BlackRock has announced that the MSCI indices underlying its $9bn ‘ESG Enhanced’ range of iShares UCITS ETFs are to be updated to meet the European Union’s Climate Transition Benchmark (CTB) requirement. Manuela Sperandeo, BlackRock’s EMEA Head of Sustainable Indexing, said: “These improvements to the iShares ESG Enhanced UCITS ETF range raise the standard for incorporating environmental characteristics into sustainable ETFs.”

S&P Dow Jones and MSCI have launched their latest consultation on proposed changes to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), with potential ramifications for ETF investors.

Horizons ETFs has launched a new actively managed ETF in Canada targeting companies poised to benefit from the consumer growth story in emerging markets.

By Vinit Srivastava, CEO, MerQube. We speak daily to the world’s major providers of ETFs about what they are working on to address investor requirements. It is very clear that everyone is talking about one set of products and strategies: Defined Outcome ETFs.

Paris-based Melanion Capital has successfully introduced its bitcoin equities ETF on Euronext Paris, marking the first listing of a UCITS bitcoin-linked product in Europe.

DWS has made significant changes to six equity ETFs collectively housing over $1.8 billion in assets under management.

IndexIQ, a subsidiary of New York Life Investments, has expanded its ‘dual impact’ family of thematic equity strategies with the launch of three new ETFs on NYSE Arca.

WisdomTree has launched an ETF in the US that blends features of a defined-outcome solution with a traditional asset allocation strategy.

Euronext, in collaboration with Borsa Italiana, has launched a socially responsible alternative to the FTSE MIB, Italy’s foremost equity index.

Satrix Investments is set to list a new ETF in South Africa which will be the country’s first to offer exposure to the full opportunity set of stocks listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.