Goldman Sachs launches data-driven international ETF (GIEQ)

Goldman Sachs Asset Management launched the Goldman Sachs Data Enhanced International Equity ETF, ticker GIEQ, this week. The fund is an actively managed, data-driven ETF that targets large- and mid-cap companies listed outside the United States. GIEQ joins GSAM’s global lineup of more than 240 ETFs as of April 2026.

According to GSAM’s fund profile, the strategy uses a bottom-up process that combines quantitative models with portfolio manager judgment. The profile states the process systematically evaluates thousands of stocks and leverages hundreds of indicators.

Managers assess holdings using inputs that include sentiment analysis, measures of fundamental mispricing and evaluations of business quality, alongside other data-driven factors. GSAM describes the fund as operating with a quantitative core and a qualitative overlay.

The strategy focuses primarily on non-U.S. large- and mid-cap companies and retains flexibility to include firms in emerging markets when managers determine it appropriate. GSAM’s profile states, “We combine human insight and advanced technology, seeking to know more, see better, and act faster than others in the market.” The profile adds that the approach “systematically evaluates thousands of stocks, leveraging hundreds of indicators.”

GIEQ is structured as a market-cap-focused active ETF and is available to investors through the ETF market.