By Robert Minter, Director of ETF Investment Strategy at abrdn.

Industrial metals are a unique asset class within the commodities sector that may allow investors to gain exposure to the global green energy transition.

Toronto-based Sprott Asset Management has launched a new physically backed gold ETF in the US with the fund’s underlying bullion holdings sourced exclusively from ethical miners and refiners.

Harbor Capital Advisors has launched a broad basket commodities ETF focused on the building blocks of the accelerating transition to less carbon-intensive energy sources.

Rising interest rates, the expectation for further aggressive monetary tightening, and a strengthening US dollar have caused the price of gold to slump and investors to make significant redemptions from gold-backed ETFs.

Franklin Templeton has launched a low-cost physically backed gold ETF in the US with all underlying bullion holdings sourced from ethical miners and refiners.

Gold ETFs recorded net outflows of $3.1 billion globally in May, reversing course after a four-month run of inflows that saw total gold ETF holdings fall just 1% shy of their all-time high.

SparkChange has cross-listed the first ETP providing physically-backed exposure to EU Allowances, the world’s foremost carbon credit, on Deutsche Börse Xetra and Borsa Italiana.

Direxion has launched an agricultural commodities ETF providing thematic exposure to ingredients commonly found in the most important meal of the day.

Teucrium Trading, a US-based issuer of commodity-focused ETFs, has launched a new fund providing actively managed exposure to a basket of agricultural futures.

Horizons ETFs has announced the upcoming launch of Canada’s first ETF to provide targeted exposure to the copper mining industry.