A New York-based manager of socially responsible investments has opened its doors with the launch of an ETF investing in companies that it considers are making the greatest contribution to society.

Legal & General Investment Management has expanded its range of sustainability-focused thematic ETFs with the launch of the L&G Hydrogen Economy UCITS ETF across major European exchanges.

The VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports UCITS ETF has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management, a fund size that is likely to bring it into play with a wider audience of institutional investors.

Global X has unveiled a pair of ETFs in Japan providing exposure to domestically listed equities aligned with two technology-focused investment themes: digital innovation and e-commerce.

Toronto-headquartered Horizons ETFs has launched the world’s first thematic ETF targeting companies involved in the development of therapeutic solutions using psychedelics.

Tabula Investment Management has launched the world’s first fixed income ETF that is aligned to the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Evolve Funds has launched the first ETF in Canada to provide pure-play exposure to companies operating in the cloud computing space.

Global X has unveiled its first European domiciled UCITS ETFs – a pair of thematic technology-focused strategies that transcend traditional sector, industry, and geographic classifications.

Lyxor’s pan-European-listed green bond ETF, the Lyxor Green Bond (DR) UCITS ETF (CLIM FP), has cruised to more than €500 million in assets under management thanks to approximately €330m of new money allocated to the fund so far this year.

iClima Earth, a London-based research firm focused on environmental impact investing, has teamed up with white-label ETF issuer HANetf to launch a fund targeting enablers of decarbonization.