High-school shootings prompt a fresh look at ETF components

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A U.S. high school student-led protest is prompting discussions over reforms in the US$3-trillion exchange-traded fund business, on the back of recent moves that have already created opportunities for investors to buy gun-free index-linked products. A bigger question is whether there is a push to rethink the components of the bigger indexes themselves, which are a core holding of millions of institutional and ordinary investors alike.
Gun reform activist David Hogg has decided to take on