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JP Morgan Takes Stake in ETF firm Global X

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Big Banks and Broker-Dealers Continue to Carve Out Stakes in ETF Ecosystem

(Reuters) JPMorgan Chase & Co’s (JPM.N) asset management arm said it has taken a passive, minority stake in New York-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider Global X Management Co LLC.

Traditional asset managers have been eager to build ETFs, which are typically lower cost and have been gaining assets at a faster clip than other investment products. ETFs account for $3 trillion globally.

Legg Mason Inc (LM.N) said it January it had taken a stake in ETF company Precidian Investments.

JPMorgan Asset Management, which manages $1.7 trillion, launched its first seven U.S. ETFs over the last two years, raising $339 million, according to Lipper. JPMorgan Chase also backs the $3.2 billion JPMorgan Alerian MLP ETN (AMJ.P).

Global X, founded in 2008, offers over 40 ETFs and is currently developing an ETF that will attempt to profit on consumption habits of people in their twenties.

The company also offers funds based on JPMorgan indexes, including the Global X JPMorgan Efficiente ETF (EFFE.P).

(This story has been refiled to correct to show backer of Alerian MLP ETN refers to JPMorgan Chase, not JPMorgan Asset Management in paragraph four)

 

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Buyside Block Trading Venue Luminex Readies Launch

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As if there were not enough electronic trading platforms,  the buyside remains determined to have their own equities trading platform open only to buy-side block trading peers. MarketsMuse Tech Talk Editors tip our hats to FierceFinanceIT.com  for the following update re  Luminex Trading & Analytics, the ATS block trading venue backed by a consortium of large asset managers, which recently announced an updated management team in preparation for the venue’s Q4 launch.

The new management team in place is led by Jonathan Clark, former managing director and head of U.S. equities trading a BlackRock, who will serve as Luminex Trading’s CEO. Clark replaces interim CEO Michael Cashel, who will return to his position as SVP of Fidelity Trading Ventures. Plans for Clark to take over as permanent CEO were previously announced, and as of Tuesday he has officially begun the role.

Plans to build the Luminex Trading venue, which is backed by nine leading investment managers that collectively manage approximately 40 percent of U.S. fund assets, were first announced in January.

The venue will be a buy-side only block trading platform “open to any investment manager primarily focused on the long term and with the desire to trade large blocks of stock with other investment managers,” according to an earlier announcement from the company. The nine investment managers in the consortium backing Luminex are BNY Mellon, BlackRock, Capital Group, Fidelity Investments, Invesco, JPMorgan Asset Management, MFS Investment Management, State Street Global Advisors and T. Rowe Price.

David Hagen, Luminex
David Hagen, Luminex

Luminex Trading announced four other members of the management team this week. Brian Williamson will be head of sales, tasked with further building the client base. Williamson was previously senior global relationship manager with Liquidnet. James Dolan is chief compliance officer, joining the company from Fidelity, where he was previously vice president of compliance for Fidelity Institutional. David Hagen will head product development as Luminex Trading’s new head of product. He was previously director at Pico Quantitative Trading. David Consigli is the company’s new controller, joining from IDB Bank.

Luminex says its platform will offer investment managers lower-cost and more efficient block trading, with transparent trading rules and protocols.