Global X ETFs is a New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds that facilitates access to investment opportunities across the global markets. Founded in 2008, it has approximately $40 billion in managed assets, across more than 80 different products. The ETF issuer and manager is widely known for its Thematic Growth, Income and International product suites, in addition to its Core, Commodities and Alpha strategies. In July 2018, the company was acquired by
Mirae Asset Global Investments.
History
Global X was established in 2008 and brought to market its first ETF in February 2009. The firm focused on previously unexplored ETF strategies in the subsequent years, launching a range of first-to-market single-country ETFs and commodity funds. In 2011, the firm introduced its first global dividend product, a strategy which it has subsequently adapted to U.S. equities, preferreds, REITs, emerging markets, alternatives, and most recently, EAFE equities.
Global X was also an early proponent of
thematic investing
Thematic investing is a form of investment which aims to identify macro-level trends, and the underlying investments that stand to benefit from the materialisation of those trends.
Definition
The Financial Times describes thematic investing as a ...
, launching its first thematic ETF in 2010, targeting companies that offered exposure to the lithium cycle. The firm has since launched a range of additional strategies providing access to emerging themes in areas of technology, people and demographics, and U.S. infrastructure.
Global X was acquired by
Mirae Asset Global Investments in July 2018 for $488 million.
[Funds marketed under the Global X ETFs brand are managed by Global X Funds. Global X Management Company LLC is a separate legal entity that serves as an advisor to the Funds. ]
Research and insights
In early 2016, the firm began expanding the scope of its published research, which spans the emergence of disruptive technologies, to the impact of geopolitics on developing economies, and the drivers impacting income-oriented investments.
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American companies established in 2008
Financial services companies based in New York City
Financial services companies established in 2008
2008 establishments in New York City
Exchange-traded funds
2018 mergers and acquisitions