What's New In Investments, Funds? – Capital Group

Editorial Staff

5 October 2026

Capital Group
announced last week that it has received regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Ireland for its first UCITS active exchange-traded funds.

Expected to launch in Europe and Asia-Pacific in the first quarter of 2027, the four strategies will bring Capital Group’s long-term active investment capabilities to investors through a UCITS ETF structure.

The majority of ETFs track a particular index, such as the S&P 500 Index of US stocks. However, ETFs, which can also be built to track an investment managers’ top selections, for example, are designed to mimic an actively managed strategy.

The four ETFs are called Capital Group Global Growth Equity; Capital Group US Core Equity; Capital Group US Dividend Value, and Capital Group Global Bond Plus. The first three funds are equity ETFs and the fourth is in fixed income.

Since launching its first active ETFs in North America in 2022, Capital Group has built a $160 billion active ETF business spanning 25 strategies.

The active ETF fund range is domiciled in Ireland.

Active ETFs appear to have wind in their sails. Earlier in September, MSCI, the index provider, carried a survey showing that 87 per cent of 450 advisors in the US and Europe predict that active ETFs will be more widely used over the next two years. They are also expecting more growth in the use of passive ETFs (up by 62 per cent). And significantly for asset managers, 58 per cent think that new active ETF allocation from a manager that they use already would likely squeeze out an existing mutual funds or UCITS holding, MSCI said.