Index providers may be subject to stricter regulatory standards as the US Securities and Exchange Commission considers whether to exert greater control over an increasingly influential segment of the financial ecosystem.

New York-based Optimize Advisors has launched its debut ETF, an actively managed US equity fund that utilizes artificial intelligence to identify stocks with positive share price sentiment ahead of a significant corporate event.

Syntax Advisors has expanded its suite of actively managed risk-stratified US equity ETFs with a new fund that offers a variation of an existing broad market strategy.

By Rahul Sen Sharma, Managing Partner at Indxx.

Rebalancing allows thematic ETF managers to maintain their strategic long-term allocations in the face of rapidly shifting markets.

Legal and General Investment Management has introduced its first ETFs that adhere to the carbon reduction goals of the Paris Agreement.

First Trust has expanded its defined outcome investment suite with an ETF-of-ETFs that diversifies across the firm’s four Nasdaq 100 ‘Buffer’ funds.

Leverage Shares has launched a new actively managed ETP in Europe that seeks to outperform mainstream US equity indices over a full market cycle by utilizing a trend-following strategy.

Harvest Portfolios has launched a new ETF providing high-income exposure to Canadian equities.

Fixed income specialist PIMCO has launched a new actively managed ETF that invests primarily in senior floating-rate loans.

Constrained Capital has launched its debut ETF, an index fund targeting companies commonly excluded by ESG-focused portfolios.