2020 Ended with 8 trillion USD invested in ETFs globally, this figure is up from the 7 trillion USD invested by Q3.
908 new ETFs were issued while 493 closed, leaving 415 net new ETFs. We saw growth in investing appetite and in trading with new Authorised Participants (APs) and Market Makers as well the launch of new Exchanges. Overall the ecosystem grew.
Trends in issuance were found in both ESG and thematic ETFs.
Looking at more recent issuance we have seen 23 new ETFs in the past week from 19 issuers; eight in the US, five in Canada, five in China, one on the KRX, 3 on the LSE main market, and one on Xetra.
At the same time we have seen 65 cross listings.
We have also seen issuers concentrate around health centred thematic ETFs, ESG and Active ETFs.
Tier 1 issuers active this week were:
Invesco, American Century, Global X, Franklin Templeton and China Industrial Bank
Exchanges active this week were:
NYSE Arca, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange, CBOE, Toronto Stock Exchange, Korea Exchange, London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse.
| Name | Ticker | Provider | EXCHANGE |
| American Century Low Volatility ETF | LVOL US | American Century Investments | NYSE ARCA |
| Bosera CSI New Energy Vehicles ETF | 159824 CH | Bosera Asset Management | Shenzhen Stock Exchange |
| CIB SSE 50 ETF | 510860 CH | China Industrial Bank | Shanghai Stock Exchange |
| ChinaAMC CSI Food and Beverage Sub-industry ETF | 515170 CH | ChinaACM | Shanghai Stock Exchange |
| CI Gold Bullion Fund | VALT/U CN | CI Global Asset Management | Toronto Stock Exchange |
| CI Munro Global Growth Equity Fund | CMGG/U CN | CI Global Asset Management | Toronto Stock Exchange |
| Evolve Cloud Computing Index Fund | DATA/B CN | Evolve ETFs | Toronto Stock Exchange |
| Franklin Exponential Data ETF | XDAT US | Franklin Templeton | Cboe |
| Global X Adaptive US Risk Management ETF | ONOF US | Global X Funds | NYSE Arca |
| Guotai CSI Medical Service ETF | 159828 CH | Guotai Asset Management | Shenzhen Stock Exchange |
| Harvest Clean Energy ETF | HCLN/U | Harvest Portfolios | Toronto Stock Exchange |
| Harvest Travel & Leisure Index ETF | TRVL/U | Harvest Portfolios | Toronto Stock Exchange |
| Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF | INFL US | Horizon Kinetics | NYSE Arca |
| Huatai-PineBridge CSI HK Connect 50 ETF | 513550 CH | Huatai | Shanghai Stock Exchange |
| IQ Healthy Hearts ETF | HART US | IndexIQ | NYSE ARCA |
| Invesco MSCI Japan ESG Universal Screened UCITS ETF | ESGJ LN | Invesco | London Stock Exchange |
| Invesco MSCI Pacific ex Japan ESG Universal Screened UCITS ETF | ESPJ LN | Invesco | London Stock Exchange |
| KB KBSTAR Global Data Center REITs Nasdaq ETF-Synth | 375270 KS | KB Asset Management | Korea Exchange |
| KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index UCITS ETF – Acc | KURE LN | KraneShares | London Stock Exchange |
| Merlyn.AI Best-of-Breed Core Momentum ETF | BOB US | Merlyn AI | Cboe |
| Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF | OVLH US | Overlay Shares | NYSE ARCA |
| Overlay Shares Short Term Bond ETF | OVT US | Overlay Shares | NYSE ARCA |
| Tabula EUR IG Bond Paris-Aligned Climate UCITS ETF (EUR) – Acc | TABC GY | Tabula | Deutsche Boerse |