News Round-up: Fund selectors react to Janus Henderson’s ETF debut

This week, US active giant Janus Henderson made its European ETF debut with the launch of a high-conviction Japan strategy. Fund selectors pondered if the concentrated strategy truly reflects a high-conviction strategy, despite what the ETF’s name suggests, questioning if it is more risk-controlled alongside being closely aligned with the Tokyo Stock Price index. Lauren Gibbons has the full story.

Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) announced that it would consider amending its ETF share class naming stance, which will enable the creation of listed share classes within mutual funds without the ‘UCITS ETF’ label at the sub-fund level. The move could make it much more appealing for Irish-domiciled mutual funds to launch ETF share classes. Read the full story here.

Finally, European pension funds are increasingly sharpening their focus on ETFs after BlackRock data revealed such investors contributed a quarter of inflows to its ETF business last year. There is a pronounced trend toward pension funds using ETFs, which has been increasing at a 29% compound annual growth rate since 2020. Lauren Gibbons has the full story.

Most read stories on ETF Stream:  

1. Janus Henderson debuts first active ETF in Europe
2. Fidelity debuts two active Paris-aligned fixed income ETFs
3. Self-indexed ETFs charge higher fees than public index counterparts, study finds
4. Franklin Templeton unveils emerging markets and ex-China ETFs
5. First Trust unveils quality growth ‘strength’ ETF

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