Active management activity is on the rise

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VIEW IN BROWSER | SUBSCRIBE FRI, FEB 18, 2022 YOUR WEEKLY UPDATE ON TOP ETF TRENDS A NOTE FROM BOB Active management activity is on the rise. Join us Wednesday, February 23 at 1 p.m. ET where we'll talk to Capital Group's head of ETFs Holly Framsted and ETF Trends' director of research Dave Nadig about the latest developments in active vs. passive and whether the tide could finally be turning. That's Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET at etfedge.cnbc.com   One man's junk, another man's ETF? Newcomer BondBloxx, which brands itself as "the first ETF issuer 100% focused on fixed income" and was founded by former executives from Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, T. Rowe Price, Northern Trust, HSBC and J.P. Morgan, just debuted its first suite of ETFs. It's a group of seven sector-specific high-yield funds in areas including energy, industrials, financials and telecom.    And that's not all… State Street and Fidelity are also capitalizing on higher interest in high yield with new active ETF launches, with State Street offering up a basket of junk bonds and other debt instruments and Fidelity screening its holdings for ESG characteristics.    The cheapest emerging markets ETF out there. (At least for a year.) Emerging markets exposure for free is the newest sales pitch from Goldman Sachs. Its newly launched Access Emerging Markets USD Bond ETF (GEMD) will cost 45 basis points to own, but the firm is offering a fee waiver to bring the cost to zero through February 2023.    If you haven't noticed by now, ETF launches are on fire. Fifty funds have already launched this year versus fewer than 40 at this point last year, according to Bloomberg – and 2021 made history for record new issuances.  "Careful consideration"… but not much else. SEC Chair Gary Gensler is standing firm on the commission's position on spot bitcoin ETFs, telling advocates in Congress that he would take their concerns under "careful consideration" but hinting that he was no closer to approval.  For more analysis and actionable insights, catch me live this Wednesday at 1 PM ET on ETF Edge. Bob Pisani @BobPisani KEY STORIES  This ETF is designed to help fight heart disease while making you money. Here's how It's an ETF looking to make you money while saving lives. Watch now: ETF Edge on the rise of the reflation trade and Wall Street's wall of worry U.S. dominance in global markets may be behind us. Here's why international investing is making a comeback International investing may be making a comeback with equity ETF inflows tipping toward baskets of companies outside the U.S., ETF Action's Mike Akins says.     IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ETF Edge, February 14, 2022 How two ETF pros are navigating heightened market risks Return of the reflation trade: Unpacking the big gains in travel and leisure stocks   Unsubscribe Manage Newsletters Terms of Service Join the CNBC Panel Digital Products Feedback Privacy Policy   © 2022 CNBC LLC. All rights reserved. A property of NBCUniversal. 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes and Market Data and Analysis. Data also provided by THOMSON REUTERS