Asia Growth Equity Fund 2022 Outlook
Regulatory Policies Cast Shadow Over Growth-Style Stocks in Asia
In the face of multiple headwinds last year, sentiment towards Asian economies waned. An unexpected rollout of stringent policies against certain growth industries in China, including big internet platforms, brought challenges as China sought to rebalance its economy, casting a shadow over the outlook for other Asian economies. The property sector—a pillar of economic growth—slowed as the Chinese government pushed a stringent deleveraging campaign in the wake of the Evergrande fallout. But by the end of the year, the government had started to loosen these policies.
HORIZONS ETFS RECEIVES EIGHT FUNDATA FUNDGRADE A+® AWARDS
TORONTO – January 26, 2022 – Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. (“Horizons ETFs”) is proud to announce that seven of its exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) have been awarded a total of eight Fundata FundGrade A+® Awards (“Fundata Awards”) for 2021 – the most Fundata Awards that Horizons ETFs has won in a single year:
| ETF Name | Fundata Category | Category Size |
| Horizons Global Sustainability Leaders Index ETF (“ETHI”) | Global Equity | 1127 |
| Horizons Global Sustainability Leaders Index ETF (“ETHI”) | RI – Equity | 287 |
| Horizons Balanced TRI ETF Portfolio (“HBAL”) | Global Equity Balanced | 722 |
| Horizons Conservative TRI ETF Portfolio (“HCON”) | Global Neutral Balanced | 893 |
| Horizons NASDAQ-100® Index ETF (“HXQ”) | U.S. Equity | 833 |
| Horizons S&P/TSX 60™ Index ETF (“HXT”) | Canadian Equity | 379 |
| Horizons Pipelines & Energy Services Index ETF (“HOG”) | Energy Equity | 33 |
| Horizons Active Cdn Municipal Bond ETF (“HMP”) | Canadian Short Term Fixed Income | 169 |
Created by Fundata Canada Inc., the FundGrade rating system uses risk-adjusted performance figures to rank and grade Canadian investment funds, which include ETFs. Based on up to 10 years of performance data, the ‘A+ Grade’ is strictly a quantitative calculation conducted on an annual basis, which results in a grade score ranking, according to the fund classification standards defined by the Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee (“CIFSC”).
Global X Launches ETF to Invest in Disruptive Materials
Thematic ETF provider Global X ETFs announced the launch of the Global X Disruptive Materials ETF (DMAT). Formerly known as the Global X Advanced Materials ETF, the fund trades on the Nasdaq and offers investors targeted exposure to global companies that drive long-term, paradigm-shifting themes.
DMAT seeks to invest in companies that produce metals and other raw or composite materials that have been identified as essential to disruptive technologies as identified by the underlying index, the Solactive Disruptive Materials Index. The fund will join Global X’s suite of 34 Thematic Growth ETFs.
From alternative energy sources such as solar panels and wind turbines to evolving technology like lithium batteries and electric vehicles, disruption is rapidly changing how our world looks. These advancements can help slow climate change, improve productivity, or connect millions of people around the world.
But behind these complex technologies are many essential raw inputs like certain metals, minerals, and materials, including carbon fiber, cobalt, copper, graphene & graphite, lithium, manganese, nickel, platinum & palladium, rare earth elements, and zinc — collectively known as “disruptive materials.” Just as fossil fuels were critical commodities for the 20th century economy, disruptive materials could be the essential inputs for the 21st century economy.
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Mirae Asset Global Investments (Mirae Asset) was founded in Asia and now operates worldwide across 12 markets, where it takes a collaborative approach in managing a fully diversified investment platform. Mirae Asset invests in multiple asset classes through exchange-traded funds (“ETF”), mutual funds and alternatives and currently invest over US$218bn on behalf of clients, giving it the scale and experience to identify opportunities in a changing world (AUM as of September 2021).
Decarbonisation of global economies is no longer old news; this low carbon trajectory needs to accelerate in order to keep global warming to 1.5C as re-emphasised at the latest COP26. The financial implications of climate change - those that arise from risks due to extreme climate events or stranded assets as well as those that arise from low carbon opportunities – need to be considered as part of investment decisions. Mirae Asset is a supporter of the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and also participates in collaborative climate engagement through Climate Action 100+.
Eye of the Tiger: 2022 Emerging Markets Outlook
Coming out of 2021 and into the Lunar Year of the Tiger, there are three areas in which we believe Emerging Markets (EM) are ahead of the pack creating a foundation for opportunities within the asset class in 2022:
- Vaccination rates in key EM countries, such as China, Taiwan, South Korea, and most of Latin America, are well ahead of the US.
- Chinese regulations startled markets in 2021, but we believe similar rules are yet to come across US and European markets.
- Several EM central banks (Russia, Brazil Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Korea, and South Africa) began raising interest rates well ahead of the US and Europe in 2021.
Mirae Asset ESG Summit 2021
Mirae Asset hosted an inaugural ESG Summit where our panel of speakers shared their overview of ESG regulatory developments, discussed corporate actions on ESG, and explained what market trends have caught their eyes. Key takeaways and on-demand videos of the event:
Global X ETFs launches seven European thematic Ucits ETFs
Global X ETFs launches seven European thematic Ucits ETFs
Global X ETFs has launched seven new Ucits ETFs, listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Deutsche Börse Xetra.
Global X, which announced its formal entrance to European markets in December 2020, is adding an AI fund, as well as a cybersecurity, a cleantech, an electric vehicle, an e-commerce, a fintech, and an internet of things fund to its existing line-up of European Ucits ETFs.
Mirae Asset Securities named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
Mirae Asset Securities named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
Mirae Asset Securities said Tuesday it was listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the 10th consecutive year, receiving recognition for its commitment to socially responsible investment.
As the first global sustainability benchmark, the DJSI World Index selects the top 2,544 listed companies based on their free-float market capitalization. It then evaluates the companies’ environment, social and governance performance and only picks the top 10 percent to be added to the index, which serves as a global benchmark for investors interested in sustainable investing.