##  [# Hot Reads: Ex iShares Head Urges Direct Indexing](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-ex-ishares-head-urges-direct-indexing) 

 

# Hot Reads: Ex iShares Head Urges Direct Indexing

 

 

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[**Former iShares Chief Urges Direct Indexing**](https://www.ft.com/content/258f5329-38df-429d-962e-46c0902cc202) (Financial Times)  
Blake Grossman says investment firms need to adopt technology more quickly.

[**Roundhill Files For MEME IPO**](https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/meme-etf-seeks-tap-retail-investor-sentiment-2021-08-26/) (Reuters)  
The proposed ETF would track an index of stocks with high social media mentions and short interest.

[**Canada Bitcoin ETF Issuer To Plant Trees To Match Assets**](https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/canadian-investment-firm-plans-to-plant-trees-matching-buys-in-bitcoin-etf-2602536) (Investing.com)  
Accelerate Financial Technologies promises to plant 3,450 trees for every $1M CAD invested in its bitcoin ETF.

[**ARK, BlackRock Build China Tech Positions**](https://www.scmp.com/business/money/article/3146804/cathie-woods-ark-etfs-blackrock-are-nibbling-chinese-tech-stocks) (South China Morning Post)  
Despite the risks, some see the pullback in China’s technology stocks as an opportunity.

[**Institutional Investors Unfazed By Inflation**](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1tb9xdql22l7s/Institutional-Investors-Unfazed-by-Inflation) (Institutional Investor)  
All types of investment groups added equities to their portfolios despite broader inflation fears.

[**Oil Retreats, Gasoline Futures Up After Hurricane Ida Misses Rigs**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-gasoline-prices-jump-hurricane-221058235.html) (Yahoo Finance)  
The storm brought wind gusts of 165 miles per hour to New Orleans and has knocked power out to 1 million residents.

[**China Limits Kids To 3 Hours Of Video Games A Week**](https://www.axios.com/china-video-games-minors-ca0494b8-1cbc-4c4d-bd46-f97e8bea95b5.html) (Axios)  
The latest on China’s growing reining in of technology firms.



 

 

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