Amundi has revealed plans to expand its environmental, social and governance (ESG) product suite with the transition of six regular fixed income ETFs into equivalent ESG exposures in the coming weeks.

By Salvatore J. Bruno, Chief Investment Officer; and Kelly Ye, Director of Research at IndexIQ.

The past year saw high yield bonds rally strongly in the wake of March’s Covid-driven selloff as growth rebounded and a widely expected wave of corporate bankruptcies failed to materialize.

WisdomTree has launched a new ETF in the US providing exposure to alternative credit.

By the ETF research team at State Street Global Advisors.

Investment-grade credit was the darling of investors in 2020. Dramatically wider spreads to government bonds, following the March sell-off, coupled with a central bank backstop made IG credit an easy investment choice.

Amundi has expanded its socially responsible investment offering with the launch of a euro corporate bond ETF aligned to the Paris Agreement’s objective on climate change.

The UBS ETF Sustainable Development Bank Bonds UCITS ETF has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management, driven by investors seeking high-grade USD bond exposure with a strong sustainability profile.

Fixed income specialist Tabula Investment Management has made changes to the Tabula European Performance Credit UCITS ETF (TCEP LN), a passive fund offering European credit exposure through the corporate credit default swap (CDS) market.

FinEx has launched a new ETF on Moscow Exchange that seeks to capture the risk premia associated with ‘fallen angel’ bonds.

PGIM has expanded its line-up of actively managed ETFs with the launch of a core multi-sector fixed income strategy.

Premia Partners has launched two new China-focused fixed income ETFs on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.