Canadian fund manager Harvest Portfolios has launched the Harvest Banks & Buildings Leaders Income ETF (HCBB CN), an actively managed equity ETF focused on income-paying financial and real estate stocks. “We want to provide our Canadian investors with convenient and lower cost access to our longest running income strategy,” commented Michael Kovacs, president & chief executive officer of Harvest.

Amplify ETFs has announced the upcoming liquidation of the Amplify YieldShares Oil-Hedged MLP Income ETF (AMLX US).

Euronext has completed its takeover of the Irish Stock Exchange, having acquired 100% of the shares and voting rights and receiving regulatory approval. Stéphane Boujnah, CEO and chairman of Euronext, said: “Euronext is uniquely positioned to welcome independent exchanges such as the Irish Stock Exchange, now Euronext Dublin.”

BlackRock has rolled out a new target-maturity fixed-income ETF in the US – the iShares iBonds Dec 2024 Term Muni Bond ETF (IBMM US) – holding investment-grade US municipal bonds maturing between 1 January 2024 and 2 December 2024.

Breakwave Advisors, a US-based commodity trading advisor, has partnered with ETF Managers Group to launch the Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (BDRY US). The NYSE Arca-listed ETF provides investors with exposure to a niche component of the commodities industry: dry bulk shipping space.

First Trust Advisors has announced that the Nasdaq-listed First Trust Taiwan AlphaDEX ETF (FTW US) will effectively cease to exist, with the vehicle being reorganised to pursue a new investment objective – tracking Indian equities – effective on or about 17 April 2018.

Bulgaria-based investment manager Expat Asset Management has cross-listed four new emerging market ETFs on Deutsche Börse, providing exposure to Southern, Central and Eastern European equity markets. The ETFs, which are already available on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange, track the largest and most liquid companies in the Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, and Greece.

Lyxor has become the latest issuer to unveil an ETF aimed at socially responsible and ethically conscious investors. Listed on Deutsche Börse, the Lyxor MSCI EM ESG Trend Leaders UCITS ETF (LESG) provides investors with exposure to emerging-market companies with strong and improving environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards.

One sector has more than recouped its losses from February’s volatility. Technology has stormed ahead over the past month; 12 of the 15 top-performing London-listed ETFs over one-month track a tech-based index. But, as Chris Dhanraj, Head of the ETF Investment Strategy team at iShares, notes, “In investing, past is not prologue… the question is: Can the good times roll on?”

South African investment manager STANLIB Index Investments has launched a range of global passive ETFs on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Each tracks a different international index and is denominated in South African rand. Wehmeyer Ferreira, COO of STANLIB Index Investments, said: “The funds can confidently be used as building blocks for an investor’s portfolio to expand their investment opportunities outside of South Africa in a low cost and transparent manner.”