Boston-based Sirios Capital Management is to launch the first European active ETF to charge a performance fee. This will work through a so-called “high-on-high” model, charging 20% of outperformance against the previous NAV at which a performance fee has been crystalised. As initially reported by ETF Stream, the iMGP Sirios Absolute Return UCITS ETF will […]
First-quarter active ETF performance suggests 2026 may be a year of rotation rather than momentum. Investors did not indiscriminately reward active risk-taking, but instead favoured exposure to regions and sectors where valuations were more reasonable, the policy backdrop was improving and market participation became broader. Europe, Japan and emerging markets all fitted that description better […]
Intesa Sanpaolo Group subsidiary Eurizon has launched the YAS Robotics Active UCITS ETF, which forms part of the firm’s new “YourActive” platform. Additional thematic active ETFs are expected to follow. The launch, first reported by ETF Stream, comes amid surging use of robotics worldwide. The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) says global factories installed 542,000 […]
In November, we covered the first European active ETF launches by Dimensional Fund Advisors (click here to read more), a significant player in the US market. These funds have achieved rapid success in terms of gathering assets, currently standing at $994m in the case of the Global Core Equity UCITS ETF and $150m for the […]
US Global Investors Travel UCITS ETF has fallen sharply in recent weeks, as the war in Iran has triggered a broad and severe sell-off across global travel equities, particularly airlines, which sit at the core of the portfolio. The fund is down 11.09% over one month, leaving it 10.35% lower year-to-date. The speed of the […]
Amundi Investment Solutions has launched a new low-cost active ETF, the Amundi EUR Corporate Bond Active UCITS ETF, the latest addition to a growing wave of fixed income active ETF launches as investors return to bond markets in search of income and diversification. The fund’s benchmark is the Bloomberg Euro Aggregate Corporate Index, a sub-index […]
The next stage in QuotedData’s evolving coverage of the European active ETF market begins next Wednesday, 4 March, with the launch of our new weekly live show, Active ETF Intelligence. Each week, Gavin Lumsden, our head of news, and I will explore the latest developments in the market, aiming to make what can often feel […]
Reviewing the returns in the active ETF sector in the early weeks of 2026, one company stands out for its negative results, and it is quite a turnaround from last year. Cathie Wood’s Florida-based ARK Investment Management had a storming 2025 (which we covered HERE), with ARK Innovation ETF and ARK Artificial Intelligence & Robotics […]
JP Morgan, the dominant player in the European active ETF market, has issued a notice to shareholders informing them that they are removing a long-standing constraint on investment in defence companies. Previously, the 13 active ETFs concerned – along with a range of other funds – were restricted to a 10% revenue threshold for conventional […]
President Trump’s attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve – the US central bank – have ratcheted up significantly in recent weeks. For the past year (and indeed during much of his first term) Trump has made no secret of his frustration that the chairman, Jerome Powell (who Trump himself originally nominated) has not […]
