Amplify rolls out first SOFR-based ETF for income seekers
Amplify Investments teamed up with the asset management division of Korean conglomerate Samsung to launch a new actively managed exchange traded fund (ETF) designed to deliver returns tied to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR). The Amplify Samsung SOFR ETF, which debuted Wednesday, is the first ETF to track SOFR, the overnight interbank lending rate that has emerged as the U.S. replacement for the now-defunct Libor gauge of overnight borrowing interest costs. The new fund's launch comes amidst a wave of enthusiasm for ultra-short term fixed income ETFs, as yields on products th...