ETF and Index News
Mar 3rd, 2023 |
By James Lord, CFA
DWS is terminating its €70 million ‘ESG-Screened’ European energy sector ETF after changes to the underlying index’s methodology resulted in it falling short of UCITS requirements.
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Tags: DWS Xtrackers, Equities, ESG & Climate, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Europe, iShares, MSCI
Feb 28th, 2023 |
By James Lord, CFA
A consortium of 14 securities exchanges in Europe has been formed with the intention of developing a consolidated tape for equities and ETFs listed in the region.
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Europe, Fixed Income
Feb 27th, 2023 |
By James Lord, CFA
WisdomTree has announced plans to boost the sustainability credentials of several of its UCITS ETFs through additional environmental, social, and governance screening criteria.
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Tags: Equities, ESG & Climate, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Europe, Global, Themes and Strategy, WisdomTree
Feb 27th, 2023 |
By James Lord, CFA
Financial research house Morningstar has introduced a new suite of impact-focused indices targeting companies whose economic activities address the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
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Tags: Equities, ESG & Climate, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Global, Morningstar, Themes and Strategy
Feb 26th, 2023 |
By James Lord, CFA
Despite a significant fall in AUM last year, Europe’s ETF market is poised to experience stellar growth in 2023 and beyond, according to global consulting firm EY.
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Tags: Equities, ESG & Climate, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Europe, Fixed Income, United Kingdom
Feb 21st, 2023 |
By James Lord, CFA
RBC iShares has launched four new ETFs, including two equity and two fixed income funds, on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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Tags: Bloomberg Indexes, China, Emerging and Frontier, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Fixed Income, iShares, MSCI, Themes and Strategy, United States and Canada
Feb 16th, 2023 |
By James Lord, CFA
Simplify Asset Management has launched a new actively managed ETF providing exposure to smaller, more speculative companies within the biotech, pharmaceuticals, healthcare technology, and life sciences sectors.
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Tags: Active ETFs, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, ETF Launch, Global, Themes and Strategy
Feb 9th, 2023 |
By James Lord, CFA
The European Commission is weighing up banning kickbacks that financial advisers receive when they sell investment products, a move that would drive greater uptake of low-cost products such as ETFs.
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Europe, Fixed Income, United Kingdom
Feb 9th, 2023 |
By James Lord, CFA
Bloomberg has unveiled ETF list trading capabilities via its Request for Quote (RFQ) service, enabling clients to trade multiple ETFs with a single click.
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Tags: Bloomberg Indexes, Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Fixed Income
Feb 9th, 2023 |
By James Lord, CFA
More than a fifth (22%) of retail investors have cashed in mutual funds to switch their investments to ETFs over the past year, according to research from European white-label ETF platform HANetf.
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Tags: Equities, ETF and Index News, ETF Industry News, Europe, HANetf, Themes and Strategy