This Week's ETF Launches: Undercover Bosses and High-Yield Hedging

While new exchange-traded fund (ETF) launch activity has slowed to a crawl so far in 2017, it hasn’t stopped issuers from debuting some exciting and innovative new funds. Smart-beta or non-traditional indexing continues to dominate the ETF space, and this week did not disappoint. New launches took smart beta and ran with it, covering everything from insider/founder ownership to new ways to score junk volatility.