Some New ETFs Find Immediate Success

AFTY recorded the largest initial capital investment of more than $237 million in assets and 13.96 million shares, the largest initial investment among all U.S.-listed equity ETFs since 2007, according to CSOP. [New A-Shares ETF Comes to Town]

The WisdomTree Europe Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund (NYSEArca: EUSC) did not debut with a large, ready-made assets under management total, but the ETF had its own advantage. A simple way of describing EUSC is that is the small-cap answer to the WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (NYSEArca: HEDJ), this year’s top-asset gathering ETF.

Living in HEDJ’s shadow has been an advantage for EUSC as the latter has needed just two months on the market to accumulate almost $200 million in assets. [Right Place, Right Time for This new ETF]

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF

Tom Lydon’s clients own shares of HEDJ.