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NEWSLETTER | 21 Aug 2020

Assets flowing into active ETFs have soared up the rankings in recent months, with Precidian’s Dan McCabe describing them as one of the most sought after ETF strategies. Read our piece on the growth of active, both in traditional ETF form and in its new incarnation of semi or non transparent.

All things ESG dominate this week as well with studies from both Lyxor and Invesco showing the appetite for ESG and that institutional investment into ESG is tending to arrive in ETF form.

Read our interview with Charles Moussier, EMEA Head of Insurance Investment Solutions at Invesco, which reveals that ETFs have become the vehicle of choice for institutional investors to integrate ESG criteria into their portfolios, with insurers switching to ESG via some investments in ETFs because they enable a combination of strict compliance with regulatory requirements, flexibility in their asset allocation, the fine-tuning of their ESG strategy, including the implementation of self-indexing mechanisms, at low cost.

Finally, we have two events lined up for you to be involved with. Please place your vote in our US ETF awards, with nominations selected by Bloomberg. The link is here. Remember, the firm with the most votes wins.

And do take a look at ouretfLIVE North America digital summit, whose programme and confirmed speakers are listed here. Professional investors attend for free so do register now.

Beverly Chandler
Managing Editor, ETF Express

Companies in this issue
A J Bell
Algo-Chain
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Invesco
Lyxor
Precidian
Ryedale
Sandaire
Tilney Group

Active ETFs attract increasing attention

Thu | 20 Aug 2020, 13:28

One strategy in the ETF world that has seen good inflows over these interesting months is the active ETF strategy, with ETF data providers ETFGI reporting that actively managed ETFs and ETPs saw net inflows of USD7.04 billion during June, bringing year-to-date net inflows into the strategy to USD26.69 billion.

Thu | 20 Aug 2020, 13:28

Invesco reports that ETFs have become the vehicle of choice for institutional investors to integrate ESG criteria into their portfolios, with insurers switching to ESG via some investments in ETFs because they enable a combination of strict compliance with regulatory requirements, flexibility in their asset allocation, the fine-tuning of their ESG strategy, including the implementation of self-indexing mechanisms, at low cost.

Thu | 20 Aug 2020, 13:28

Optiver has written a paper on the issue of Consolidated Tape, commenting that access to comprehensive and real-time market data by means of a Consolidated Tape of all transactions, is fundamental to the efficient functioning of capital markets.

Thu | 20 Aug 2020, 13:28

A new report from Invesco finds that more than half of institutional investors (55 per cent) believe the majority of their ESG investments will be held in passive products such as exchange traded funds (ETFs) within the next five years.

Thu | 20 Aug 2020, 13:28

Voting is now underway for the ETF Express US Awards 2020, which will be unveiled and celebrated at an exclusive virtual ceremony and industry networking event to be held on 24 September.

VOTE NOW >

Global ETF assets top USD6.66tn at end of July, says ETFGI

Thu | 20 Aug 2020, 13:28

Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally reached a new record of USD6.66 trillion at the end of July, according to ETFGI's July 2020 Global ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service.

Thu | 20 Aug 2020, 13:28

Total traded volume on the Tradeweb European-listed ETF marketplace reached EUR35.8 billion in July, while the proportion of transactions completed via Tradeweb’s Automated Intelligent Execution Tool (AiEX) climbed to 72.5 per cent.

Global ETF launches 13-20.08.20

Thu | 20 Aug 2020, 13:28

This week's new ETF launches include two funds that herald a ‘new era’ in bond investing, according to Innovator ETFs. The firm’s latest offerings are the first ever defined outcome bond ETFs providing upside exposure with built-in downside buffer levels. Elsewhere, BlackRock launched a new iShares government bonds ETF, while TD Asset Management debuted three new ‘One-Click” ETFs which invest in a strategic mix of broad market index TD ETFs and actively managed TD ETFs.