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.
Marc Pfeffer is chief investment officer of CLS Investments, the award-winning exchange traded fund strategist firm that is hyper-focused on the ETF landscape. The firm was founded in 1989, founded managed funds in 1997 and bought its first ETF in 1998.
BlackRock reports that global flows into ETPs fell to USD47.4 billion in October, down from USD55 billion in September, despite a pickup in fixed income buying to USD23.3 billion.
ROBO Global Robotics & Automation ETF and index is about to celebrate its seventh birthday, having been the first index to track the global robotics and automation supply chain.
Sparrows Capital has launched a range of ESG portfolios on its platform-based model portfolio service, SCore MPS, aimed at financial advisers.
The Index Industry Association’s (IIA) fourth Annual Benchmark Survey has revealed a 40 per cent growth in the number of indices measuring ESG criteria in the past year, and indexes covering fixed income also saw growth, 7.1 per cent over the last year and close to 15 per cent in the last two years.