Invesco has launched a new European-domiciled ETF providing exposure to the equity market of Kuwait. The Invesco MSCI Kuwait UCITS ETF (MKUW LN) has listed on London Stock Exchange in US dollars and comes seeded with $50 million in assets under management. The fund offers investors a liquid and convenient vehicle to gain access to Kuwaiti equities ahead of the country’s graduation to emerging market status by index provider MSCI.

Canadian asset manager Mackenzie Investments has launched a new ETF that provides exposure to local currency debt from emerging market government issuers. The Mackenzie Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Index ETF (QEBL CN) has listed on Toronto Stock Exchange and comes with a management expense ratio (MER) of 0.45%, the lowest among Canadian-domiciled emerging markets bond ETFs.

By Chris Mellor, Head of EMEA ETF Equity Product Management, Invesco.

The $3.5 billion of net flows year-to-date into Europe-domiciled S&P 500 ETFs shows the continued demand for the asset class, but a closer look at how investors are choosing to gain exposure to this important benchmark is perhaps more telling.

China-focused ETF issuer KraneShares has partnered with Nasdaq Dorsey Wright to launch the KraneShares China Rotation Model. The model provides a risk-managed rotation strategy built around KraneShares’ suite of China and emerging market ETFs and powered by Nasdaq Dorsey Wright’s relative-strength expertise. Jonathan Krane, CEO of KraneShares, commented, “We are confident this collaboration will provide our investors with the volatility and drawdown protection they seek in their China-specific allocation.”

By Rich Powers, Head of ETF Product Management at Vanguard.

ETFs and individual stocks and bonds all have one thing in common: You can use any of them to try cashing in on market movements hour by hour. But maybe you shouldn’t.

BNP Paribas has launched a new socially responsible equity ETF providing exposure to stocks with strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) characteristics from developed market eurozone countries. The BNP Paribas Easy MSCI EMU SRI S-Series 5% Capped UCITS ETF (MUSRI FP) has debuted on Euronext Paris with further listings pending on Xetra and Borsa Italiana.

Tokyo-headquartered Nikko Asset Management has introduced its first ETF in Hong Kong with the launch of the Nikko AM Global Internet ETF on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The fund is linked to the iEdge-FactSet Global Internet Index which provides thematic equity exposure to leading internet companies globally. Eleanor Seet, Head of Asia ex-Japan at Nikko Asset Management, commented, “The Nikko AM Global Internet ETF provides investors with easy and low-cost access to the world’s internet titans, across trending themes such as e-commerce, internet of things, social networking, cloud services, and e-gaming.”

BlackRock has launched five new ETFs in Europe providing exposure to the consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, healthcare, and information technology segments of the global equity market. The new funds are linked to MSCI sector indices derived from the MSCI World Index and have been listed on Deutsche Börse Xetra in euros and on Euronext Amsterdam in US dollars. With TERs of 0.25%, they become the cheapest world sector ETFs available in Europe.

By Brandon Rakszawski, Senior ETF Product Manager, VanEck.

September was a strong month for the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index (Moat Index). It outperformed the S&P 500 Index by nearly two percent (3.79% vs. 1.87%, respectively), driven almost entirely by impressive stock selection.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has introduced its second ETF in Europe: the Goldman Sachs Access China Government Bond UCITS ETF. The fund provides exposure to the Chinese government bond market and has been listed in London (CBND LN) and Frankfurt (GASF GR). Peter Thompson, Head of GSAM’s European ETF Business, said, “The latest addition to the GSAM European ETF range provides investors with a smart, simple solution to accessing the Chinese bond market.”