Sweden-based AuAg Funds, an investment boutique focused on precious metals and clean energy, has launched Europe’s first ESG-screened gold mining ETF.

WisdomTree has expanded its commodities product range with the launch of the WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity ex-Agriculture UCITS ETF – EUR Hedged (EXAG GY) on Xetra.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched a new ETF providing diversified exposure to the commodities futures market while using various smart rolling mechanisms to target the most effective contract maturity for each underlying commodity.

BlackRock has launched the iShares Gold Trust Micro (IAUM US) on NYSE Arca. With an expense ratio of just 0.15%, IAUM becomes the cheapest gold ETP in the US in terms of management fees.

By WisdomTree.

Commodities and gold have historically been an excellent hedge for inflation.

A niche ETF providing exposure to dry bulk shipping futures has had the wind firmly in its sails this year, notching up an unbeaten return of 192% as of the end of May, according to data from global ETF analytics platform Trackinsight.

By Fiona Boal, Head of Commodities and Real Assets, S&P Dow Jones Indices.

While the S&P GSCI’s upward momentum attenuated, high dispersion in the performance of single commodities continued, albeit with reversals among the leaders and laggards.

After outflows in recent months, gold ETFs are enjoying a surge in demand as investors seek to fortify their portfolios against the risks of rising inflation and a more subdued economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

UK-based pension funds look set to ramp up their exposure to precious and industrial metals on the belief that a commodity ‘supercycle’ is underway, according to a survey commissioned by ETF distribution specialist NTree International.

By Jim Wiederhold, Associate Director, Commodities and Real Assets at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

Several commodities made new all-time highs, as the global economy reflated, consumer confidence hit pre-pandemic highs, and housing prices in the US jumped the most in 15 years.