{"id":61833,"date":"2025-05-20T14:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/?p=61833"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:16:13","slug":"amundi-launches-a-new-ucits-etf-focused-on-highly-sought-after-european-defense-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/amundi-launches-a-new-ucits-etf-focused-on-highly-sought-after-european-defense-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Amundi launches a new UCITS ETF focused on highly sought-after European defense sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amundi expands its sector ETF range with the launch of the Amundi Stoxx Europe Defense UCITS ETF.<\/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<p class=\"ultp-builder-title\"><strong>Fannie Wurtz, Head of Distribution &amp; Wealth Division, ETF &amp; Passive Business Line at Amundi<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"composite_w2\" class=\"section section--composite layout-hook layout-hook--content section--even\">\n<div class=\"section-container\">\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"section-composite section--content \">\n<div class=\"section-block \">\n<div class=\"content-text js-publication-responsive\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This new ETF provides investors with exposure to the European defense sector specifically, a segment undergoing strong structural growth as the continent has embarked on a significant upgrade of its military capabilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ETF tracks the STOXX\u00ae Europe Total Market Defense Capped Index, selecting European companies with proven revenue exposure to defense activities<sup>[2]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With management fees of just 0.35%<sup>[3]<\/sup>, the Amundi Stoxx Europe Defense UCITS ETF is the most competitively priced Europe Defense UCITS ETF available on the market today<sup>[4]<\/sup>. Listed on Euronext Paris, the ETF will also be soon available on Xetra and Borsa Italiana, making it accessible to a wide audience of professional and private investors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>Fannie Wurtz, <\/strong><strong>Head of Distribution &amp; Wealth Division, ETF &amp; Passive Business Line at Amundi<\/strong><\/span><strong>, <\/strong>said<strong>:<\/strong> \u201cAt Amundi, we are committed to offering investors efficient solutions that meet their goals and expectations. The Amundi Stoxx Europe Defense UCITS ETF provides a timely opportunity to finance and support Europe\u2019s strategic initiatives while accessing the long-term growth potential of the European defense sector and equity markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"footnote-full-1\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup>^ <\/sup><cite>[1] Source: IPE \u201cTop 500 Asset Managers\u201d published in June 2024, based on assets under management as at 31\/12\/2023<\/cite><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote-full-2\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup>^ <\/sup><cite>[2] For more information regarding the index methodology, please refer to index provider website www.stoxx.com<\/cite><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote-full-3\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup>^ <\/sup><cite>[3] Management fees refer to the management fees and other administrative or operating costs of the fund. For more information regarding all the costs supported by the fund, please refer to its Key Information Document (KID). Transaction cost and commissions may occur when trading ETF.<\/cite><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote-full-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup>^ <\/sup><cite>[4] Source: Amundi \u2013 Information valid as of 30\/04\/2025, Amundi Stoxx Europe Defense UCITS ETF is the cheapest ETF with this specific exposure (Europe Defense) within the European UCITS ETF market. Information given for indicative purposes only, may change without prior notice.<\/cite><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: ETFWorld.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amundi expands its sector ETF range with the launch of the Amundi Stoxx Europe Defense UCITS ETF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":60773,"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":[205,97],"class_list":["post-61833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-etf-europe","tag-amundi","tag-etf"],"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\/61833","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=61833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61834,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61833\/revisions\/61834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}