World X Investments Canada Inc. has launched three new ETFs on Cboe Canada, increasing its footprint within the Canadian ETF market with merchandise that supply publicity to U.S. small-cap equities and Bitcoin. The ETFs—World X Enhanced Russell 2000 Lined Name ETF (RSCL), World X Bitcoin Lined Name ETF (BCCC), and World X Enhanced Bitcoin Lined Name ETF (BCCL)—are actually out there for buying and selling beneath their respective tickers.
“With the launch of World X Bitcoin Lined Name ETF (BCCC) and World X Enhanced Bitcoin Lined Name ETF (BCCL), traders now have two methods to realize publicity to the worth of Bitcoin, with the good thing about twice month-to-month distributions – a primary within the Canadian market,” stated Chris McHaney, Govt Vice President, Funding Administration & Technique at World X. “We’ve seen important demand for investments that may ship constantly for Canadians, in addition to a continued urge for food for cryptocurrency-focused ETFs.”
RSCL seeks to trace the efficiency of the Russell 2000 RIC Capped Index, giving traders entry to small-cap U.S. equities. It additionally goals to ship month-to-month earnings by writing lined name choices on the underlying belongings. BCCC and BCCL are designed to offer publicity to the worth of Bitcoin, whereas producing earnings by way of name possibility premiums. Each Bitcoin-linked ETFs pays distributions twice monthly—a primary within the Canadian market.
BCCC invests primarily in ETFs that maintain Bitcoin and writes lined name choices on as much as 50% of its portfolio to supply constant yield. It doesn’t hedge its publicity to foreign currency echange. BCCL builds on this construction by incorporating leverage, concentrating on a 125% leverage ratio to amplify publicity and returns. It, too, employs a dynamic lined name technique and doesn’t hedge its foreign money publicity.
This newest rollout brings the full variety of World X ETFs listed on Cboe Canada to sixteen, underscoring the agency’s speedy progress and ongoing innovation in thematic and income-generating methods. Cboe Canada continues to be a hub for ETF exercise, facilitating round 15% of all quantity traded in Canadian-listed securities, in response to the announcement.
Victor Werny, Head of North American ETP Listings at Cboe World Markets, added, “It’s our pleasure to welcome World X again to Cboe Canada for an additional important ETF launch. World X has constantly demonstrated management in creating accessible funding automobiles for classy methods and we look ahead to strengthening our collaboration throughout Cboe’s international footprint as they proceed to convey new funding options to market.”
Buyers can entry the brand new ETFs by way of normal brokerage platforms throughout Canada.
