Beverly Chandler

Vanguard has announced the expansion of its low-cost global equity UCITS ETF range with the launch of three new funds: the Vanguard FTSE Global All-Cap UCITS ETF, the Vanguard FTSE Global Small-Cap UCITS ETF and the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US UCITS ETF.

Global X ETFs Europe has announced the launch of the Global X NYSE 100 UCITS ETF (NYSX), which will initially list on the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse Xetra, with additional listings across Europe expected to follow.

A busy few weeks for non-North American ETF launches brings you offerings from Australia, South Korea and Germany.

Scalable Capital has announced that it is the first bank in Europe to open its platform to all major AI assistants, including ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic), and Grok (SpaceXAI).

Arcus, a decentralised exchange built by the team behind dYdX, has announced the launch of leveraged, ETF-style contracts on Robinhood Chain that enable investors to amplify their exposures while using assets as collateral.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming key components of asset managers’ operational processes, and nowhere is that more evident than in their risk management practices, new research from Clearwater Analytics shows.

Globally-oriented ETFs are capturing greater attention from institutional and retail investors in Latin America and in the US offshore space, according to The Cerulli Report—Latin American Distribution Dynamics 2026: Seizing on New Distribution Opportunities in a Shifting Investment Landscape.

And US ETF launches have hit a late summer bloom with a wide range of products.

Simon Gordon, Head of Sales UK and Channel Islands – Institutional Capital Services, JTC Group, writes that in many ways the First FT newsletter of 23rd July, said it all: “Google’s AI spending has rapidly transformed the group from an asset-light business into a capital-intensive one.

HFR writes that hedge funds gained in August, fully recovering their July decline, as global bond markets came under pressure and interest rates rose to historic highs, while the outlook for resolution of the Iran military conflict remained cloudy.