The active ETF will also diversify across companies, sectors and industries to spread out risk.

A number of other mutual fund providers have been eying the ETF space, including Franklin Templeton, T. Rowe Price, Legg Mason and Federated Investors. [Franklin Templeton Readying First Foray into ETFs]

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Max Chen contributed to this article.