{"id":61618,"date":"2025-04-01T14:22:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/?p=61618"},"modified":"2025-04-01T15:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:08:55","slug":"blackrock-expands-active-etf-suite-with-fixed-income-enhanced-ucits-etfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/blackrock-expands-active-etf-suite-with-fixed-income-enhanced-ucits-etfs\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock Expands Active ETF Suite with Fixed Income Enhanced UCITS ETFs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BlackRock<\/strong> today expanded its iShares Enhanced Active ETF range with the launch of two European-listed fixed income enhanced active ETFs, providing investors with access to low-cost, asset allocation building blocks that offer consistent alpha-generating potential at the core of their portfolios.<\/h5>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/co.uk\/newsletter\"><strong>Sign up to our free newsletters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Jane Sloan, EMEA Head of iShares &amp; Global Product Solutions at BlackRock<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leverages the expertise of BlackRock\u2019s pioneering $300+ billion Systematic investment platform<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Provides access to low-cost, fixed income building blocks to add alpha at the core of portfolios, with limited tracking error<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>iShares $ Corp Bond Enhanced Active UCITS ETF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>iShares \u20ac Corp Bond Enhanced Active UCITS ETF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The range combines BlackRock\u2019s leading active management expertise with the breadth and scale of iShares, the world leader in ETFs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The strategies leverage the expertise of BlackRock\u2019s pioneering $300+ billion Systematic investment platform, with 40 years of experience, to uncover the insights that drive future returns. The team\u2019s investment process combines the power of big data and advanced technologies with human expertise to deliver predictable and repeatable alpha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rosenberg-Jeffrey-BlackRock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61619 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rosenberg-Jeffrey-BlackRock.jpg\" alt=\"Rosenberg Jeffrey BlackRock\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rosenberg-Jeffrey-BlackRock.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rosenberg-Jeffrey-BlackRock-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\u201cThe ongoing market backdrop has prompted investors to rethink the role of fixed income in their portfolios to capture the attractive income opportunity we see today,\u201d said <span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>Jeffrey Rosenberg, Senior Portfolio Manager, Systematic Fixed Income at BlackRock<\/strong><\/span>. \u201cOur robust investment process allows us to identify and tilt towards bonds with attractive spreads to deliver more attractive risk-adjusted returns than broad investment grade indices and active managers, at the same time as our quality screening approach helps to reduce downside risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new funds are devised to deliver the most efficient use of risk budget by taking hundreds of small, evidence-based positions to minimise unwanted risks (sector, duration) and achieve high information ratios.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This disciplined approach can be used to complement existing core index strategies or to diversify investment styles against a backdrop of volatile markets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The enhanced fixed income investment methodology leverages a technology-driven process to analyze +3,000 issuers daily, focusing on higher credit quality companies trading at attractive valuations to target superior risk-adjusted and total returns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cInvestors continue to turn to iShares in their search for innovative ETF solutions and can now access an efficient toolkit across both index and active strategies to meet their financial goals,\u201d said <span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>Jane Sloan, EMEA Head of iShares &amp; Global Product Solutions at BlackRock<\/strong><\/span>. \u201cUsing Active ETFs as core active portfolio building blocks, investors are able to allocate to time tested sources of alpha to power their asset allocation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\"><strong>Fund name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\"><strong>Ticker <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\"><strong>Listing<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\"><strong>Base Currency<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\"><strong>TER<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\"><strong>Benchmark<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\"><span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>iShares $ Corp Bond Enhanced<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>Active UCITS ETF<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">USEB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Euronext<br \/>\nAmsterdam<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">USD<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">0.20%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Bloomberg<br \/>\nUS Corporate<br \/>\nIndex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\"><span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>iShares \u20ac Corp Bond Enhanced<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>Active UCITS ETF<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">EUEB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Xetra<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">EUR<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">0.20%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Bloomberg<br \/>\nEuro Corporate<br \/>\nIndex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: ETFWorld.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlackRock today expanded its iShares Enhanced Active ETF range with the launch of two European-listed fixed income enhanced active ETFs, providing investors with access to low-cost, asset allocation building blocks that offer consistent alpha-generating potential at the core of their portfolios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":61207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"telegram_tosend":false,"telegram_tosend_message":"","telegram_tosend_target":0,"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":null,"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[197,144],"class_list":["post-61618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-etf-europe","tag-blackrock","tag-ishares"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61618"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61621,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61618\/revisions\/61621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}