All four HSBC London-listed ETFs will be labelled Article 8 under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

HSBC Asset Management has launched in London four ESG focused ETFs. Two of these are equity value-oriented and span World and Emerging Markets respectively. The other two are equity small-cap oriented and similarly invest across World and Emerging Markets. (ETF Stream)

 The ETFs will launch on a staggered schedule as indicated above.

The ESG exclusions will remove companies involved in controversial weapons and firms that derive 2.5% or more of their revenue from thermal coal, as per the asset manager’s recent pledge to phase out its coal holdings by 2040.

Olga de Tapia, global head of ETF and indexing sales, said: “Our aim is to build an investor toolkit that allows them to incorporate different factor exposures, starting with the value factor and small capitalization. This product set provides investors with a means of building non-standard risk exposures into their portfolios and can be used as an alternative to standard market capitalization indices.”

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