Rebranding Campaign Accelerates ETF Enters a New Era of Branding

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【Renaming Action Sprint: ETFs enter a new era of branding】According to a report by China Finance and Economics News on March 27, in line with the revised fund business guide issued by the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges in November last year, all existing ETFs must complete the change of expanded trading abbreviation by the end of March. An ETF renaming campaign covering the entire industry has entered a sprint phase. In recent days, multiple publicly offered fund management companies have issued announcements in close succession, batch-adjusting the on-exchange abbreviations of their ETFs and changing them to a unified format of “key elements of the underlying investment + ETF + fund manager.” What does this renaming campaign mean? Under the same index, how should different fund companies’ products attract investors to stay? Several industry insiders, when interviewed by a reporter, said that this unified renaming, which appears to be only a small change in naming, will not only put an end to the “abbreviation benefit” that has long existed, but also push ETF competition into a deeper contest of brand strength, and may even help reshape the industry ecosystem. (CSRC Report)