Joining the panel on trends and thematic investing in ETFs at this year’s etfLIVE event is Oliver Smith, investment director at multi-family office Sandaire.
GraniteShares seems blessed with an ability to live in interesting times. The firm launched its range of short and leveraged single stock daily ETPs on the London Stock Exchange last December, just as the UK was in the throes of Brexit news and facing a General Election.
Read all about the winners in the ETF Express 2020 European awards, a year that marks the 10th anniversary of our awards, the 30th birthday of ETFs overall, and the 20th birthday of European ETFs.
Brand new European ETF provider Rize ETF has launched its first two ETFs, the Rize Cybersecurity and Data Privacy UCITS ETF (CYBR) and the Rize Medical Cannabis and Life Sciences UCITS ETF (FLWR).
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) lie front and centre in the index world says Rick Redding, the CEO of the not-for-profit Index Industry Association (IIA). “It’s what a lot of people are working on and where a lot of interesting work is being done trying to look at ESG in a much more sophisticated way.”
BlackRock’s EMEA ETP report this month shows that global flows into ETPs remained strong in January, with USD66.5 billion added, down from a bumper USD85.8 billion of inflows in December (the second highest inflow month on record).
By Allan Lane, Algo-Chain – As the rise of boutique US ETF providers continues to lap the shores of Europe, it is good to see KraneShares making its mark with the launch of the KraneShares MSCI China ESG Leaders UCITS ETF listed on the London Stock Exchange last week, with ticker KESG and with an annual management fee of 0.4 per cent.
JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has launched its first fixed income multi-factor UCITS ETF in Europe, the JPMorgan Global High Yield Corporate Bond Multi-Factor UCITS ETF (JGHY) which is now available on the London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Börse Xetra and the Borsa Italiana.
