BNP Paribas has introduced a new ETF – the BNP Paribas Easy ESG Growth Europe UCITS ETF – providing exposure to European growth stocks with attractive ESG attributes.

BlackRock has launched a new German equity ETF in Europe which targets a risk profile comparable to the regular DAX index while simultaneously lowering carbon intensity and boosting ESG performance.

Credit Suisse Asset Management has rolled out an ETF offering socially responsible exposure to the German equity market.

Northern Trust Asset Management has launched its first FlexShares ETFs in Europe, debuting with a pair of ESG equity factor strategies listed on LSE and Euronext Amsterdam.

BlackRock has partnered with MSCI on a new suite of ETFs providing exposure to individual sectors of the European equity market.

More Mutual Funds has launched an ETF in Israel providing lower carbon exposure to European equities.

Index provider Stoxx has initiated a market consultation process to consider proposals regarding the reform of the DAX index in the wake of the failure of former constituent, Wirecard.

Vanguard has changed the index underlying its UCITS German equity ETF, switching out of the widely followed DAX in favour of a broader market benchmark calculated by FTSE Russell.

By Melissa R. Brown, Managing Director of Applied Research at Qontigo.

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