##  [# ETF Week: T. Boone Pickens, Algo Funds Debut](/sections/daily-etf-watch/etf-week-t-boone-pickens-algo-funds-debut) 

 

# ETF Week: T. Boone Pickens, Algo Funds Debut

 

 

Plus, volatility ETFs shift focus to further out on the futures curve.



 

 

 

 

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Below is a roundup of launches in the ETF space during the week of Feb. 26, 2018:

**Launches**

- T. Boone Pickens is the driving force behind [oil-related equity ETF](https://www.etf.com/sections/daily-etf-watch/pickens-backed-etf-rolls-out) bearing his name
- Whitford Asset Management rolls out a [fund based on its quantitative model](https://www.etf.com/sections/daily-etf-watch/algorithm-driven-etf-debuts)

**Filings**

- Salt Financial plans [high-beta ETF](https://www.etf.com/sections/daily-etf-watch/salt-financial-plans-etf) based on in-house metric

**Other Developments**

- REX and ProShares [shifted the focus](https://www.etf.com/sections/daily-etf-flows/volatility-etfs-adjust-goals-post-correction) of some of their volatility ETFs in the wake of February’s market correction
- 53 ETFs have made [changes to their expense ratios](https://www.etf.com/sections/daily-etf-watch/50-etfs-change-expense-ratios) with the end of February and start of March
- 2018 saw a [flood of launches](https://www.etf.com/sections/daily-etf-watch/2018-roaring-etf-start) during the first two months of the year

*Contact Heather Bell at <hbell@etf.com>*



 

 

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