Value Partners Group Limited has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Value Partners Asset Management Malaysia has launched a Shariah China A-Shares 100 ETF, described as the world’s first A-share ETF that tracks the performance of the Dow Jones Islamic Market China A-Shares 100 Index.

ETF issuer WisdomTree has added to its commodities product range with the launch of WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity ex-Agriculture UCITS ETF – EUR Hedged (EXAG) on the Börse Xetra with a management expense ratio of 0.35 per cent.

Invesco has launched an ETF designed to offer investors exposure to the high yield corporate bond market with improved ESG characteristics. The Invesco USD High Yield Corporate Bond ESG UCITS ETF is the firm’s latest low-cost passive offering for investors wanting to incorporate ESG considerations throughout their portfolios. 

German-headquartered Iconic Holding is a global crypto asset management group, with offices in Singapore, Dubai and New York. The firm, under its Iconic Funds subsidiary, recently launched its first physically backed bitcoin ETP on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, with the ticker XBTI, and on the Swiss Stock Exchange on May 28, 2021. 

There is a new cub on the block with the launch of Dawn Global’s Asian Growth Cubs ETF on NYSE, focusing on Emerging Asia ex China/India.
 

Data from global ETF analysis platform Trackinsight reveals that energy and energy infrastructure was the highest-performing segment of the ETF markets in the first half of 2021.

Hector McNeil, HANetf co-founder, has confirmed that the London-headquartered firm intends to open in the US in the first half of next year, offering their white label facility to ETF issuers from outside the US, who want to launch ETFs into the country. 

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. has announced that SS&C ALPS Advisors, an asset manager and wholly-owned subsidiary of SS&C, has cut the fee for the Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF (NYSE Arca: ENFR) from 0.65 per cent to 0.35 per cent, effective July 1, 2021.

The US’s SMArtX Advisory Solutions has launched 56 new strategies in July, bringing the total number of broadly available strategies on its platform to 832. 

Despite a shorter week in the US, with the fourth of July celebrations taking place on the Monday, ETF launches continued apace this week.