Wells Fargo Files With SEC to Provide Exchange-Traded Funds

  • Joins rivals JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs in issuing own funds
  • San Francisco-based bank currently has $2 trillion in assets
A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks past a Wells Fargo & Co. bank branch.Photographer: Peter Foley/Bloomberg
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Wells Fargo & Co. is planning to join the $4.5 trillion exchange-traded fund industry, one of the last major asset managers to enter the fray.

The fourth-biggest U.S. bank by assets is seeking to register the Wells Fargo Exchange-Traded Funds Trust with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a Monday filingBloomberg Terminal. If approved, Wells would be able to issues its own ETFs, although they haven’t registered any individual funds yet.