North America
USA
Northern Lights Main Sector Rotation ETF (SECT) actively hunts undervalued sectors
Northern Lights is listing an actively managed ‘ETF of ETFs’ on Bats. SECT, the Main Sector Rotation ETF, will hold other ETFs rather than indexed stocks and try to beat the S&P500 by flipping between different sectors in the economy.
According to the prospectus, SECT will analyse the economy and invest in sectors it thinks are undervalued and sell them when they reach a higher value. There is no restriction on which ETFs the fund can invest in. The prospectus also leaves open the possibility of 100% investment in “high-quality short term” debt securities in times of “adverse market, economic, political or other conditions.”
Canada
First Asset Tech Giants Covered Call ETFs (TXF/B) – FAANGs plus call options
Canadian issuer and covered call specialist First Asset will list an ETF in Toronto that tracks tech giants while also selling covered calls. TXF invests in the 25 largest tech companies in North American on an equal weight basis. To make extra income TXF will sell call options on some of the stocks that it holds. Call options give buyers the option to buy a share at a later date at a previously agreed price.
Europe
UBS lists factor ETF in three currencies at once – very neutral, very Swiss
UBS has re-listed its factor ETF in three different currencies – CHF, GBP, EUR – all at once. (USMUFS, USMUFH, USMUFE). The funds, with the unwieldy name The UBS (Irl) ETF plc - MSCI USA Select Factor Mix UCITS ETF, track the same index as USFMD, the US dollar version of the product that was listed in May.
Inexplicably, there is what appears to be another CHF version of the product (USFMDC) listed by UBS that tracks the same index but 10 basis points cheaper. I will try and find out what the difference between USFMDC and USMUFS is.