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SEI to connect ETP order management to ICE ETF Hub amid multi-exchange UCITS launches
Vanguard's high yield fund is slated for five European exchanges and T. Rowe Price's first active ETFs are scheduled for Xetra, London and Borsa Italiana.
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- Launches
Fifteen US ETFs list in ETF Express launch roundup with options and income focus
Non-North American additions include a Sprott rare-earths fund, an AI equity fund and a Vanguard USD high yield corporate bond UCITS ETF.
- Active
T. Rowe Price launches first European active ETFs with zero first-year fees
The Irish UCITS platform opens with two equity strategies, registering on Xetra on 8 October 2026, London on 15 October and Borsa Italiana on 22 October.
- Launches
HANetf launches Sprott Rare Earths Ex-China UCITS ETF
The fund tracks a capped Nasdaq index that screens global companies for rare earths exposure measured through revenues or assets and excludes Chinese securities.
- Issuers
SEI to connect ETP order management to ICE ETF Hub
Integration adds standardized connectivity and automated order management for ETP creation and redemption.
- Launches
Vanguard launches USD high yield UCITS ETF at 0.15% charge
The fund tracks the Bloomberg US High Yield $250MM 2% Issuer Capped Index and is slated for listing on five European exchanges.
- The Tape
Searches for 'buyback ETF' jump 5,000% after Nvidia's $150 billion buyback authorization
The $150 billion authorization is roughly 15% of the $1 trillion in U.S. buybacks in 2025, though the two measures are not directly comparable.
- Active
ProShares files for AI hyperscaler bond ETF tracking VettaFi index
The index is nearly 75% AA-rated or higher, with almost half its holdings maturing in a decade or more.
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Capital Appreciation Equity ETF took $647 million of T. Rowe Price's September ETF inflows
The Active Crypto ETF returned 8.7% and the Technology ETF 8%, but neither drew much new cash, according to our records.
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Optiver starts quoting WisdomTree's EURO STOXX 50 autocallable ETFs on Xetra and Borsa Italiana
The market maker went live September 30 with four ISINs of each strategy on the two European venues.
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Optiver starts quoting WisdomTree's autocallable ETFs on screen
The market maker went live September 30 on two EURO STOXX 50 strategies, with four ISINs of each listing on Xetra and Borsa Italiana.
- Passive & Indexing
VettaFi announces acquisition of the SPADE Defense Index tracked by Invesco's PPA
The 21-year-old benchmark has one named customer in the announcement, Invesco’s Aerospace & Defense ETF, and no disclosed price or terms.
- Launches
ProShares files for an AI hyperscaler bond ETF
The proposed fund would track a VettaFi index that is nearly 75% AA-rated or higher, with almost half its holdings maturing in a decade or more.
- The Tape
T. Rowe Price's top September ETF returns drew little cash; core funds led flows
The Active Crypto ETF returned 8.7% and the Technology ETF 8%, but the Capital Appreciation Equity ETF took $647.47 million of the lineup's $1.41 billion in September inflows.
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GraniteShares takes five of eight slots on last week's leveraged and inverse ETF ranking
BlackBerry's 2x fund led with nearly 28%, with two SpaceX products and two inverse funds also on ETF Trends' weekly list.
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Direxion's MEIB targets a 20% distribution yield on Meta
The actively managed fund, one of seven in Direxion's Defined Income Boost suite, pays twice a month and forgoes some of Meta's upside.
- Launches
Capital Group wins Irish approval for its first UCITS active ETFs
Four Ireland-domiciled strategies are expected to launch in Europe and Asia-Pacific in the first quarter of 2027.
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Thirty-year muni yield climbs to 5.18%, its highest since 2011, as data-center supply meets redemptions
The move follows a 4.4% monthly drop in state and local debt, which ETF Trends calls the steepest sell-off for munis since 2008.
- The Tape
Financials led European ETF inflows and fell 4.05%, the week's worst sector return
Trackinsight's week-40 recap shows €309.8 million into financials funds while technology, the best-performing sector at 3.20%, did not appear among the top four gatherers.
- Launches
Capital Group wins Irish approval for first UCITS active ETFs
Four Ireland-domiciled strategies are expected to launch in Europe and Asia-Pacific in the first quarter of 2027.
- The Tape
US-listed ETF flows beat 2025 full-year record in September, State Street says
A $13 billion final-day inflow took 2026's total to $1.54 trillion, past the $1.52 trillion gathered across all of last year.
