Exchange traded fund (ETF) providers and investors are anticipating overhaul within the financial industry, and the changes could greatly impact how commodity ETFs operate in particular.
The financial industry has been abuzz about regulation overhaul for some time now, with the regulatory issues that many ETF providers view as slowing innovation are threatening to directly impact certain fund providers.
President Barack Obama’s regulations are expected to be plentiful and major. The issue for the ETF providers themselves involves something that many in the industry say costs extra money and creates a need to be one step ahead of the supply and demand equation for investors.
ETFs that deal with futures contracts, such as United States Natural Gas (UNG) and United States Oil (USO), are considered commodities pools have to apply to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for new shares, since they have limits on the number they can issue to meet demand.