Solactive and B-BRE have launched the Solactive – B-BRE Tel Aviv 125 Low Volatility High Dividends Index, used as the underlying index for a new IBI fund trading on the Tel Aviv stock exchange. The index tracks the performance of 25 shares from the TA-125 Index, the most widely used market capitalisation benchmark index of the Tel Aviv stock exchange, selected for their high dividend and low volatility characteristics.

Frankfurt-based index provider Solactive has unveiled the Solactive USD Investment Grade Corporate Index, tracking the performance of US dollar-denominated investment grade corporate bonds.

Solactive has unveiled the Solactive Global Infrastructure Low Earnings Volatility Index, a reference for the performance of a global portfolio of 100 companies operating in the infrastructure space that exhibit low volatility in reported earnings compared to their peers.

Canada-based Horizons ETFs has introduced new indices for twelve of its commodity-tracking exchange-traded funds. Each fund will henceforth track an index designed and calculated by German index provider Solactive. The ETFs’ names, objectives and fee structures will remain unchanged.

The Global X MLP ETF (NYSE: MLPA) has surpassed $500 million in assets under management, coinciding with the fund’s five year anniversary since its launch.

Frankfurt-based index provider Solactive has unveiled a new family of indices tracking leading companies in the field of gender equality.

Germany-based index provider Solactive AG has unveiled the Solactive Nordic 150 Index, tracking the market cap-weighted performance of 150 of the most liquid shares listed in the Nordic region covering Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The index may serve as the underlying for index-linked investment products such as ETFs.

Frankfurt-based index provider Solactive has launched the Solactive Canadian Bond Universe Indices, a new suite of broad-based indices targeting a range of Canadian government and corporate investment-grade bond exposures denominated in CAD.

Frankfurt-based index provider Solactive has launched the Solactive Digital Economy Index, which tracks the performance of 50 European stocks whose business models are likely to impacted by the process of digitisation. The index also has a smart beta tilt built in, with composition weighted towards high dividend, low volatility stocks.

Lyxor has launched the Lyxor Green Bond UCITS ETF (Euronext: CLIM), the world’s first ETF to offer exposure to the investment grade green bond market. Green bonds are sovereign, supranational or corporate fixed income instruments that dedicate the proceeds raised through issuance to enhancing environmental sustainability.