Europe ETF News for the Past Year
Account of the monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council of the EECB in Frankfurt am Main
March 5, 2026-Held on Wednesday and Thursday, 4-5 February 2026
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 17-18 December 2025, geopolitical uncertainty had spiked and trade policy uncertainty had rebounded briefly to summer 2025 levels.
Stock market volatility had, however, edged up only slightly, far less than during previous stress episodes, while bond market volatility had hardly reacted to the risk shocks and had continued its downward trajectory.
Investor risk appetite had also remained largely unaffected by the recent turbulence, and risk appetite indices for the euro area and the United States stood near their highest level since the global financial crisis of 2008.
Two factors explained the overall contained market reaction. The first factor had been a change in the reaction to risk-off shocks, with investors appearing to be increasingly looking through the noise.
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Source: ECB (European Central Bank)
Robeco launches innovative AI-driven NextGen Global Small Cap ETF
March 3, 2026---Machine learning unlocks alpha in an under-researched small-cap universe
Born from Robeco's NextGen Quant Incubator to accelerate next-generation innovation
Underrepresented global small caps add unique growth exposure and diversification
Today Robeco announces the launch of its NextGen Global Small Cap ETF, an actively managed strategy powered by machine learning. The ETF brings together the firm's decades of quantitative investing expertise and advanced AI technology, offering investors a data-driven way to access the global small-cap equity universe.
Global small caps represent one of the broadest and least efficiently covered segments of equity markets. With thousands of companies, lower analyst coverage, and less skewed index composition, the asset class offers fertile ground for active strategies. Robeco’s new active ETF uses machine learning to identify opportunities across this expansive universe, dynamically determining which features matter for each individual stock.
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Source: Robeco
Monetary developments in the euro area: January 2026
February 26, 2026-Annual growth rate of broad monetary aggregate M3 increased to 3.3% in January 2026 from 2.8% in December
Annual growth rate of narrower monetary aggregate M1, comprising currency in circulation and overnight deposits, increased to 5.3% in January from 4.7% in December
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to households stood at 3.0% in January, unchanged from previous month
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to non-financial corporations decreased to 2.8% in January from 3.0% in December
Components of the broad monetary aggregate M3
The annual growth rate of the broad monetary aggregate M3 increased to 3.3% in January 2026 from 2.8% in December, averaging 3.0% in the three months up to January.
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Source: ECB (European Central Bank)
Virtune Makes History in Poland with First-Ever Spot Crypto ETPs Listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
February 25, 2026-- Virtune, the Swedish regulated crypto asset manager, today announced the historic listing of Poland's first-ever spot crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW).
With this milestone, Polish investors gain access to physically backed crypto ETPs traded in Polish złoty (PLN) on a regulated market for the first time.
The listing marks a structural development in Poland's capital markets, expanding the country's rapidly growing ETP ecosystem to include crypto assets within a secure, exchange-traded framework.
A Historic First for Poland's Capital Markets
The launch represents several significant firsts:
The first spot crypto ETPs admitted to trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
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Source: Virtune AB (Publ)
STOXX-linked ETPs help lift Leverage Shares product trading 53% in 2025
February 24, 2026--STOXX-linked leveraged exchange-traded products (ETPs) were among Leverage Share' most traded products in 2025, helping to lift the issuer's annual trading volume by 53% amid rallying equity markets.
The Leverage Shares 3x Tesla ETP Securities, which tracks the iSTOXX(R) Leveraged 3X TSLA index, was the company's top product in 2025 by traded volume, as well as the most popular leveraged ETP on the London Stock Exchange for a third consecutive year.
The Leverage Shares 3x NVIDIA ETP, which also tracks a STOXX index, was the company's second-most popular product last year. Increasing demand for leveraged exposure is also emerging on other European trading venues such as Deutsche Börse Xetra, where Leverage Shares ETPs continue to record strong growth, with trading volumes expanding at high double-digit rates.
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Source: stoxx.com
WisdomTree Brings $2.6bn India Earnings ETF to Europe
February 24, 2026--Providing earnings-weighted exposure to one of the world's fastest-growing economies
WisdomTree, a global financial innovator, has today announced the launch of the WisdomTree India Earnings UCITS ETF (EPI). EPI seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree India Earnings UCITS Index (the "Index") and has a Total Expense Ratio (TER) of 0.55%.
