256 new ETFs got here to market in 2019, in comparison with 272 in 2018. And 129 merchandise had been shuttered throughout the 12 months, most of which had simply failed to assemble property.
Two of the most important launches final 12 months had been ESG ETFs–the iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (SUSL) and the Xtrackers MSCI USA ESG Leaders Fairness ETF (USSG)—that had gathered over $1 billion inside a number of weeks of their launch, however a variety of seed cash for them got here from Finnish pension insurance coverage large Ilmarinen.
Amongst notable new merchandise had been these centered on area, veganism, hashish, 5G and quantum computing.
The Defiance Subsequent Gen Connectivity ETF (FIVG) is the primary ETF centered solely on corporations concerned in analysis, improvement and utilization of 5G know-how. Its prime holdings embrace Nokia (NOK) and NXP Semiconductors (NXPI).
The World X Cloud Computing ETF (CLOU) holds corporations which are positioned to profit…