UBS has launched the UBS MSCI AC Asia ex Japan SF UCITS ETF (UC48) on the London Stock Exchange, providing exposure to the equity market performance of large and mid-cap stocks across emerging and developed market countries in Asia excluding Japan.

UBS Asset Management has launched the UBS Bloomberg Commodity CMCI UCITS ETF (BCCU) on the London Stock Exchange. The fund offers exposure to the performance of a basket of commodity futures contracts, as represented by the constituent weights of the widely followed Bloomberg Commodity Index, while pursuing an advanced futures rolling methodology.

UBS has unveiled two new commodity index ETFs on Deutsche Börse’s Xetra exchange. The ETFs enable investors to participate in the performance of a diversified commodity basket while one of the funds hedges currency risk between the US dollar and the euro. 

ETF provider Source has launched a new commodity ETF on Deutsche Börse’s Xetra platform.

UBS has cross-listed the UBS MSCI USA Select Factor Mix UCITS ETF (USFM) on the Swiss stock exchange with USD and CHF trading share classes, having made its debut on the London Stock Exchange earlier in the month.

UBS Asset Management has launched the “alternative beta” UBS MSCI USA Select Factor Mix UCITS ETF (USFM) on the London Stock Exchange, providing access to US equities while tilting the portfolio towards factors that have historically provided risk-adjusted outperformance over the long term. Andrew Walsh, head of passive and ETF specialist sales UK & Ireland at UBS, said: “Investors are increasingly seeing alternative beta as an important component of portfolios, and assets in factor ETFs and ETPs now total more than $500 billion globally.”

Index provider MSCI has re-confirmed the upgrade of Pakistan from frontier market to emerging markets status following the firm’s latest market reclassification review. The move will see Pakistan rejoin the bellwether MSCI Emerging Markets Index, tracked by several large ETFs in Europe including the giant iShares Core EM IMI UCITS ETF (LON: EIMI).

Lyxor, the second largest provider of fixed income ETFs in Europe, has launched the Lyxor $ Floating Rate Note UCITS ETF (LON: BUOY), offering bond investors exposure to the US dollar-denominated corporate market with protection from rising interest rates.

SIX Swiss Exchange has announced changes to the rules governing the SMI Index, Switzerland’s blue-chip equity index. As of 18 September, the index, which measures the performance of the 20 largest and most liquid stocks on the Zurich stock exchange, will commence a process which will result in the weights of constituents being capped at 18%.

According to a global study conducted by State Street Global Advisors, the asset manager behind the SPDR range of ETFs, 68% of 475 institutions surveyed reported that the integration of an environmental, social and governance strategy had significantly improved returns. ESG-based strategies have underscored one of the most significant trends in ETF product development in recent years.