBoard: Investors Are Gravitating Toward Alpha-Generating ETFs

Jun 02, 2021

Astoria Portfolio Advisors' John Davi, an Inside ETFs advisory board member, discusses trends in portfolio construction, how ETF investors are moving beyond low-cost beta funds toward more high-conviction active portfolios, and what economic...

SEC Charges Portfolio Managers With Misleading Investors Over Funds’ Risks

Jun 01, 2021

The charges against the executives of LJM Funds Management and LJM Partners claim they failed to inform investors about potential losses. The funds later suffered a $1 billion loss.

Fresh From Exxon Victory, Engine No. 1 Now Plots Activist ETF

Jun 01, 2021

The Transform 500 ETF’s goal is to encourage changes at the companies it holds through proxy voting, according to a regulatory filing.

Robinhood Prepares for IPO by Adding Three New Board Members

Jun 01, 2021

Robinhood filed confidentially to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in March for an IPO. It selected Nasdaq as the venue for its listing.

WMRE's Common Area: What Financial Advisors Should Know About REITs

Jun 01, 2021

Nareit's Abby McCarthy reviews highlights of some of the organization's research into how investors incorporate REITs into their portfolios.

Looking Beyond Static ESG Scores for Investment Alpha

Jun 01, 2021

Choosing not to invest in a company for low ESG scores, when potential is there, could prove to be a limiting move.

For $1.3 Million, an NFT and Stake in a Mexican Soccer Team

Jun 01, 2021

The NFT is digital, the ownership stake is very real.

‘Altered Experience’ Fund Is Bringing Psychedelics to U.S. ETFs

May 28, 2021

The Defiance Next Gen Altered Experience ETF begins trading under the ticker PSY, offering exposure to firms involved in “the next generation of medicine, including psychedelics, cannabis and other psychedelic-derived treatments.”

Fund News Advisors Can Use: $1.4B RIA Keebeck to Use Structured Products Platform Halo

May 28, 2021

In this week's fund news, Keebeck Wealth Management brings Halo's structured products to clients; Putnam's first active ETFs go live; and CoinShares takes a stake in fund company launching first U.S. ESG crypto mining ETF.