Invesco, a global asset management firm that has been leading sustainable investing for over 15 years, has expanded its thematic environmental ETF suite with the launch of Invesco MSCI Green Building ETF (GBLD).

21Shares is launching the world’s first Stellar XLM ETP (AXLM) and Cardano ADA ETP (AADA) on the regulated market of the Swiss stock exchange (SIX Exchange) on Monday, 26 April 2021.

Horizons ETFs has launched a US dollar-denominated series of shares of the Horizons Tactical Absolute Return Bond ETF. 

Ethereum was a key focus of ETF launches this week, with the CI Galaxy Ethereum fund now trading on TSX allowing investors to invest directly in ether using the Bloomberg Galaxy Ethereum Index, and Coinshares teaming with 3iQ to launch the 3iQ CoinShares Ether ETF, providing exposure to the daily price movements of the USD price of ether. ESG investing remains popular, with UBS listing the UBS ETF (LU) Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Euro Area Liquid Corporates Sustainable UCITS ETF (EUR) A-acc giving investors access to the performance of euro-denominated, fixed-rate corporate bonds from the eurozone with an improved ESG profile. Elsewhere, Russian ETF provider FinEx launched the FinEx Developed Markets ex-USA UCITS fund tracking the Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex United States 200 USD Index, and Lyxor listed its first ETF on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, the Lyxor Robotics & AI UCITS ETF. Finally, in a nod to a post-Covid economic recovery as lockdowns ease, AdvisorShares listed two ETFs with dedicated exposure to the hotel and restaurant and food service industry, the AdvisorShares Hotel ETF (BEDZ) and the AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF (EATZ).

First Trust's suite of UCITS ETFs are available for the first time to advisers and wealth managers using the Allfunds platform. 

MSCI Inc is partnering with Royalty Pharma to expand MSCI’s thematic index suite with the launch of new indexes that aim to capture long-term, cutting edge themes that will disrupt the life sciences, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry groups. 

AdvisorShares has launched the AdvisorShares Hotel ETF (BEDZ) and the AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF (EATZ), the only US-listed ETFs to provide dedicated exposure to their respective sectors.  

Indxx is the index provider behind the recent launch of the South Korea based ETF issuer Mirae Asset Global Investments’ TIGER US Tech Top 10 INDXX ETF (Ticker: 381170 KS Equity), a launch that has been one of the most successful launches in South Korea so far, with its USD13 million in seed money sold out in one and a half hours.  

21Shares AG a stock split for 10 of its ETPs. The event marks a first in the crypto asset ETP segment.

CI Global Asset Management's CI Galaxy Ethereum ETF (ETHX) is now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the tickers ETHX.B and ETHX.U.