WisdomTree has expanded its suite of inverse and leveraged ETPs in Europe with new products covering French equities and European banking stocks.

Two ETFs that seek to capture the “Night Effect” in US large and small-cap equities are shutting down as overnight trading strategies have significantly underperformed their daytime counterparts over the past year.

State Street Global Advisors has reduced the expense ratios on several US-domiciled ‘SPDR Portfolio’ ETFs which are designed to deliver ultra-low-cost, core portfolio exposures.

JP Morgan Asset Management has successfully converted four mutual funds collectively housing $1.5 billion in assets under management into actively managed ETFs.

BNP Paribas Asset Management has introduced its first ETF through its fund platform based in Ireland from where the French asset manager will be better able to compete in key European markets.

GraniteShares has introduced on Deutsche Börse Xetra its suite of ETPs providing directional exposure to baskets of popular US technology stocks.

The market for thematic investment funds still offers a significant opportunity for asset managers and ETF issuers, particularly in the passive sphere, according to a report by Cerulli Associates.

Data and analytics provider Trackinsight has released the results of its latest global ETF survey which seeks to shed light on the trends affecting the ETF industry and on the needs and concerns of ETF investors globally.

Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have agreed to establish a scheme linking their respective ETF markets.

BlackRock has launched two new actively managed ETFs on NYSE Arca providing exposure to portfolios of non-core fixed income securities and US large-cap value stocks.