ProShares is poised to launch the first bitcoin-tracking ETF in the US with the introduction of the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO US) on NYSE Arca.

S&P Dow Jones Indices has unveiled the S&P Dividend Growers Index Series, a new family of indices tracking companies that have consistently increased their dividend payments every year for a specified number of years.

ProShares has introduced an ETF in collaboration with Dorsey Wright that provides exposure to a selection of Nasdaq 100 stocks with strong share price momentum identified as having the best prospects to outperform.

Main Management ETF Advisors has unveiled the Main Thematic Innovation ETF (TMAT US) on Cboe, an actively managed strategy that uses a fund-of funds structure to tactically rotate between thematic ETFs targeting disruptive technologies.

ProShares has rolled out a pair of leveraged equity ETFs on Nasdaq providing amplified exposure to two sought-after investment themes: cybersecurity and cloud computing.

ProShares has introduced a multi-themed equity ETF targeting companies that are benefitting from an array of secular trends – trends that have mostly accelerated because of Covid-19.

ProShares has announced that its two leveraged oil ETFs will adopt a new underlying index in a bid to make the products more resilient to future disruption in crude oil markets.

An NYSE Arca-listed thematic ETF providing long exposure to e-commerce companies while shorting traditional bricks-and-mortar firms has soared in recent months as the Covid-19 pandemic forces Main Street shoppers online. The ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF (CLIX US) is up 44.4% year-to-date (as of market close on Friday 15 May 2020), compared to a -10.6% loss for the S&P 500 over the same period.

A proposal by a cabal of dominant ETF issuers that calls on exchanges to adopt a new naming convention for exchange-traded products has prompted a backlash from smaller, innovative rivals who claim the move is anti-competitive.

By Emily Doak, Managing Director of ETF Research for Charles Schwab Investment Advisory.

The record volatility of 2020 has been accompanied by a higher than usual number of exchange-traded product closures, especially among leveraged and inverse products.