ESG Observatory from TrackInsight recognises huge growth in demand for ESG ETFs
ETF data provider TrackInsight has launched ESG ETF platform, ESG Observatory, on the back of the huge growth in demand for ESG ETFs observed during 2020.
ETF data provider TrackInsight has launched ESG ETF platform, ESG Observatory, on the back of the huge growth in demand for ESG ETFs observed during 2020.
Germany’s Deutsche Börse has published its review of its ETP business for 2020, noting that sustainability, thematic and cryptocurrencies ETFs dominated the year.
2020 was quite the year for ETFs, as assets continued to roll in, and many firms predict that 2021 will continue on much the same course.
Another week and another crypto launch for Switzerland’s SIX Exchange with the arrival of CoinShares with its new physically backed ETP, CoinShares Physical Bitcoin (BITC).
Refinitiv’s Lipper team reports that ETF promoters in Europe experienced estimated net inflows of EUR23.2 billion for December, while assets under management in the European ETF industry (EUR992.6 billion) increased during December.
Value investing is under the spotlight already this year, having spent some five to 10 years in the doldrums, outshone by its glamorous growth cousin. Brandon Rakszawski (pictured), Senior ETF Product Manager at VanEck, has noted that November 2020 saw the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index come back strongly relative to the S&P 500 Index to erase a good portion of its 2020 relative underperformance.
Voting is now open for the ETF Express European Awards 2021, which will be unveiled and celebrated at an exclusive virtual ceremony and industry networking event to be held on Thursday 25 February.
2020 has been the year in which the UK’s Church of England went into the index business, with the January launch on the London Stock Exchange of the FTSE-TPI Climate Transition Index.
Vincent Denoiseux, Head of ETF Research and Solutions at Lyxor ETF, has published the firm’s last report of the year, which shows that November was an outstanding month for European equities, with EUR62.6 billion of net flows, six times the three year average.
Gabriel Hammond’s brand new ETF provider, Emles Advisors, has launched two new ETFs, the Emles Protective Allocation ETF (DEFN) and, just in time for holiday shopping, the Emles Luxury Goods ETF (LUXE).
There has been quite the conversion outbreak in the ETF world in the latter half of this year, with a number of US-based asset managers converting their existing funds into ETFs.