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Players from the Edmonton Oilers. Another fund company filed plans NHL ETFs. (Photo by Curtis Comeau\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\nFrom time to time, issuers of exchange traded funds are known to play copycat and that\u2019s happening in the race to launch funds tethered to indexes measuring the performance of NHL teams.<\/p>\n
Players from the Edmonton Oilers. Another fund company filed plans NHL ETFs. (Photo by Curtis Comeau\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Just days after Volatility Shares filed plans<\/a> to introduce funds that will essentially be baskets of CME-traded derivatives based on FutureSports Performance Indexes (FSPI), Roundhill Investments unveiled similar plans.<\/p>\n Like its first-moving competitor, Roundhill filed plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to introduce ETFs representing all 32 NHL franchises that will hold CME-listed futures tied to the FSPIs. When FutureSports announced plans<\/a> for its benchmarks on college and professional athletes and teams last month, it noted the gauges use \u201cofficially reported, league-approved statistical outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n If the SEC approves the products, it\u2019s likely that the ETFs from Roundhill and Volatility Shares will function in similar fashion. However, there\u2019s a difference in the filings as Roundhill has proposed tickers for its NHL futures ETFs. Those tickers are \u201cX\u201d with combined with a three-letter identifier associated with the teams. For example, if it comes to life, the Roundhill Vegas Golden Knights ETF will trade under the ticker \u201cXVGK.\u201d<\/p>\n Roundhill Known to Bettors, PM Traders<\/p>\n Known for pushing the envelope in the income-generating and thematic ETF segments, Roundhill is known in betting circles because it\u2019s the company behind the Roundhill Sports Betting & iGaming ETF (NYSE: BETZ), the first ETF to focus exclusively<\/a> on iGaming and sports wagering equities.<\/p>\n The asset manager was also the first to initiate plans for ETFs that would hold baskets of political event contracts traded on prediction markets. Two competitors followed, but the SEC, citing the need to further evaluate \u201cnovel\u201d ETF pitches, has yet to approve any<\/a> of what amount to be dozens for electoral event contract ETFs.<\/p>\n Interestingly, the political ETFs no longer appear in the \u201cComing Soon<\/a>\u201d section of the Roundhill website nor have the proposed NHL funds made their way there as of yet.<\/p>\n That doesn\u2019t necessarily mean much aside from the fact that the SEC is taking its time on the election-based ETFs and that Roundhill\u2019s NHL fund filing is new, which it is.<\/p>\n Timing Issues<\/p>\n The puck drops on the 2026-27 NHL season on Sept. 29 and there\u2019s already related activity on prediction markets<\/a>, but the season\u2019s start date may be of little concern to the SEC when it comes to approving or rejecting these unique ETFs.<\/p>\n