ETFs & Mutual Funds

Jeremy Grantham’s GMO Files for First ETF to Track Quality Stocks

  • QLTY will be actively managed and track quality-factor stocks
  • GMO joins growing list of asset managers entering ETF industry
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Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo is planning to break ground in the $7.4 trillion exchange-traded fund industry.

The $59 billion Boston-based investment company co-founded by Jeremy Grantham filed an application with US regulators for its first ETF, dubbed the GMO U.S. Quality ETF, on Monday. The actively-managed fund would trade under the ticker QLTY and invest in stocks that GMO “believes to be of high quality,” the filing details.