Global X Small Modular Reactor ETF, SMRZ, went effective, and the firm says it launched
BlackRock, First Trust and Calamos registrations also became effective. The filings run from Oct. 13 through Oct. 16, and none is a closure.
Key takeaways
Global X Funds' post-effective amendment for the Global X Small Modular Reactor ETF, SMRZ, became effective on Oct. 13, 2026. Global X Management Company said on Oct. 15 that the fund had launched.
The release lists a gross expense ratio of 0.75%. Global X's fund page lists the total expense ratio at the same 0.75%, an inception date of Oct. 14, and Cboe BZX as the exchange. The firm said the fund seeks exposure to companies that design, build and fuel small modular reactors, compact nuclear reactors built in factories, then moved to a site and assembled.
No fund filed to close in the filings dated Oct. 13 through Oct. 16.
Six other registrations became effective on Oct. 13 or Oct. 14.
The Oct. 14 prospectuses for RBTX and GMIX say those funds had not commenced operations. Calamos ETF Trust filed summary prospectuses that day for both of its funds, and those summaries say the same.
SHLA became effective the same day as SMRZ. The Oct. 15 release announced SMRZ. The Asia Defense filing and the First Trust amendment print the tickers and the effective dates, and they do not give a day the shares started trading.
Select Sector SPDR Trust filed summary prospectuses on Oct. 13 for the State Street S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Market Sector SPDR ETF, XLYM, the State Street S&P 500 Energy Market Sector SPDR ETF, XLEM, the State Street S&P 500 Consumer Staples Market Sector SPDR ETF, XLPM, and the State Street S&P 500 Technology Market Sector SPDR ETF, XLKM.
Filings on Oct. 15 and Oct. 16
MFS Active Exchange Traded Funds Trust filed summary prospectuses on Oct. 15 for the MFS Active Value ETF, MFSV, and the MFS Active International Value ETF, MIVL.
The value fund's summary restates the portfolio-manager table effective Nov. 1, 2026, naming Thomas Crowley and Steven Gorham in place of Katherine Cannan and Thomas Crowley.
The international fund's summary adds David Falco effective Dec. 31, 2026.
Thrivent ETF Trust's Oct. 15 amendment registers the Thrivent Large Cap Stock ETF and the Thrivent Securitized Income ETF as new series. That filing's effectiveness date is Oct. 19, so those shares are not effective yet.
Morgan Stanley ETF Trust filed a post-effective amendment on Oct. 16.
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Frequently asked questions
When did the Global X Small Modular Reactor ETF become effective and launch?
Its post-effective amendment became effective on Oct. 13, 2026, the fund page lists an Oct. 14 inception, and Global X said on Oct. 15 that the fund had launched.
What does the fund invest in?
It seeks exposure to companies that design, build and fuel small modular reactors, compact nuclear reactors built in factories, then moved to a site and assembled.
Have the other newly effective funds started operating?
The iShares and Calamos filings say those funds had not commenced operations, and the Asia Defense and First Trust filings give no day shares started trading.
Did any fund file to close?
No fund filed to close in the filings dated Oct. 13 through Oct. 16.
