Fulcrum Asset Management (Fulcrum) has launched the Fulcrum Risk Premia Fund (UCITS) with USD70 million of initial capital with a further USD1.1 billion in the strategy across a Cayman fund and separately managed accounts.
ESG-focused funds take centre stage in this week’s new ETF launches with two new funds from IndexIQ launched in partnership with a CANDRIAM, and a new offering from PIMCO. BetaShares gets in on the act too, with the addition of a new Diversified Bond ETF to its ethical range of funds. Elsewhere, Tabula debuted three new funds on Xetra offering exposure to European investment grade and high yield corporate credit via highly liquid credit default swap indices…
In a quiet week for new launches, REXShares expanded its MicroSectors line-up with a new ‘joint’ venture, the first leveraged (2x) cannabis-linked ETP in the US, plus a non-leveraged version too. Elsewhere, JP Morgan debuted a new emerging markets sovereign bonds ETF on Xetra, while LGIM partnered with index provider Foxberry to launch a new responsible investment fund…
Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) has expanded its Global Investment Grade Credit Strategy with the launch of the Global Investment Grade Credit Fund, a sub-fund of the Wells Fargo (Lux) Worldwide Fund.
Harbor Capital Advisors, the investment adviser to the Harbor Funds family of no-load actively managed mutual funds, has expanded its equity fund lineup with the launch of six new funds.
Vanguard is to launch a new, broad market international bond index fund, Vanguard Total International Bond II. The fund will serve as the international fixed income component for the firm’s Vanguard Target Retirement series and LifeStrategy Funds.
This week’s new ETF launches saw WisdomTree join the cryptocurrency party with the debut of a physically-backed bitcoin fund, its first cryptocurrency product, on SIX. The week’s other ‘exotic’ debutant meanwhile was a uranium mining ETF from ETC. There were also new offering from UBS, WisdomTree, State Street, Invesco and Amundi…
As global leaders gather in Madrid for COP25, Investec Asset Management has launched the Investec Global Environment Fund (OEIC) for UK retail investors to address their increasing focus on mitigating the risks of climate change.
This week’s ETF launches include two new income-focused funds from Pacific Global ETFs which are designed to complement the firm’s flagship offering, the Pacific Global US Equity Income ETF. Elsewhere, BlackRock launched a new iShares ETF on Xetra offering access to the performance of fixed and floating rate US dollar-denominated government or quasi-government emerging market bonds. Also new on Xetra this week is a Japanese equities ETF from Lyxor, while AgioFunds TFI debuted a new fund based on the WIG20shiort index on the Warsaw Stock Exchange…
Robeco has launched Robeco QI Global Multi-Factor Bonds, a new strategy that builds on the company’s long history of factor investing in credits, in combination with its factor investing philosophy in the government bond market.