ETF Watch: Transamerica Debuts, 13 Closures

And ProShares announces the closure of a baker’s dozen of ETFs. 

Below is a roundup of key developments in the ETF space during the week started July 31, 2017:

Launches

Insurer and investment management firm Transamerica rolled out its first ETFs—four “managed risk” funds marketed under the DeltaShares brand name.

Closures

ProShares announces the impending closures of 13 of its ETFs.

Filings

• iShares files for a buyback and dividend equity fund, and a high-yield bond fund.
• WisdomTree looks to launch a put-write strategy ETF targeting the Russell 2000.
• Newcomer Advisors Asset Management plans domestic and emerging market high-dividend ETFs.
• Blue Tractor Group requests exemptive relief for “Shielded Alpha” nontransparent actively managed ETFs.

Other News

• PureFunds was ousted from the funds carrying its brand name, including the $1 billion PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF (HACK).
• Fifty iShares de-list from the NYSE Arca and find new listing homes on the Bats and Nasdaq exchanges. Bats is owned by ETF.com’s parent company, the CBOE.

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