Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) announced today the launch of the Goldman Sachs Emerging Markets Green and Social Bond Active UCITS ETF (GEMS), expanding its range of European market active ETFs with a new sustainability-focused offering.
The new funds follow the launch earlier this year by GSAM of its first actively managed fixed income ETFs in EMEA, followed by a series of active equity ETFs in April 2025.
Hilary Lopez, head of the EMEA Third Party Wealth Business at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, said:
“Our clients are showing continued demand for access to leading active capabilities, combined with the control and convenience of ETFs. Following the launch of our core active Fixed Income and Equity building blocks, we are leveraging the leading capabilities and expertise of our Green, Sustainable, Social & Impact Bonds Team to help investors diversify their fixed income exposure and drive impact across emerging markets.”
The new ETF will invest in fixed income securities across corporate and sovereign issuers in emerging markets, in which issuers intend to allocate use of proceeds for green or social contributions, using an investment process combining Emerging Market Debt credit assessment with specific use of proceeds information about Green and Social contributions.
Share classes of the Fund will be listed on exchanges including the London Stock Exchange, Borse Italiana, Deutsche Börse and SIX.
Bram Bos, head of the Green, Sustainable, Social & Impact Bond Team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, said:
“As a leading active Green Bond Fund manager, we believe Goldman Sachs Asset Management is uniquely positioned to give investors access to this quickly growing asset class. Through our benchmark aware investment process, we incorporate in-depth analysis of the use of proceeds and issuer ESG screening, with sound and proven EM Credit analysis.”
