
Global X rolls out its third Brazil ETF, this latest one a bet that consumer demand will kick into high gear as the country begins preparations to host two of the world’s biggest sporting events in the next six years.
Grail Advisors, the money management firm that introduced the first actively managed exchange-traded fund in 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an emerging market ETF.
Invesco PowerShares, the Wheaton, Ill.-based fund sponsor known for its Nasdaq QQQQ Trust ETF (Nasdaq: QQQQ), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to change indexes underlying three existing funds and one that it has in the works.
Huntington Asset Advisors, the investment arm of Columbus, Ohio-based Huntington Bank, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer actively managed exchange-traded funds, and said in a separate press release that it plans on rolling out two initial funds under the exemptive relief filing, including what it called the first actively managed “green” fund.