Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has filed regulatory documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the launch of six new fixed income ETFs. The funds, which are linked to indices created in collaboration with FTSE Russell, represent a significant expansion of GSAM’s fixed income ETF capabilities, increasing the number of bond ETFs offered by the firm to eleven.

IndexIQ, a subsidiary of New York Life Investment Management, has launched an actively managed fixed income ETF that provides exposure to an ultra-short duration portfolio of bonds from multiple sectors. The IQ Ultra Short Duration ETF (ULTR US) has listed on NYSE Arca and comes with an expense ratio of 0.24%. The fund seeks to provide current income while limiting price volatility.

Iowa-headquartered Principal Financial has launched the Principal Ultra-Short Active Income ETF (USI US) on NYSE Arca, providing actively managed exposure to high-quality bonds with low duration.

Goldman Sachs has launched the Goldman Sachs Access Ultra Short Bond ETF (GSST US) on Cboe BZX. The actively managed fund provides exposure to high quality fixed income securities while maintaining portfolio duration of less than one year.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has introduced a suite of five thematic equity ETFs investing in listed companies that are at the vanguard of innovation – either by way of product development or adoption. The funds are linked to indices from Motif Capital Management and cover themes that GSAM believes are pivotal to transformational changes to the global economy: data-driven world, finance reimagined, human evolution, manufacturing revolution, and new age consumer.

Newcomer LeaderShares has launched the LeaderShares AlphaFactor US Core Equity ETF (LSAF US) on NYSE Arca, providing exposure to US large-cap equities that have been selected according to a multifactor process.

Invesco has cross-listed the Invesco Goldman Sachs Equity Factor Index Emerging Markets UCITS ETF on Deutsche Börse and Borsa Italiana. The fund, which debuted on London Stock Exchange in mid-September, is the third product in the firm’s range of multi-factor ETFs linked to smart beta indices developed by investment banking titan Goldman Sachs.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has launched the Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF (GTIP US) on Cboe BZX, aiming to provide a “smarter” way to invest in treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS).

Invesco has launched the Invesco Goldman Sachs Equity Factor Index Emerging Markets UCITS ETF ETF (EFIM LN) on London Stock Exchange, providing exposure to emerging market equities weighted according to a multi-factor process. The fund is the third product in its range of multi-factor ETFs linked to smart beta indices developed by Goldman Sachs. Chris Mellor, Head of EMEA ETF Equity Product Management at Invesco, said, “We believe our new ETF offers investors something different for their emerging market exposure.

By Andrew D. Beer, Managing Partner of Dynamic Beta Investments.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management recently filed a registration statement for an alternative ETF that follows a time-tested investment strategy: hedge fund replication. This new ETF comes roughly a decade after Goldman launched a replication-based mutual fund, the Goldman Sachs Absolute Return Tracker (GJRTX) – a mutual fund that has outperformed the HFRX Global Investable Hedge Fund Index (the standard benchmark for many liquid alts products) by 248 bps per annum.