Europe ETF News for the Past Year
Monetary developments in the euro area: December 2025
January 29, 2026-Annual growth rate of broad monetary aggregate M3 decreased to 2.8% in December 2025 from 3.0% in November
Annual growth rate of narrower monetary aggregate M1, comprising currency in circulation and overnight deposits, decreased to 4.7% in December from 5.0% in November
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to households stood at 3.0% in December, compared with 2.9% in November
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to non-financial corporations stood at 3.0% in December, compared with 3.1% in November
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Source: ECB (European Central Bank)
The EBA publishes updated risk assessment indicators
January 28, 2026--The European Banking Authority (EBA) today released an updated list of indicators for risk assessment and risk analysis tools, along with a revised methodological guide. This update does not introduce any additional reporting requirements for institutions or competent authorities.
Instead, it clarifies how risk indicators are calculated in EBA publications, enabling users and competent authorities to interpret key banking figures consistently when conducting risk assessments and analyses.
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Source: European Banking Authority (EBA)
Euro area economic and financial developments by institutional sector: third quarter of 2025
January 28, 2026-Euro area net saving decreased to €863 billion in four quarters to third quarter of 2025, compared with €877 billion one quarter earlier
Household debt-to-income ratio decreased to 81.4% in third quarter of 2025 from 82.1% one year earlier
Non-financial corporations' debt-to-GDP ratio (consolidated measure) decreased to 65.9% in third quarter of 2025 from 67.3% one year earlier
Total euro area economy
Euro area net saving decreased to €863 billion (6.9% of euro area net disposable income) in the four quarters to the third quarter of 2025 compared with €877 billion in the four quarters to the previous quarter. Euro area net non-financial investment increased to €590 billion (4.7% of euro area net disposable income), mainly due to increased investment by non-financial corporations (see Chart 1 below and Table 1 in the Annex).
Euro area net lending to the rest of the world decreased to €304 billion in the four quarters to the third quarter of 2025 (from €347 billion in the four quarters to the previous quarter), reflecting decreased net saving and increased net non-financial investment.
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Source: ECB (European Central Bank)
France to ditch US platforms Microsoft Teams, Zoom for 'sovereign platform' amid security concerns
January 27, 2026-France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.
France will replace the American platforms Microsoft Teams and Zoom with its own domestically developed video conferencing platform, which will be used in all government departments by 2027, the country announced on Monday.
The move is part of France's strategy to stop using foreign software vendors, especially those from the United States, and regain control over critical digital infrastructure. It comes at a crucial moment as France, like Europe, reaches a turning point regarding digital sovereignty.
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Source: euronews.com
L&G debuts Europe's first global mid-cap ETF
January 26, 2026-Legal & General has kicked off 2026 with the launch of a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) targeting global mid-cap stocks, arguing that current market offerings force investors to bundle these assets with large-cap holdings.
The L&G MSCI World Mid Cap Ucits ETF (MIDS) was listed today on the London Stock Exchange, Xetra, Borsa Italiana and SIX Swiss Exchange, with a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.29%.
According to L&G, the strategy is Europe's first global mid-cap ETF and it tracks the MSCI World Mid Cap Index Net Total Return. While many global indices
such as the MSCI World, combine large and mid-cap stocks, L&G said MIDS isolates the mid-cap segment across 23 developed markets.
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Source: citywire.com
KraneShares Cross-Lists KOID Humanoid Robotics ETF on Deutsche Borse Xetra Under Ticker KBOT
January 23, 2026-KraneShares, a global asset manager known for its innovative exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced the cross-listing of the KraneShares Global Humanoid & Embodied Intelligence Index UCITS ETF on Deutsche Börse Xetra, where it will trade under the ticker KBOT.
The Xetra listing brings to German investors the same globally recognized strategy known under the ticker KOID, which is already listed on Nasdaq, the London Stock Exchange, and Borsa Italiana. While the fund trades under the ticker KBOT in Germany, the ETF's investment objective, index methodology, and underlying holdings are identical across all listings.
