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NEWSLETTER | 13 Nov 2020

Robotics and automation remain centre of the story seven years in

ROBO Global, the first ETF to cover the sector, is about to celebrate its seventh birthday and the theme remains as fresh as ever, as Jeremie Capron, director of research at the firm, explains in his interview with ETF Express this week.

While it’s been all about ESG over the past few years, robotics and automation also have their part to play in the ESG sector and in the current Covid crisis, which has seen increased reliance and adoption of emerging technologies at a faster rate. Being in the right place at the right time has enabled ROBO Global to achieve double the returns of the broader market, Capron says.

Other news this week is that assets in ETFs fell during October, according to BlackRock, on the back of US election jitters in the main, according to the firm.

We also have an interview with US investment giant, CLS, which bought its first ETF in 1998 and hasn’t looked back. Marc Pfeffer, chief investment officer of CLS Investments, says: “I think ETFs are a vital tool for both individuals and advisers to utilise for managing money for themselves and their clients.”

Beverly Chandler
Managing Editor, ETF Express

Companies in this issue
Amundi
CLS
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Legal & General Investment Management
JP Morgan
ROBO Global
Solactive
State Street Global Advisors
VictoryShares

Investment giant CLS Investments minds the store so advisers can go about their day-to-day business

Thu | 12 Nov 2020, 17:14

Marc Pfeffer is chief investment officer of CLS Investments, the award-winning exchange traded fund strategist firm that is hyper-focused on the ETF landscape. The firm was founded in 1989, founded managed funds in 1997 and bought its first ETF in 1998.

Thu | 12 Nov 2020, 17:14

ROBO Global Robotics & Automation ETF and index is about to celebrate its seventh birthday, having been the first index to track the global robotics and automation supply chain.

Thu | 12 Nov 2020, 17:14

Invesco has reached the final regulatory stage in it its effort to build its own active non-transparent ETF model.

HANetf reaches USD750m AUM milestone

Thu | 12 Nov 2020, 17:14

HANetf, Europe’s first ‘white label’ ETF issuer, has exceeded USD750 million as of 6 November 2020.

Thu | 12 Nov 2020, 17:14

New research from ETF provider GraniteShares, which offers a range of 3x short and 3x leveraged ETPs on popular UK and US stocks, reveals that some 12.7 per cent of the UK adult population has bought or sold shares since the Coronavirus crisis started, and 37 per cent of these people expect to increase their level of activity here over the next six months.

Global ETF launches 05-12.11.20

Thu | 12 Nov 2020, 17:14

This week’s new launches include four new funds with a green hue – JP Morgan’s latest ETF focussed on companies with reduced carbon dioxide emissions, a new clean energy fund from LGIM, an Amundi ETF offering access to sustainable US companies, and a new addition to State Street’s SPDR ESG line-up. Elsewhere, Goldman Sachs debuted a new ETF based on a Solactive ARTIS-based equity index, while VictoryShares added to its suite of thematic funds.