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Blackrock US Carbon Transition Readiness ETF

LCTU is an actively-managed portfolio of large- and mid-cap US firms in the Russell 1000 Index that are selected and weighted with a preference for lower carbon emissions.

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares Trust iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

As of year-end 2022, U.S. insurance companies invested $37 billion in ETFs. This represented only a fraction of the $6.5 trillion in U.S. ETF assets under management and the $7.9 trillion in invested assets of U.S. insurance companies, according to a just-released report from S&P Dow Jones Indices.

Insurers Own Large Stakes in Fixed Income ETFs

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF

SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF

PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF

iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

The U.S. insurance industry's asset base in ETFs grew 15% to $45 billion at the end of 2021, according to a recently published research piece from S&P Dow Jones Indices. While insurance companies owned a very small slice of the then $7 trillion ETF market, the asset base for many ETFs is increasingly supported by [.

Insurers Own More ETFs Than You Realize

SmartETFs Asia Pacific Dividend Builder ETF

ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF

SmartETFs Dividend Builder ETF

Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF

Nuveen Growth Opportunities ETF

Vanguard Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF

The record for launches was obliterated, and closures returned to a sedate pace not seen in years.

Another Wild Year For ETFs

Global X Wind Energy ETF

Key Takeaways The record setting year of the ETF keeps getting stronger. U.S.-listed ETFs gathered $900 billion of new money with two weeks of trading left in the year, continuing to obliterate the prior record of $504 billion set in 2020.

More Than 400 ETFs Launched in 2021

iShares Global Green Bond ETF

iShares ESG Aware US Aggregate Bond ETF

First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF

SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF

FlexShares STOXX US ESG Impact Index Fund

FlexShares STOXX Global ESG Select Index Fund

Columbia International ESG Equity Income ETF

iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF

VanEck Green Bond ETF 

Invesco Real Assets ESG ETF

NuShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Xtrackers S&P 500 ESG ETF

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

Momentum for the U.S. Responsible Investing industry picked up in January when President Joe Biden signed executive orders to re-enter into the Paris Climate Agreement. In 2021 through October month-end, there were 110 equity and fixed income funds that launched focused on Responsible Investing—71 RI-related ETFs and 39 RI-related mutual funds.

Responsible Investing Making Strides With U.S. Investors, Fund Companies, And Regulators In 2021

ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF

VanEck Vectors Social Sentiment ETF

Cabana Target Leading Sector Moderate ETF

Blackrock World EX US Carbon Transition Readiness ETF

Why Horizon Kinetics' ‘INFL' is an ETF for the current market.

This ETF Benefits From Inflation

iShares ESG USD Corporate Bond ETF

Given the magnitude of the changes we foresee, long-term investors may find opportunities in the technologies and innovations that create renewable energy sources or reduce the carbon intensity of energy production. Net zero is about reducing greenhouse gas emissions so that over time we can achieve an overall balance between emissions produced, and the emissions removed from the overall atmosphere.

Clean And Green Investing For A Low-Carbon Economy

Total AUM for ESG/SRI funds is roughly $537.1 billion - 75% represented by actively managed funds. Actively managed funds make up the majority of AUM for both the equity (68%) and fixed income (94%) universe.

ESG/SRI U.S. Funds Steadily Attract Inflows

AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF

Invesco NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF

Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF

For Q2 2021, the average equity fund and taxable fixed income fund posted a 6.36% and 1.55% return, respectively. TNA in the conventional funds business rose 5.19%, climbing $1.306 trillion from Q1 2021 to just a little less than $26.5 trillion for Q2 2021.

Refinitiv Lipper U.S. Mutual Funds And ETPs Q2 2021 Snapshot: Assets Under Management Rise $1.862 Trillion For The Quarter

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF

Fidelity Magellan ETF

Franklin Exponential Data ETF

A strong first half saw more than 200 ETF launches.

Breaking Down 1H 2021 ETF Launches

Year-to-date, we've seen record launches but just a handful of closures.

ETFs Follow Different Path In 2021

Currently, there's no single standard for how ESG information should be analyzed and disclosed. Because of this, investors tend to rely heavily on generalized ESG “scores” provided by a handful of vendors. In order to gain a deeper understanding of ESG-related alpha drivers, investors are increasingly leveraging Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for ESG information collection and analysis. While ESG scores provide a static view, alternative data provides more dimensions of insight.

ESG X Big Data: Solving For The Double Bottom Line

Invesco MSCI Green Building ETF

Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF

Invesco Solar ETF

The transition to clean energy is a long-term theme, a top Invesco ETF strategist says after a hot 2020 for the trade.

Clean energy will win out 'over decades, not days,' ETF manager says as trade loses steam

As money pours into environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments, BlackRock's head of iShares Americas says this is just the beginning.

ESG investing to reach $1 trillion by 2030, says head of iShares Americas as carbon transition funds launch

From digital factories to plant-based clothing, climate change investing is much more than just investing in renewable energy, according to the Templeton Global Equity Group.

Climate Change Sectors Heat Up

First Trust Capital Strength ETF

Invesco QQQ

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

A few ETFs have garnered solid investor interest last week and will continue to be their darlings should the current market trends prevail.

5 Equity ETFs That Were Red-Hot Last Week

Fidelity Blue Chip Growth ETF

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

In the first quarter of 2021 itself, U.S. listed ETFs amassed more than $243 billion total, the biggest asset generation on record with more than $200 billion going into equity funds alone, per a Bloomberg article.

U.S. ETFs Fetch Record Cash in Q1, Newbies Make a Killing

BlackRock U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF (LCTU) lured the maximum cash on record on its first day of trading, pulling in about $1.25 billion in capital. This marks the biggest launch in the ETF industry's three-decade history.

New U.S. Carbon ETF From BlackRock Makes Biggest-Ever Launch

After a smashing 2020, the pace of ETF launches has been robust in 2021. In fact, we have received an ETF lately whose assets generation on its first day marked the biggest on record, per etf.com.

3 New ETFs to Make Headlines Over the Long Term

BlackRock's latest exchange traded fund offering that capitalizes on companies best positioned in the transition to a low-carbon world was well-received, attracting the most inflows on record in its first day of trading. The newly launched, actively managed BlackRock U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF (LCTU) attracted $1.25 billion in inflows after its launch on Thursday, [.

BlackRock's New Carbon Transition ETF Is Already Breaking Records

The new exchange-traded funds are among the largest launches in history.

BlackRock Has Launched Two Gigantic Sustainable ETFs. What to Know.

On Thursday, BlackRock launched two active sustainable ETFs for the transition to a low-carbon economy. The BlackRock U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF (LCTU) and the BlackRock World ex U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF (LCTD) invest in large- and mid-cap companies, tilting toward those companies that BlackRock believes are better positioned to benefit from the transition [.

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