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Baron Capital Launches Baron Emerging Markets Select ETF
April 9, 2026-New actively managed ETF offers long-term growth opportunities across emerging markets
Baron Capital, a premier growth equity investment management firm with a 44-year track record of long-term, fundamental, research-driven investing, today announced the launch of Baron Emerging Markets Select ETF (NYSE: BCEM). The actively managed ETF is focused on capital appreciation through investments in high-quality growth companies of any size in emerging markets.
The strategy emphasizes founder-led, entrepreneurial, and capital-efficient businesses with durable competitive advantages.
The ETF is managed by Michael Kass, who has nearly four decades of experience investing in international and global equities. Mr. Kass has managed Baron Emerging Markets Strategy since 2011, which had $3.9 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2026.
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Source: Baron Capital
Purpose Investments Announces Termination of Purpose U.S. Preferred Share Fund
April 9, 2026-Purpose Investments Inc. ("Purpose") today announced its decision to terminate Purpose U.S. Preferred Share Fund (the "Fund") at the close of business on or about June 9, 2026 (the "Termination Date"). The termination will be made in accordance with applicable securities and regulatory requirements, as well as the declaration of trust of the Fund.
The Fund currently offers ETF units and ETF non-currency hedged units (together,"ETF Units").
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Source: Purpose Investments Inc.
Wedbush Launches AI Power & Infrastructure ETF as Energy Becomes the Key Force Behind the AI Boom
April 8, 2026-New research-based ETF targets companies powering the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, as surging data center and energy demand drives long-term infrastructure needs.
Wedbush Fund Advisers,LLC has launched the Dan IVES Wedbush AI Power & Infrastructure ETF, which tracks the Solactive Wedbush AI Power & Infrastructure Index.
The ETF is designed to provide investors with targeted exposure to companies positioned to benefit from the growing need for electricity generation, grid expansion, and energy-efficient technologies supporting the buildout of AI and digital infrastructure. This launch builds on the thematic vision and research of acclaimed technology analyst Dan Ives, whose perspective on the next phase of AI adoption played a central role in shaping the index's design and focus.
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Source: Wedbush Fund Advisers, LLC
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, March 17-18, 2026
April 8, 2026-Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations
The manager turned first to an overview of broad market developments during the intermeeting period. Earlier in the period, concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) disruptions to certain business models led to declines in policy rate expectations and interest rates and weighed on equity prices.
The conflict in the Middle East-which started later in the period-resulted in sharp increases in energy prices, raised questions about the macroeconomic outlook, and caused a notable repricing in several asset classes. Respondents to the Open Market Desk Survey of Market Expectations (Desk survey) viewed the U.S. macroeconomic outlook as little changed, apart from an increase in near-term inflation projections; the manager noted, however, that survey responses came in the early days of the conflict.
The manager observed that front-month futures prices for crude oil increased about 50 percent over the period. The significantly smaller rise of the longer-dated futures prices compared with the front-end futures, however, could have indicated expectations that most of the recent increase in oil prices will be relatively short lived. Other market prices were consistent with this interpretation. For example, the one-year inflation swap rate rose nearly 50 basis points over the period, but forward measures of inflation compensation at horizons beyond one year were little changed.
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Source: federalreserve.gov
T. Rowe Price Expands Fixed Income Investment Platform With New CLO Offering
April 8, 2026--First deal closed at $403.59 million
T. Rowe Price, a global investment management firm and leader in retirement, announced its entrance to the market as an issuer of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs)* with the debut of ROWE CLO 2026-1 Ltd., a US$403.59 million CLO secured primarily by broadly syndicated first-lien loans.
The firm's activity in the CLO marketplace will be conducted through its investment adviser, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
T. Rowe Price's CLO business is an extension of the firm's established fixed income platform. The initiative complements and leverages T. Rowe Price's successful bank loan franchise and its securitized investment team to offer investors access to higher-income strategies using its bespoke credit selection.
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Source: T. Rowe Price Group
Manulife John Hancock Investments Launches New Active Hedged Equity ETF
April 8, 2026--Manulife John Hancock Investments today announced the launch of John Hancock Hedged Equity ETF (NYSE Arca: JHDG), managed by Manulife Investment Management (Manulife IM). With JHDG, Manulife John Hancock Investments' ETF platform now has 19 funds with more than $12 billion in assets under management.1 Strategies include U.S. and international equity, preferred income, mortgage-backed securities, and corporate and municipal bonds.
The new ETF seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation with lower volatility and downside protection relative to broad equity markets. The fund pursues its objective through a combination of high-conviction fundamental equity selection and a dynamic options overlay.
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Source: Manulife Wealth & Asset Management
Slow Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean amid Global Uncertainty and Weak Investment
April 8, 2026--Reforms to help firms grow, innovate and compete can support better jobs
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is projected to grow 2.1% in 2026, below the 2.4% recorded in 2025, according to the latest Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Update. Growth for 2027 is projected at 2.4%.
The subdued outlook reflects a challenging macroeconomic environment, with high borrowing costs, weak external demand, and inflationary pressures from geopolitical uncertainty damping private investment and job creation.
The report argues that, with the right policies, the region can pivot and harness its natural resources, energy potential, and reform momentum to create quality jobs and foster more inclusive and productive growth. "Latin America and the Caribbean have the assets-and the reform capacity-to achieve far more.
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Source: worldbank.org
ETF Industry Leader Rob Oliver Launches New ETF Provider "Aura", Debuts U.S. Defense ETF (NYSE: DUTY)
April 8, 2026-Aura ETFs Inc. (Aura), a newly formed exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider founded by seasoned ETF industry leader Rob Oliver, today announced its official launch alongside the introduction of its first product, the U.S. Defense ETF (DUTY) on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Leveraging nearly two decades of ETF industry expertise, Aura is building a global ETF platform focused on innovative thematic and income strategies designed for modern portfolios. The firm aims to deliver targeted ETF solutions that combine industry renowned investment experience with scalable design.
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Source: Aura ETFs Inc.
Defiance Launches XAIL, the World's First 2X Leverage Pure Space ETF
April 8, 2026-Defiance ETFs today announced the launch of the Defiance Pure Space Daily 2X Strategy ETF (XAIL), expanding its lineup of leveraged thematic ETFs designed for active traders seeking amplified exposure to the rapidly evolving global space economy.
XAIL is designed for traders seeking magnified, short-term bullish exposure to a concentrated portfolio of companies directly engaged in space-related technologies and services.
By seeking to deliver 200% of the daily performance of an actively managed portfolio of "pure space" companies, the Fund allows investors to express tactical upside views on the commercialization and expansion of the space economy within the accessibility and transparency of an exchange-traded fund structure.
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Source: Defiance ETFs
Wedbush Launches AI Power & Infrastructure ETF as Energy Becomes the Key Force Behind the AI Boom
April 8, 2026-New research-based ETF targets companies powering the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, as surging data center and energy demand drives long-term infrastructure needs.
Wedbush Fund Advisers today announced the launch of the Dan IVES Wedbush AI Power & Infrastructure ETF (Ticker: IVEP), designed to give investors exposure to the companies powering the next phase of the artificial intelligence boom, based on the research of the Wedbush Securities Inc. technology research team, including Dan Ives, Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Research, and Seth Basham, Managing Director and Director of Equity Research. The IVEP ETF follows the success of the Dan IVES Wedbush AI Revolution ETF (Ticker: IVES) that launched on June 4, 2025.
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Source: Wedbush Fund Advisers, LLC
