State Street IM and Ninety One sign a partnership to launch a range of co-branded active ETFs
15 MAY, 2026
By Joanna Piwko from RankiaPro Europe
State Street Investment Management and Ninety One have announced the start of a strategic partnership aimed at launching a new range of co-branded active ETFs. The agreement aims to expand the offering for investors in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia-Pacific, with access to strategies on asset classes of developed and emerging markets.
“Our goal is to promote industry innovation, leveraging our extensive experience and our skills to identify and create solutions for investors”.
Yie-Hsin Hung, Chief Executive Officer of State Street Investment Management
First launches focused on global and emerging equities
The first products planned under the collaboration will be active UCITS ETFs focused on global equities and emerging markets. The initiative comes in a context of increasing demand for ETFs globally, including the EMEA area, where investors continue to seek tools capable of offering portfolio diversification in a phase characterized by persistent geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty.
Ninety One's skills at the service of the active offer
Ninety One will contribute to the partnership with its skills in high conviction active investment, particularly in the segments of global equities, specialist fixed income and emerging markets. The company's strategies, which boast a solid track record especially in the emerging universe, will complete the current range of State Street IM ETFs.
“This partnership combines Ninety One's active investment skills with the global scale and ETF industry experience of State Street IM, creating a solid platform capable of providing solutions to clients around the world.”
Hendrik du Toit, Founder and Chief Executive of Ninety One
