Nine new ETFs of the week

This week, the range of ETFs available for trading on Xetra and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange was expanded by nine ETFs.

20. May 2025. FRANKFURT (Börse Frankfurt).

• The abrdn Future Raw Materials UCITS ETF is actively managed and invests worldwide in companies that mine strategic raw materials and generate at least 50% of their revenue from them. These raw materials include copper, nickel and lithium, for example. The ETF is available to investors in the trading currencies euro and US dollar.
   
• The abrdn Future Supply Chains UCITS ETF is actively managed and invests worldwide in companies that benefit from the changing dynamics and structure of global trade. The fund invests at least 70 percent in equities and equity-related securities and focuses on the three core segments: technological independence, resilient supply chains and decarbonization, and energy security. The ETF is available to investors in the trading currency euro and US dollar.
   
• The First Trust Vest U.S. Equity Buffer UCITS ETF - April pursues an active investment strategy, namely to track the performance of the S&P 500 Index up to a fixed upper limit (cap). At the same time, the fund aims to hedge against losses (buffer) for the first 10 percent price declines at the end of the defined target period of one calendar year. To this end, the investment management invests the entire assets in FLEX options. The target outcome period begins and ends in April of each year.
   
• The First Trust Low Duration Global Government Bond UCITS ETF pursues an active investment strategy and invests primarily in fixed-interest government bonds from industrialized and emerging countries that have an investment grade rating at the time of purchase. The currency risk in this unit class is minimized by hedging transactions.
   
• The First Trust Factor FX UCITS ETF pursues an active investment strategy and invests primarily in government bonds denominated in the local currencies of industrialized and emerging countries as well as in global currencies or currency-related derivative financial instruments. The average duration is expected to be less than two years. This is a currency-hedged unit class.
   
• The Goldman Sachs Alpha Enhanced Japan Equity Active UCITS ETF is actively managed and invests primarily in companies domiciled in Japan or which derive the majority of their revenues from Japan. The investment manager uses a quantitative multi-factor approach to select companies and considers ESG criteria to promote the transition to a lower carbon economy.
   
• The Ossiam S&P500 - UCITS ETF synthetically tracks the performance of the S&P 500 Index. This comprises the 500 largest listed US companies, represents the most important US sectors and is regarded as an indicator for the development of the entire US stock market. The base currency of the share class is the euro.

The product offering in Deutsche Börse's ETF & ETP segment currently comprises a total of 2,425 ETFs, 200 ETCs and 257 ETNs. With this selection and an average monthly trading volume of around €23 billion, Xetra is the leading trading venue for ETFs and ETPs in Europe.

20. May 2025, © Deutsche Börse