ETF Express Newsletter

Not displaying correctly? View this email in your browser

NEWSLETTER | 9 Oct 2020

Rusty Vanneman, CIO of Omaha-based Orion Advisor Solutions, brings the ETF business back to its fundamentals this week with his comment that investment advisers like stories and lots of ETFs have stories. It’s a good moment to stop and remember that the nimble ETF gives investors the ability to invest in the stories that are close to their hearts and investment portfolios whether it’s a specific theme such as Veganism, the strength of the pet industry or the need to limit risk in a portfolio. All of these are great stories and lie behind the huge growth in assets that the ETF industry is seeing at the moment.

ESG is one of the most dominant themes in all investing and ETFs are particularly good at creating exposure to the sector. The latest EDHEC-Risk ETF survey found that in 2020, 49 per cent of respondents are investing in SRI/ESG, a significant increase compared to 17 per cent in 2011.

Olivier Paquier, Head of ETF Distribution in EMEA, is also interviewed this week, discussing the JPMAM global ETF survey, saying that this year will be one for the record books in terms of assets raised in ETFs (let alone all the other reasons).

I am very pleased to be able to tell you that the etfLIVE North America digital summit later this month is in partnership with NYSE and Women in ETFs. Please find the current agenda, with new speakers, here, and register to attend. CPD points are also available.

Beverly Chandler
Managing Editor, ETF Express

Companies in this issue
Accelerate
AGF
DTCC
EDHEC-Risk
Innovator
iShares
JP Morgan Asset Management
Orion Advisor Solutions
TrueMark Investments

It’s all about the story, says Orion Advisor Solutions CIO

Thu | 8 Oct 2020, 13:56

Big index ETFs do brisk business, but Rusty Vanneman, chief investment officer of Omaha-based Orion Advisor Solutions, sees a growing appetite among investors and RIAs for investments that tell stories.

Thu | 8 Oct 2020, 13:56

Bill Kapogiannis, Executive Director at The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), comments on his firm’s enhanced offering and the impact of the ETF rule.

EDHEC-Risk ETF survey focuses on ESG

Thu | 8 Oct 2020, 13:56

The EDHEC-Risk 2020 European ETF survey has revealed strong motivations for integrating ESG, whether in ETFs, or in smart beta and factor investing strategies.

Thu | 8 Oct 2020, 13:56

The recent publication of the second edition of JP Morgan Asset Management’s (JPMAM) global ETF survey predicted strong growth in active and smart beta ETFs.

Global ETF launches 01-08.10.20

Thu | 8 Oct 2020, 13:56

‘Blue economy’ companies are the focus of one of this week’s new ETF launches – the BNP Paribas Easy ECPI Global ESG Blue Economy UCITS ETF – which gives investors access to industrial companies focused on the recycling of waste and the use of renewable resources to optimise energy, water and raw material consumption and increase productivity, including protecting the world’s oceans.