Global ETF launches across Switzerland, Japan and Australia

From Sept. 3 to 10, 2026 a group of European, Asian and US-listed issuers filed and admitted new exchange-traded funds across Switzerland, Japan and Australia. New products covered artificial intelligence, semiconductors, the agricultural value chain, gold with income features, sukuk exposure with sterling-hedged share classes and a CLO-focused UCITS product.

Pictet listed AI Enhanced Equity ETFs on the SIX Swiss Exchange, offering equity exposure that incorporates artificial intelligence factors. Schroders launched new Europe and Japan equity ETFs to expand its passive and semi-active regional equity line-up. VanEck introduced an ETF that tracks the global agricultural value chain, covering producers, processors and related companies. Daiwa Asset Management launched iFreeETF Gold plus Income, combining physical gold exposure with an income component. HSBC Asset Management added sterling-hedged share classes to its Sukuk UCITS ETF. Janus Henderson listed the Global AAA CLO Passive Core UCITS ETF under the ticker JCLM.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange admitted two Global X ETFs with tickers 632A and 633A. These are the Global X Nikkei225 ETF and the Global X Korea Semiconductor Top 10 ETF, providing direct index exposure to Japan’s Nikkei 225 and concentrated exposure to leading Korean semiconductor firms respectively.

The Australian Securities Exchange recorded 11 ETF admissions during August 2026. Admissions included Vanguard Australian Floating Rate Bond Index ETF (ASX: VFLT) on Aug. 26, JPMorgan Australia Equity Active ETF (ASX: JPOZ) on Aug. 13, and multiple listings on Aug. 6-7 such as State Street Blackstone Senior Loan Hedged Active ETF (ASX: SBSL), State Street Blackstone High Income Hedged Active ETF (ASX: SBHI), Betashares Diversified Balanced (ASX: DVBA), Diversified Growth (ASX: DVGR), Diversified High Growth (ASX: DVHG), Diversified Credit Income (ASX: DCRD), and VanEck thematic ETFs including the VanEck Global Semiconductor ETF (ASX: SMHG), VanEck Quantum ETF (ASX: QNTM) and VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals X China ETF (ASX: RESM).

Several of the September launches and the August ASX admissions used product structures such as UCITS-format ETFs and currency-hedged share classes to target cross-border investors. Exchange admission dates from the ASX and ticker listings from the Tokyo Stock Exchange were used to verify the filings and admissions. No manager statements were included in the documents reviewed.