{"id":94728,"date":"2020-05-18T01:44:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T23:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/innovation\/lyxor-launches-5-etfs-based-on-megatrends\/"},"modified":"2020-05-27T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T14:59:47","slug":"lyxor-launches-5-etfs-based-on-megatrends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/innovation\/lyxor-launches-5-etfs-based-on-megatrends\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyxor launches 5 ETFs based on megatrends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em> <strong>Lyxor AM has announced the launch of 5 thematic equity ETFs based on the megatrends at a press conference attended by Next Finance.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lyxor AM has decided to expand its range of trackers by launching 5 new equity ETFs offering an exposure to long-term global structural trends, which are set to redefine our society in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, investors are able to seize <em>&#8220;investment opportunities that go beyond traditional sector classifications by staying one step ahead of future changes&#8221;<\/em>, according to Arnaud Llinas, head of index and ETF management at Lyxor AM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5 megatrends identified<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In practice, Lyxor has identified 5 megatrends that are set to change the society in which we live: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>the growth of the digital economy;<\/li>\n<li> disruptive technologies;<\/li>\n<li> urban change with the mobility of the future (&#8220;Future Mobility&#8221;);<\/li>\n<li> smart cities;<\/li>\n<li> the consumption habits of Millennials.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In fact, according to St\u00e9phane Mattatia, head of thematic indices at MSCI, <em>&#8220;the existence of these megatrends is widely accepted&#8221;<\/em>. This is the reason why Lyxor AM has decided to focus on these 5 investment themes to launch its new trackers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An innovative portfolio construction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To do that, the asset management company uses MSCI expertise to build specific thematic indices in order to select the leaders of tomorrow which will fully benefit from each of these megatrends.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Innovative techniques using artificial intelligence, such as natural language processing but also data analysis, provide a systematic selection of the companies that will be included in the index, according to the proportion of their turnover generated in connection with a particular thematic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, each index incorporates filter using MSCI&#8217;s ESG ratings, controversial scores and the exclusion of certain activities.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, these ETFs use a direct (physical) replication method, <em>&#8220;with an equal weighting of securities and a bi-annual rebalancing&#8221;<\/em>, specifies Gr\u00e9gory Berthier, product manager at Lyxor.<\/p>\n<p>They are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange, Euronext, the London Stock Exchange (London) Stock Exchange &#8211; LSE), on Xetra and Borsa Italiana, with annual management fees reduced to 0.15% until September 2021 before going up to 0.45%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.next-finance.net\/http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/831.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-94722\" src=\"IMG\/jpg\/-831.jpg\" alt=\"-831.jpg\" align=\"center\" width=\"599\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-94728 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-herald-lay-c1'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/831.jpg'><img width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/831-470x313.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/831-470x313.jpg 470w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/831-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/831-414x276.jpg 414w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/831-130x86.jpg 130w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/831-187x124.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyxor AM has decided to expand its range of trackers by launching 5 new equity ETFs offering an exposure to long-term global structural trends, which are set to redefine our society in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":94722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1471],"tags":[1809,1655,2236,1718,1651,1711,1437,1691,1952,1672],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94728"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94729,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94728\/revisions\/94729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}