Eurizon SLJ Capital, the London-based investment manager of Eurizon, is celebrating the listing of its first ETF on the London Stock Exchange: the CO Eurizon SLJ EM Bond Strategic Income UCITS ETF. Eurizon is the €384 billion asset management company of the Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo. The ETF is an actively managed fund that allows investors to access an emerging market bond strategy targeting developed market risk characteristics, managed by Eurizon SLJ Capital’s London-based team led by Stephen Jen (CEO & co-CIO) and Fatih Yilmaz (co-CIO).
The CO Eurizon SLJ EM Bond Strategic Income UCITS ETF aims to offer investors transparent, cost-effective, and flexible access to EM bond income with developed market risk characteristics, managed by a diverse team and backed by our research-led approach to investing. Eurizon SLJ Capital has a long-standing reputation for orthogonal thinking and a research-led approach to active emerging market investing.
The ETF launched on the Connect ETFs platform, a new ETF platform connecting asset managers with leading ETF service providers. The Connect ETFs platform enables investment managers to bring their investment strategies to market as a UCITS ETF efficiently and cost-effectively. This allows investment managers to focus on adding value to investors through portfolio management, whether active or passive. Connect ETFs' integrated platform offers a comprehensive suite of services essential for the successful launch, management, and distribution of European ETFs.