Amundi launches innovative buyback-themed ETF, the first to track the MSCI Europe Weighed Buyback Yield index
Amundi ETF announces the launch of the first ETF in Europe leveraging the theme of European share buybacks, by tracking the MSCI Europe Equal Weighted Buyback Yield strategy index. The launch represents another innovative expansion of Amundi ETF’s European equity Smart Beta (...)
S&P 500 Catholic Values Index Launched by S&P Dow Jones Indices
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), one of the world’s leading providers of financial market indices, announced the launch of the S&P 500® Catholic Values Index which is designed to include the companies within the S&P 500 whose business practices adhere to the (...)
Nomura Asset Management to launch JPX-Nikkei 400 ETFs
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., announced a plan to launch three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) designed to track the performance of the JPX-Nikkei 400 Leveraged (2x) Index, JPX-Nikkei 400 Inverse (-1x) Index and JPX-Nikkei 400 Double Inverse (-2x) (...)
Lyxor launches an innovative range of risk factor ETFs
Following the announcement of the partnership between Lyxor and J.P. Morgan, Lyxor listed on Xetra on the 10th July 2015 five ETFs designed to capture the low size, value, quality, low beta and momentum factors respectively within the European equity (...)
ETFGI reports Global ETFs industry gathered 123.35 billion US dollars in net inflows in March 2022
ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today Global ETFs industry gathered US$123.35 billion in net inflows in March bringing Q1 2022 net inflows to US$305.63 (...)
Active ETFs have taken the US by storm, Europe will soon follow suit
Active ETFs have taken the US by storm, accounting for half of US ETF launches in 2021. Many European asset managers expect increased demand for active ETFs in Europe. However, this demand is not being satisfied due to legacy regulation requiring daily holding (...)
Eurazeo Smart City II Venture Fund completes 2nd closing with new partners in Europe & Asia and accelerates towards an expanded €250 million fund
Eurazeo is pleased to announce the 2nd closing of Eurazeo Smart City II Venture fund at € 150 million with new institutional and corporate partners in Europe and Asia.
With bond yields facing upward pressures as the global economy heats up, finding diversification across traditional asset classes has been increasingly difficult. Equity valuations, which were propelled by low interest rates in the past decade, are vulnerable in the face of (...)
Value, Momentum and the Outlook for Market Neutral L/S
Momentum stocks experienced a correction since Pfizer announced their Covid-19 vaccine results early November. Performance has nonetheless stabilized over the course of March, as the rebound in Value stocks has been persistent and started to be shown in the Momentum risk (...)