Tagged: exchange traded funds

October 13, 2020 @ 8:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SIMON has expanded its digital wealth management platform to include exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The company has also launched a new marketplace with Innovator’s Capital Management’s Defined Outcome ETFs – which includes their Buffer ETFs. These products are currently available on SIMON’s centralized platform for “risk-managed… Read More

August 23, 2020 @ 4:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The COVID-19 outbreak has created various socio-economic challenges and has also accelerated the shift towards all-digital platforms and services. Fintech adoption is one the rise, globally, due to what many consider permanent changes in consumer behavior. Individuals and businesses are conducting more online transactions instead… Read More

May 9, 2020 @ 4:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As US residents continue to stay home, due to lockdowns following the COVID-19 outbreak, many consumers have been purchasing products and services from online merchants (instead of visiting physical store locations). A significant increase in e-commerce activity has led to the adoption of the latest… Read More

April 4, 2020 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UP Fintech Holding Ltd, a major digital brokerage company focusing on global Chinese investors, has confirmed that it’s entering the wealth management and technology (Wealthtech) business. UP Fintech has introduced a product, called the “Fund Mall,” which offers a new wealth management feature that makes… Read More

April 2, 2020 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based Smartly, a Robo-advisory platform, is reportedly planning to close down its business operations, due to intense competition in the wealth management and technology (Wealthtech) industry. Established in 2015 and acquired in 2019 VinaCapital, a Vietnamese investment management company, Smartly’s management has been struggling  to… Read More

January 23, 2020 @ 10:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based AllocateRite, a Fintech and data science firm that offers exchange-traded-funds (ETF)-based dynamic asset allocation options and risk analytics services, recently confirmed that its portfolio management and asset allocation strategies will be available via iOS and Android mobile devices. AllocateRite’s mobile app will be… Read More

January 5, 2020 @ 3:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pennsylvania-based Vanguard, a registered investment advisor with over $5.3 trillion in assets under management, announced on January 2 that it will be introducing zero-fee online stock and options trading to all Vanguard Brokerage clients. As mentioned in a release, this expands Vanguard Brokerage’s commission-free platform… Read More

December 7, 2019 @ 9:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Millennials are allocating a relatively greater percentage of their investment portfolios to exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) and cash compared to other age groups, according to Charles Schwab’s SDBA indicators report. The report, which serves as a benchmark on retirement plan investments in self-directed brokerage accounts (SDBAs), tracked… Read More

November 14, 2019 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

IPC, a secure trading and communications network for financial institutions, is adding a cryptocurrency platform through which IPC customers can create their own cryptocurrency Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). The new feature is via a partnership with ZoozBit. IPC has been anchored in the more traditional securities… Read More

October 16, 2019 @ 7:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Exchange-traded fund provider Reality Shares announced on Tuesday it has liquidated and closed the Reality Shares Nasdaq NexGen Economy China ETF (BCNA) and the Reality Shares Fundstrat DQM Long ETF. According to Reality Shares, BCNA will cease trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq), DQML… Read More

May 8, 2019 @ 9:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fintech unicorn SoFi announced on Tuesday the launch of its newest exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which are the SoFi Gig Economy ETF (NASDAQ: GIGE) and the SoFi 50 ETF (NYSE: SFYF). According to SoFi, the ETFs will further extend its approach of providing members access to… Read More

November 27, 2018 @ 10:10 am By Cali Haan  |  

Nasdaq is proceeding with plans to list a Bitcoin futures product on its exchange despite Bitcoin’s waning fortunes in 2017, sources to Bloomberg say. Nasdaq hopes to have its Bitcoin futures market up and running by Q1 2018 and is working now to meet expectations at… Read More

December 23, 2017 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Multiple securities filings have cropped up on the Securities and Exchange Database regarding applications to trade Bitcoin based Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).  The applications to trade ETFs follows the launch of Bitcoin based futures contracts that kicked off earlier this month. An example would be… Read More