EPI, listed today on Börse Xetra, Borsa Italiana, SIX, the Swiss stock exchange and will list on the London Stock Exchange on 25 February 2026.
The proprietary Index provides access to a diversified basket of profitable Indian companies using a rules-based, fundamentally weighted methodology. Unlike traditional market-cap weighted indices, the Index weights companies based on their earnings, tilting the portfolio toward companies with strong fundamentals and avoiding excessive exposure to the most expensive stocks. This innovative approach offers a differentiated path to capturing India’s dynamic growth story, anchored in valuation discipline and business profitability.
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Source: wisdomtree.eu
JP Morgan unveils low volatility European equity income ETF
February 19, 2026--J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched a new European equity income exchange traded fund designed to deliver monthly payouts and lower volatility, as investor demand grows for strategies that combine stock market exposure with steady cash flow.
The JPMorgan Europe Equity Premium Income Active UCITS ETF, known as JEPE, has begun trading on multiple European venues, including the London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Börse Xetra, Borsa Italiana and SIX Swiss Exchange, marking the firm's first equity premium income ETF focused on European shares.
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Source: uk.finance.yahoo.com
London Stock Exchange celebrates WisdomTree launching Drones, Humanoids and Physical AI ETF
February 19, 2026--The global exchange-traded fund (ETF) and exchange-traded product (ETP) issuer, WisdomTree, has listed its Physical AI, Humanoids and Drones ETF on the London Stock Exchange today.
The WisdomTree Physical AI, Humanoids and Drones UCITS ETF (WPAI) is designed to provide targeted exposure to the next phase of artificial intelligence (AI) by investing in companies developing embodied, autonomous systems and the components that enable intelligent machines to operate in real-world environments.
Physical AI represents the next phase of the AI revolution, as software-driven intelligence evolves into embodied, autonomous machines operating in the physical world. Advances in AI model efficiency, edge-computing hardware and specialised sensing and perception systems are enabling machines to operate autonomously in factories, warehouses, farms, hospitals, and across airspace. As intelligence shifts to the edge, physical AI is positioned to accelerate productivity, reshape industrial processes and redefine how work is carried out across the global economy.
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Source: www.londonstockexchange.com
WisdomTree Launches Drones, Humanoids and Physical AI ETF
February 18, 2026--Reflecting the evolution of AI1 from software into drones, humanoid robots and autonomous systems
WisdomTree, a global financial innovator, has today announced the launch of the WisdomTree Physical AI, Humanoids and Drones UCITS ETF (WPAI). The ETF2 seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree Physical AI UCITS Index (the "Index") and has a Total Expense Ratio (TER) of 0.45%.
WPAI, listed today on Börse Xetra, Borsa Italiana, Euronext Paris, SIX, the Swiss stock exchange and will list on the London Stock Exchange on
The proprietary index is designed to track companies advancing the development and commercial adoption of physical AI, which refers to intelligent machines operating autonomously in the physical world. Physical AI is often referred to as embodied intelligence, describing AI systems that are embedded in physical machines and capable of perceiving, moving and acting autonomously in the real world. The Index identifies businesses across five key categories: humanoid robotics, drones and autonomous mobility, next-generation factories (smart manufacturing), next-generation logistics and supply-chain robotics, and emerging applications in sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, construction and defence.
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Source: wisdomtree.eu
Trading volumes have surged in leveraged funds, options since the pandemic, data shows
February 18, 2026--ETFGI reports today that assets in the ETFs industry in Europe reached a new record of US$3.40 trillion at the end of January.
During January the ETFs industry in Europe gathered record net inflows of US$58.67 billion, according to ETFGI's January 2026 European ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, the monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service.
ETFGI is a leading independent research and consultancy firm with 14 years of experience, recognized for its expertise in subscription research, consulting services, industry events, and ETF TV, covering global ETF industry trends (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
Highlights
Assets in Europe's ETF industry reached a record $3.40 Tn at the end of January, surpassing the previous record of $3.22 Tn set in December 2025.
Assets increased 5.5% year-to-date in 2026, rising from $3.22 Tn at the end of 2025 to $3.40 Tn.
January saw record net inflows of $58.67 Bn, exceeding the previous January record of $32.93 Bn in 2025; the third-highest January inflows were $29.12 Bn in 2022.
January marked the 40th consecutive month of net inflows for the European ETF industry.
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Source: ETFGI
