BNP Paribas Asset Management has boosted the sustainability credentials of 18 of its ETFs with the adoption of new or amended indices. The ETFs concerned have assumed new ESG protocols or incorporated construction methodologies that bring them into alignment with Paris-Aligned Benchmark standards. Isabelle Bourcier, Head of Quantitative & Index Management at BNPP AM, said: “The move towards sustainable indices, including PAB, is a decisive step and a major axis of our development”.

CSOP Asset Management has introduced a new ETP in Hong Kong which is the territory’s first to provide inverse exposure to crude oil markets.

Lyxor Asset Management has surpassed €100 billion of assets under management in ETFs.

Horizons and Evolve have introduced Canada’s first thematic equity ETFs to provide dedicated exposure to the ‘metaverse’.

VanEck has launched the first ETF in Australia providing exposure to listed private equity.

Global X has introduced its first commodities-focused ETF in Europe with the launch of the Global X Copper Miners UCITS ETF.

UOB has launched an ETF in Singapore providing exposure to high-yielding green REITs listed in Asia Pacific and Oceania.

Direxion has introduced a new thematic equity ETF in the US providing exposure to companies involved in nanotechnology.

Washington state-based investment manager Saturna Capital has taken over the management of an actively managed Shariah equity UCITS ETF originally sponsored by Almalia and Sanlam.

Amundi has expanded its ‘ESG Leaders’ suite of ETFs with the launch of the Amundi MSCI China ESG Leaders Select UCITS ETF and Amundi MSCI Emerging ex-China ESG Leaders Select UCITS ETF on LSE.