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Source: KraneShares
ETF Market Dynamics: 2025 in Review
January 23, 2026--"With ETF assets currently hovering at 25% of mutual funds, and forecasts it can grow to 40%, this points to a promising 2026 and beyond", Eamonn O’Callaghan, group product manager at CACEIS Ireland Limited
Growth
Following the same trend as previous years, ETF assets continue to grow rapidly. In 2025 inflows peaked at >$333bn, representing significant 36.7%YTD growth.
September marked a new milestone with total ETP assets rising above the $3trn mark. Many commentators point to ETF assets doubling by 2030 with 2025 certainly viewed as a building block to reach that target.
New kids on the block
The influx of new asset managers entering the ETF space has continued with 25 new entrants over the past year. This was largely comprised of US managers looking beyond their borders to distribute product into Europe and domestic European managers stepping into the ETF space for the first time.
The flexibility and recognition of the UCITS wrapper is important in these decisions. UCITS products can be sold across Europe and there are also a number of markets outside of Europe where they can be distributed, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Chile and Mexico.
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Source: caceis.com
Inyova SICAV Joins SIX Swiss Exchange as New ETF Issuer
January 22, 2026--SIX welcomes Inyova SICAV as a new issuer of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). The impact-focused investment platform is expanding investors' access to actively managed sustainability-oriented strategies at SIX Swiss Exchange with the listing of its first ETF, which is tradable in Swiss francs.
The Inyova Impact Investing Active Equity Fund EUR UCITS ETF follows an actively managed strategy that invests globally in companies whose products and services contribute positively to sustainable development and generate measurable environmental and social impact alongside financial returns. While the fund is built on businesses advancing themes such as renewable energy, electromobility, medical technology, gender equality, and human rights, it goes beyond thematic exposure by focusing on active ownership and measurable impact. This leads to long-term value creation potential with clear impact objectives.
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Source: six-group.com
ECB and ESRB issue joint report analysing financial stability risks from geoeconomic fragmentation
January 22, 2026--Geoeconomic fragmentation and geopolitical risk have become key sources of macro-financial uncertainty, which can affect financial stability
Geopolitical shocks can amplify financial stress and dampen economic growth
Report sets out new monitoring framework integrating geopolitical indicators into financial stability analysis
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) today published a joint report entitled “Financial stability risks from geoeconomic fragmentation" with technical annex, which examines how rising geopolitical risks and heightened uncertainty can affect financial stability in the euro area and across the European Union. The report identifies the key transmission channels through which geopolitical shocks can propagate to the financial system.
The following findings indicate that geopolitical shocks and policy uncertainty tend to lead to tighter financial conditions, financial market stress, increased risk premia and reduced loan growth.
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Source: ecb.europa.eu
ECB-Meeting of 17-18 December 2025-Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank
January 22, 2026-Held in Frankfurt am Main
1. Review of financial, economic and monetary developments and policy options
Financial market developments
Ms Schnabel started her presentation by noting that, since the Governing Council's previous monetary policy meeting on 29-30 October 2025, the financial market narrative that ECB interest rates were in a good place had been further consolidated. Incoming data had reinforced expectations that inflation would remain close to the 2% target over the medium term and that the euro area economy would grow at a rate near potential.
On the back of the resilient economy and stickier services inflation, expectations of further rate cuts had vanished, with both markets and survey participants expecting policy rates to remain at their current levels for an extended period. Better than expected macroeconomic data and the reappraisal of monetary policy expectations had also pushed longer-term risk-free rates higher, a development driven by real rates, while the euro exchange rate had remained within a narrow range. Strong global risk sentiment had kept equity markets at high levels, while sovereign and corporate bond spreads had remained compressed and volatility in euro area money markets had remained limited.
Overall, euro area financial conditions had tightened slightly since October 2025 but had fluctuated in a narrow range since the ECB's last rate cut in June 2025, remaining closely aligned with its key policy rates.
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Source: ECB (European Central Bank)
