US investment industry giant, Hartford Funds, launched its first ETFs three and a half years ago through the purchase of current head of Investment Strategies and Solutions, Ted Lucas’s ETF business, Lattice Strategies. 

BlackRock has launched a new iShares ETF providing access to emerging markets corporate bonds on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.

Invesco has further broadened its range of ESG ETFs with the launch of the Invesco S&P 500 ESG UCITS ETF. The index the new fund will follow has been constructed to provide a risk and return profile similar to that of the broad S&P 500 index, but with significantly improved ESG characteristics.

The Medical Cannabis and Wellness UCITS ETF (CBDX) underwent its quarterly re-balance on 28 February, resulting in the addition of four new constituents.

BNP Paribas has launched The BNP Paribas Easy FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Europe UCITS ETF QD H EUR on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt. 

Amundi has published its latest ETF flows report, including monthly data for February 2020, which finds that total net flows globally were EUR19 billion, with EUR1 billion flowing out of equities but fixed income up, with EUR17 billion, and aggregate bonds up EUR10.4 billion.

Exchange Traded Concepts (ETC), a specialist in providing white-label Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) solutions, has partnered with Qraft Technologies to launch a new ETF as part of the Qraft family of funds, The Qraft AI Enhanced US High Dividend ETF.

BlackRock’s Global ETP flows report for February 2020 finds that the last week of February ranked as the worst week for equity outflows since records began in 2011, with investors selling USD31.5 billion.

BlackRock has launchef a new iShares ETF focussed on sustainable US corporate bonds on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.

Any minute now, Precidian Investments, probably through the medium of American Century Investments, one of their licensees, (see interview here) will be announcing the launch of the first of the much-lauded non or semi-transparent ETFs.