Through this partnership, the firms will collaborate to introduce a suite of new active ETF products, providing investors across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region, with access to asset classes across developed and emerging markets. The initial launches will be focused on actively-managed global equities and emerging markets UCITS ETFs.

Demand for ETFs continues to grow globally, including within the EMEA region, as investors seek to diversify their portfolios amid geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, while benefitting from the flexibility, transparency, speed and cost-effectiveness of the ETF wrapper.

“Our goal is to drive innovation within the industry, deploying our extensive expertise and capabilities to identify and create solutions for investors,” Yie-Hsin Hung, chief executive officer of State Street Investment Management, said. “This exciting evolution in State Street’s longstanding partnership with Ninety One has led to the creation of several deeply compelling investment opportunities across emerging and developed markets through a new suite of actively-managed ETF products.Through this partnership, both firms will work in tandem to ensure that investors can benefit from the deeply compelling investment opportunities at play across both emerging and developed markets around the world.”

Investors are increasingly seeking to diversify beyond US equities, which have dominated global portfolios, driving renewed interest in international and emerging market opportunities, the firm said in a statement. Recent data from State Street highlights that flows into EMEA-domiciled active ETF products have remained strong, with 11.6 per cent growth in assets under management within this cohort of funds to date in 2026 and growth in global equity and emerging market equity funds.

“In an uncertain world, the ability to invest globally with high conviction matters more than ever,” Hendrik du Toit, founder and chief executive at Ninety One, said. “This partnership brings together Ninety One’s active investment capabilities with State Street IM’s global reach and ETF expertise, creating a powerful platform to deliver solutions for clients worldwide.”

A number of firms have been launching ETFs recently, for instance US-headquartered investment managers Invesco and Franklin Templeton. They have also been diversifying beyond US equities, notably into Asia and emerging markets. See more here, here, here and here.