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NEWSLETTER | 26 Feb 2021

The rise of the ESG ETF was the big trend over 2020, particularly in Europe, and one that is continuing into 2021.

We see it across the board: in new listings, such as iClima’s innovative approach detailed this week with our interview with Gabriela Herculano; in new fintech solutions such as Minerva’s pooled fund stewardship service, as explained by Sarah Wilson and in new research from Cerulli Associates and Bloomberg Intelligence.

Bloomberg Intelligence’s report found that ESG ETFs recorded net inflows of USD89 billion last year – almost three times more than the USD31 billion recorded in 2019, and 10 times the USD9 billion in 2018. While Cerulli has revealed that ESG demands are leading to new partnerships between index providers and asset managers.

Other stories this week include big news from HANetf on their hiring of DWS’s Manooj Mistry as COO, reflecting the extraordinary and rapid growth of the firm, with assets shooting over USD2 billion, largely dominated by bitcoin and marijuana.

We also have Sean Tuffy of Citi commenting on that review of the funds’ regime in the UK from HM Treasury which included a proposal that the UK becomes an ETF fund hub.

The big news from ETF Express this week is the eleventh outing of our popular European ETF awards, compiled with the aid of Bloomberg. The digital event saw Gina Miller, campaigner and wealth manager at SCM Direct, and a passionate believer in ETFs, making a keynote presentation.

Go to our website to see who won in which categories in a year which was dominated by early volatility and all the unprecedented challenges of the Covid pandemic.

Many congratulations to all our winners.

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Beverly Chandler
Managing Editor, ETF Express

Companies in this issue
Amundi
Bloomberg Intelligence
BMO
BNP Paribas
Cerulli Associates
Chimera Capital
Citi
CoinShares
HANetf
iClima Earth
LGIM
Minerva Analytics
SCM Direct
Wilshire Phoenix
WisdomTree
XTrackers

iClima Earth’s impact ETF focuses on the innovators

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 14:25

The vocabulary of the Californian gold rush era is employed to explain the differentiation in iClima Earth’s impact ESG ETF. Gabriela Herculano (pictured), CEO of the iClima Global Decarbonisation Enablers ETF, says that the firm wanted to shift the narrative to the innovators in ESG, in other words the companies that supply the shovels.

HANetf hires DWS’s Mistry

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 14:25

Europe’s first and only white labeller, HANetf, is having quite the year, having hit well over USD2 billion in assets on the back of bitcoin and cannabis. Hector McNeil (pictured), co-founder and co-CEO of the firm has now announced that they have hired Manooj Mistry, former head of Index Investing at DWS.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 14:25

HM Treasury’s Review of the UK funds regime, January 2021, entitled ‘A call for input Defining areas of opportunity’ is a wide-ranging consultation on the fund industry in general in the UK, trying to find areas where, post Brexit, the country could build its asset management industry.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 14:25

The push to meet the needs and allay the concerns of ESG-focused investors is driving change at index providers and asset managers, according to Cerulli Associates.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 14:25

The Asset Management Exchange (AMX), part of the Willis Towers Watson group, and asset managers DWS have launched a new pooled fund investment solution, the AMX- Investor Stewardship Service, in partnership with Minerva Analytics, utilising its vote tech solution, VotePlus.

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 14:25

New analysis from Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) finds that ESG ETFs recorded net inflows of USD89 billion las year – almost three times more than the USD31 billion recorded in 2019, and 10 times the USD9 billion in 2018.

Global ETF launches 18-25.02.21

Thu | 25 Feb 2021, 14:25

A real mixed bag of new ETF launches includes several new bond funds, including a new WisdomTree offering focused on EU bonds dedicated to financing the bloc's coronavirus recovery efforts. Elsewhere, L&G debuted a new ETF providing access to green bonds, while the latest offerings from BNP Paribas Easy focus on sustainable eurozone bonds and emerging markets bonds.