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Paper finds active ETF positioning before earnings calls predicts a friendlier call tone
The result rests on daily holdings disclosure that mutual funds do not provide, and on flow-adjusted weight changes measured over the 15 trading days before a call.
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Dimensional folds final ETFs back into mutual fund shares
The eight-fund reverse conversion moved roughly $100 billion into mutual funds that now hold $150 billion, with asset-weighted fee cuts taking effect November 1.
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Nordheim Capital lists two kronor-denominated precious metals ETCs on Nasdaq Stockholm
The gold and silver ETCs are backed by LBMA-certified metal and custodied at J.P. Morgan in London; the announcement gives no fee and leaves the first-issuer claim unverified.
- Issuers
Dimensional converts final three ETFs into mutual fund share classes
The eight-fund conversion moved roughly $100 billion of ETF assets into mutual funds holding $150 billion, with asset-weighted fee cuts taking effect November 1.
- Launches
Almost 100 thematic ETFs launched since end of Q1 2026, many targeting AI
Strategas chief ETF strategist Todd Sohn attributes the wave to issuers supplying AI exposure, partly as a complement to a tech-heavy S&P 500 core.
- The Tape
VettaFi buys the index behind Invesco's $8 billion PPA
The SPADE Defense Index acquisition follows August's RAFI purchase and pushes assets tied to its aerospace and defense franchise past $11 billion.
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Direxion's MUIB targets a 20% distribution yield on a single Micron position
The fund, one of seven in Direxion's single-stock income suite, pays twice monthly through what it calls a risk-managed options strategy.
- Passive & Indexing
VettaFi buys SPADE Defense Index, the benchmark behind Invesco's $8 billion PPA
The deal follows VettaFi's August acquisition of RAFI Indices and lifts the assets tied to its aerospace and defense franchise past $11 billion.
- Passive & Indexing
VictoryShares' GFLW index screens 1,000 large caps down to 100 on cash flow
The Victory Free Cash Flow Growth Index picks its 100 names through five years of positive FCF growth, a forward-looking FCF ROIC screen, and a quarterly deletion of cash-negative constituents.
- The Tape
Thornburg's TMB bond ETF holds 1.4 years less duration than its index
The $260.98 million fund's 4.2-year effective duration compares with 5.6 years for the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index.
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Cetera, LPL, Kestra, Carson and Wells Fargo lift teams in one day
Three of the five moves came from independent broker-dealers, and Cetera's $185 million Fitzgerald Financial Group liftout was the only asset figure disclosed.
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Europe's ETF savings-plan generation has never faced a sustained bear market at current scale
Scalable Capital's clients bought the April 2025 tariff dip, but a four-week correction is a thin test for a book that has grown roughly sixfold since 2020.
- Launches
ICBC UBS AM lists HK-Global AI ETF on HKEX tracking Solactive index
The fund listed 30 September with 62 per cent of index weight in Hong Kong-listed names and no disclosed expense ratio.
- Launches
Fidelity International launches two equity income UCITS ETFs with call-writing overlays
Each fund pairs Fidelity's fundamental equity research with a rules-based index call-selling strategy and is seeded with USD 5 million from Susquehanna.
- Passive & Indexing
Procure Space ETF fell 2.8% in September despite five double-digit gainers
Sky Perfect JSAT gained 181.7% in September and added 2.32 points to the fund's return, ETF Trends reports.
- The Tape
ETF Trends recap puts 2026 U.S. ETF inflows at a record $1.5 trillion
The item, recapping a Schwab TV appearance, says advisors are turning to S&P 500-based ETFs and cites Jensen Investment Management and Northern Trust as fund managers encouraged to build out ETF lineups.
- Passive & Indexing
Thornburg's TMB bond ETF runs 1.4 years shorter duration than its index
The $260.98 million fund's 4.2-year effective duration compares with 5.6 for the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index.
- Issuers
ETF Trends names only two dedicated U.S. buyback ETFs after Nvidia's $150B plan
U.S. buybacks crossed $1 trillion in a calendar year in 2025, and searches for the term rose 5,000% after the $150 billion authorization, according to the report.
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- Launches
Global X leads 24 Canadian ETF launches in September 2026 with seven products
ETF Express's September list spans 11 issuers and tilts toward fixed income, with NBI adding five products and Vanguard one.