Goldman Sachs Asset Management is planning to re-organize five equity ETFs that collectively house around $300 million in assets under management into a single multi-thematic strategy.

EQM Indexes has unveiled a new equity index providing smart beta exposure to junior gold mining stocks globally.

Institutional and wholesale investors are increasingly turning to ETFs to implement factor strategies, according to research by Invesco.

The first ETFs to utilize the new cross-listing mechanism between the markets of Hong Kong and mainland China have begun trading.

Emles Advisors has become the latest new issuer to enter the ETF market. The company is headquartered in New York City and has been founded by former Alerian executives, Gabriel Hammond, CEO, and Dave Saxena, CFO.

Invesco’s swap-based MSCI World UCITS ETF has surpassed $2 billion in assets under management having added almost $1bn year to date.

London Stock Exchange Group has agreed to sell its entire shareholding in LSEG Italia, the parent company of Borsa Italiana, to a consortium of buyers led by pan-European stock exchange operator Euronext.

Amundi has announced that its ultra-low-cost ‘Prime’ range of core ETFs has surpassed €2 billion in assets under management, just 18 months since the range was unveiled.

Lyxor has reduced the total expense ratio of the Lyxor Nasdaq-100 UCITS ETF from 0.30% to 0.22%, making it the cheapest UCITS ETF in Europe for this exposure.

By Matthew J Bartolini, Head of SPDR Americas Research.

2020 is already a banner year for ETFs, according to several key statistics.