AXA Investment Managers Introduces an ETF Platform Focused on Active Management and Responsible Investment

AXA Investment Managers, a global investment management firm, today announces the launch of an ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund) platform ("AXA IM ETF") focused on active strategies and Responsible Investing (RI) to provide investors looking for enhanced liquidity with access to its strengths across responsible, thematic and quantitative investing.

The platform will initially launch with two actively UN SDG  (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals) aligned ETFs, classified as Article 9 funds under SFDR regulation , which have dual objectives of seeking to deliver long-term financial growth and a positive and measurable impact on the environment.

The first two ETFs launched will focus on climate and biodiversity themes.

Commenting on the launch of the new platform, Marco Morelli, Executive Chairman of AXA IM, said: "To meet the changing demands of investors we must continue to innovate and enhance our investment offering, and through the launch of this new platform we do this by combining our active investment insight with the flexibility of an ETF.

"With the support of AXA and leveraging our key strengths, primarily within active management and responsible investing strategies, this platform will complement our existing fund range while answering client demand for ETF structured vehicles and offering them a better trading experience as well as easy access to such strategies, high liquidity, and enhanced  transparency due to the nature of these products."

In the context of this launch, Brieuc Louchard has joined AXA IM as Head of ETF Capital Markets, joining from Euronext where he was Head of ETF.