HANetf Hits Quarter Billion Dollars in AUM
- HANetf
reaches $250 Million AUM milestone
- White-label
platform founded in 2017 by ETF industry pioneers Hector McNeil & Nik
Bienkowski
- HANetf
sees 2020 start with two ground-breaking ETF launches
London, 25 February, 2020: HANetf,
Europe’s first ‘white label’ ETF issuer, is pleased to announce that total AUM
has exceeded the $250 Million threshold, driven by significant investor
inflows and performance based-growth. This is 377% growth since the
start of 2020 and just over one year since the first ETFs were listed, making
HANetf one of the fastest growing ETF issuers in Europe.
Founded in 2017 by ETF industry
pioneers Hector McNeil and Nik Bienkowski, HANetf was designed to reduce the
barriers to entry to the European ETF market by providing a full operational,
regulatory, distribution and marketing solution for asset managers who want to
successfully launch and manage ETFs and ETPs.
This milestone represents another
significant achievement for the HANetf platform that launched its first ETF in
the 4th quarter of 2018. Since then, HANetf has enabled a diverse
range of asset managers to enter the European ETF market, delivering a number
of industry-innovations and firsts:
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HANetf currently has five asset
management clients and seven ETFs/ETCs and is in discussion with over 50 other
managers about entering the European UCITS ETF/ETP space. HANetf’s goal is to
be a major European ETF issuer covering all asset classes and approaches – a
platform for leading asset managers to provide unique investment ideas in ETF
and ETP form. The multi-manager offering will be unique in the ETF space
globally.
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Hector
McNeil commented: “We’re proud of the company and the
team to have reached the milestone of $250 million in AUM in just over a year
since our first ETF launch. In doing so, we have demonstrated the unique power
of the HANetf platform to transform the way asset managers can enter and
succeed in the European ETF market. Before HANetf existed, asset managers faced
significant barriers to launching and distributing ETFs due to the cost and
complexity of the market; but these barriers have been systematically removed
by HANetf’s full-service regulatory, operational and distribution
infrastructure.”
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Nik
Bienkowski added: “The European ETF
industry is growing rapidly at a time when investors are withdrawing money from
traditional funds. Having an ETF offering to access this distribution
revolution was challenging for many asset managers - until the arrival of
HANetf. Our team is one of the most experienced in the market and we have
built, and continue to grow, a formidable sales, distribution and marketing
capability that gives our clients instant scale and reach, enabling them to
compete, succeed and win in the high-growth, competitive European ETF market.
“Our clients come from a variety
of countries and backgrounds including the U.S., Canada, Kuwait and Britain;
some are new to the ETF world, while others have established ETF businesses and
have used HANetf to gain fast and efficient market entry to Europe. The
European ETF market is likely to reach $2 Trillion in AUM in the near future,
offering a huge opportunity to new entrants to take advantage of the
distribution power of ETFs. HANetf will continue to be an important part of
this growth by providing unique, innovative ETFs for modern portfolios.”