Columbia Threadneedle Investments has listed the CT QR Series Global Equity Active UCITS ETF on the Deutsche Börse Xetra, SIX Swiss Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.
The firm writes that the new active ETF has been designed to provide investors with a core active Global Equity allocation, powered by the scale and efficiency of Columbia Threadneedle’s proprietary quantitative research and informed by real-time insights from the firm’s industry-leading Global Fundamental Research team of more than 200 analysts.
The new Global Active ETF aims to deliver clients better risk-adjusted returns than the benchmark (MSCI ACWI) through active stock selection, focusing on and designed to select stocks expected to outperform. Today, the Global portfolio holds around 35 per cent per cent of its MSCI ACWI benchmark, investing in the highest rated stocks in the index.
Christopher Lo, Senior Portfolio Manager at Columbia Threadneedle Investments says: “Following the launch of the US and European Equity Active UCITS ETFs last year, this new Global Equity Active ETF provides UK and European Investors a portfolio invested only where opportunity is strongest, not where the index dictates, resulting in a meaningful deviation from benchmark holdings, delivering a truly active exposure. That’s why, today, the portfolio holds positions in 35 per cent of its benchmark, showing conviction in the companies which our research positively highlights.
“The new Global Active ETF uses the same quantitative model as all the Active ETFs in the QR Series, which has been refined over more than 20 years and combines Quality, Catalyst and Value insights with real-time fundamental research.”
Michaela Collet Jackson, Head of Distribution and Marketing, EMEA, at Columbia Threadneedle Investments comments: “This is the next milestone for our Active ETF ambitions in the UK and across Europe. We have seen strong interest in the initial Active ETFs launched last year, reflecting an appetite for our truly active approach. We are very pleased to continue to expand our range, meeting demand from investors for a differentiated, active and research-backed solution which can act as a core equity allocation. We recognise that Active ETFs have an important role to play as portfolio building blocks for a wide range of investors and we are already working on the next wave of launches, which will complement our fundamental active high alpha funds.”
