More importantly, WisdomTree, the fifth-largest U.S. ETF issuer, has showed itself to be more buyer than seller with its acquisition earlier this year of a majority stake in Boost, a boutique European provider of inverse and leveraged ETFs. [WisdomTree Expands in Europe]
Reuters also mentioned ProShares, the largest issuer of inverse and leveraged ETFs, Global X and United States Commodity Funds as possible ETF takeover targets. It would not be surprising to see Global X be on the receiving end of increase takeover talk in the wake of its new ETF partnership with J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM).
On Thursday, Global X launched two ETFs that share the JPMorgan name and the bank signaled an intent to grow its ETF business earlier this year with the debut of the JPMorgan Diversified Return Global Equity ETF (NYSEArca: JPGE).