{"id":60590,"date":"2024-09-05T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/?p=60590"},"modified":"2024-09-05T15:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:04:49","slug":"bnp-paribas-asset-management-launches-two-esg-active-beta-equity-etfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/bnp-paribas-asset-management-launches-two-esg-active-beta-equity-etfs\/","title":{"rendered":"BNP Paribas Asset Management launches two ESG Active Beta Equity ETFs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BNP Paribas Asset Management<\/strong> (\u2018BNPP AM\u2019) announces today the launch of the first two equities funds in its innovative Active Beta exchange-traded funds (\u2018ETFs\u2019) range.<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--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><strong>Lorraine Sereyjol-Garros, Global Head of Development for ETFs &amp; Index Funds at BNP Paribas AM<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>BNP Paribas Easy Sustainable Japan UCITS ETF <\/strong><\/span>and <span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>BNP Paribas Easy Sustainable US UCITS ETF <\/strong><\/span>are sub-funds of the BNP Paribas Easy Irish ICAV and began listing on 03 September on Euronext Paris and will be listed later this month on Deutsche B\u00f6rse Xetra.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP Paribas Easy Active Beta ETF range is an innovative suite combining a traditional indexing approach with an active integration of BNPP AM\u2019s proprietary ESG methodology. These ETFs are designed for investors who are seeking a more focused approach to sustainability, one that can be adapted quickly to evolving regulations and label criteria, while keeping a relatively low tracking error.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Key highlights of our Active Beta ETFs: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Beta exposure to mainstream benchmarks<\/li>\n<li>Minimising tracking errorversus the investment universe<\/li>\n<li>BNPP AM independent ESGscoring methodology &amp; recognised sustainable approach<\/li>\n<li>Ability to build portfolios matching precise sustainable investment thresholds (SI %)<\/li>\n<li>Highly adaptable to controversies and changes in regulation &amp; labels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Pastant-Marie-Sophie-BNP-Paribas-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56793 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Pastant-Marie-Sophie-BNP-Paribas-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Pastant Marie-Sophie BNP Paribas AM\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Pastant-Marie-Sophie-BNP-Paribas-AM.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Pastant-Marie-Sophie-BNP-Paribas-AM-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Marie-Sophie Pastant, Head of Index &amp; ETF Strategies &#8211; Portfolio Management at BNPP AM<\/span> comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;<\/em><em>These two new launches are the natural next step of our Active Beta range. Our aim is to develop a new segment of equity funds aiming to be as close as possible to mainstream benchmarks, with ex ante TE between 1% to 1.5%, while integrating solid ESG features developed by BNPP AM. Those funds will decarbonate by 50% their starting universe.<\/em><em>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BNP Paribas Easy Sustainable Japan UCITS ETF<\/strong> is an Article 8 fund according to SFDR regulation, seeking a Sustainable Investment of at least 55% while providing exposure to the Japanese equity market. The Benchmark Index is MSCI Japan Net Total Return Index.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BNP Paribas Easy Sustainable US UCITS ETF<\/strong> is an Article 8 fund according to SFDR regulation, seeking a Sustainable Investment of at least 45% while providing exposure to the US equity market. The Benchmark Index S&amp;P 500 Net Total Return Index.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both funds integrate BNPP AM\u2019s ESG approach and integrate PAB exclusions which makes them both eligible to sustainable labels criteria (French SRI label and Toward Sustainability label).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\">Lorraine Sereyjol-Garros, Global Head of Development for ETFs &amp; Index Funds at BNPP AM<\/span> comments<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cAs a leader on sustainable investment, our ambition is to provide our clients with a comprehensive range of ESG &amp; SRI ETFs that cater to the diverse needs of investors across the entire spectrum of sustainable investing. Offering ETFs that combine a recognised ESG approach, high sustainable investment and ambitious decarbonisation target, while providing the benefits of index-based investing, including a reasonable tracking error, will answer the increasing demand from institutional clients and distributors to integrate ESG factors in their portfolio.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0BNPP AM manages ETFs and index funds assets totalling EUR 51.9 billion, including thematic and sustainable products. 90% of BNPP AM\u2019s ETF range is classified as SFDR Article 8 or 9 and more than 70% of the range has a European sustainability label (either ISR5, TSI6, FNG7 or Austria8).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<strong>Key fund characteristics (as of 20 February 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>BNP Paribas Easy Sustainable J<\/strong><strong>apan UCITS ETF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Benchmark<\/strong>: MSCI Japan Net Total Return (NTR) Index<\/li>\n<li><strong>OCR<\/strong>: 0.20%<\/li>\n<li>Active <strong>ESG integration <\/strong>approach, <strong>PAB<\/strong><strong>exclusions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aligned to sustainable labels <\/strong>criteria<\/li>\n<li><strong>Target TE&lt; 2%, <\/strong>sector overweighted capped<\/li>\n<li><strong>SFDR<\/strong>: Article 8; <strong>AMF<\/strong>category 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>SI<\/strong>\u00a0commitment: min 55%<\/li>\n<li>Replication method: <strong>physical, no security lending<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listing place<\/strong>: Euronext Paris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #56aa1c;\"><strong>BNP Paribas Easy Sustainable US UCITS ETF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Benchmark<\/strong>: S&amp;P 500 NTR Index<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>OCR<\/strong>: 0.20%<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Active <strong>ESG integration <\/strong>approach, <strong>PAB exclusions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Aligned to sustainable labels <\/strong>criteria<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Target TE<\/strong><strong>&lt; 2%, <\/strong>sector overweighted capped<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SFDR<\/strong> classification: Article 8; <strong>AMF <\/strong>category: 1<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SI<\/strong>\u00a0commitment: min 45%<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Replication method: <strong>physical, no security lending<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Listing place<\/strong>: Euronext Paris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source : ETFWorld.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BNP Paribas Asset Management (\u2018BNPP AM\u2019) announces today the launch of the first two equities funds in its innovative Active Beta exchange-traded funds (\u2018ETFs\u2019) range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":60545,"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":"","_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":[309],"class_list":["post-60590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-etf-europe","tag-bnp-paribas"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60590"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60593,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60590\/revisions\/60593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}