A busy week of ETF launches brings us a definite trend towards active ETFs and bond ETFs.

It’s been quite the week for launches in the ETF world. Not many launches but those that happened are quite notable.

A quiet week for ETF launches brings us exposure to the Fourth Industrial Revolution from Pacer ETFs BULD, the Pacer BlueStar Engineering the Future ETF which aims to follow the BlueStar Global Robotics & 3D Printing Index.  

It was a quiet week for ETF launches but the week that brought news of the first interest rate rise since May 2000 from the Federal Reserve in the US also brought three bond ETF launches.

ESG and crypto dominate the global ETF launches again this week, with 21Shares bringing us an ETP that combines bitcoin and gold and ETC Group launching an XRP-backed ETC on Xetra.

Global ETF launches did not slow down in the two weeks around the Easter holidays and the ETF Express trip to Miami.

The geographical and subject spread in this week’s global ETF launches is witness to the rapid growth in the ETF industry at the moment.

Something for everyone this week with the usual round of launches in the crypto and ESG space, but also Mexican bonds, digital health, semi-conductors and volatility.

Gold and the metaverse dominate this week’s launches, with the third Metaverse ETF launch in the last two weeks, from Roundhill Investments, and gold featuring in both RMAU’s partnership with Quintet and in WisdomTree’s actively managed launch, GDE.

With so much going on, on the global stage, it was a very quiet week for new launches in the ETF world. However, our dominant themes continue, with launches in ESG and crypto, plus a new offering in dividend growth.