UBS ETFs become available on platforms catering to IFAs and private investors

UBS Exchange Traded Funds has partnered with Ascentric, Hargreaves Lansdown, Nucleus Financial, Raymond James and Transact to make its ETFs available on their platforms.  The move makes UBS’s range of ETFs accessible…

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Andrew Walsh, Head of ETF Sales UK at UBS Global Asset Management

for financial advisers and private investors in the trading and investment venue of their choice.

The following ETFs are now available on these platforms:

Andrew Walsh, Head of ETF Sales UK at UBS Global Asset Management, explained: “We have made our ETFs available on a range of market-leading platforms to cater to the individual preferences of financial advisers and investors, and we are also in dialogue with additional platforms.  Our approach is to offer investors a wide selection, providing ETFs in the asset classes, structures and venues that they prefer. For instance, investors can choose between physically-replicated or swap-based ETFs.  Platforms are becoming ever more central to the investment landscape for financial advisers and DIY investors alike, and ETFs are seeing increased demand as they offer efficient, cost-effective access to the global markets.”

UBS Global Asset Management has 81 ETFs listed on the London Stock Exchange, including equity, fixed income, hedge fund and commodity strategies.  UBS ETFs are FCA recognised, have UK Reporting Fund status, are ISA and SIPP eligible, and have clean share classes.
UBS ETFs are also listed on XETRA, SIX Swiss Exchange and Borsa Italiana. With £8.5 billion in ETF assets under management, UBS ETFs is Europe’s second largest provider of physically-replicating ETFs and the fourth largest ETF provider overall.
The move to broaden the distribution of its ETFs follows a reduction in fees across the ‘A’ share class range of ETFs last month, making UBS ETFs among the most competitively priced available.  UBS ETFs is committed to transparency in all fees and charges, all of which are publicly available on its website.

Dominic Ventham, Head of Marketing at Ascentric, said: “ETFs are a very important part of our asset mix representing more than £500m in terms of platform assets to date. The launch of the UBS range will extend and enhance the range of ETFs available on Ascentric and will undoubtedly fuel demand for this type of investment.”

Adam Laird, Passive Investment Manager at Hargreaves Lansdown, noted: “Exchange Traded Products are an ever more important tool in retail investors’ portfolios and we have seen clients invest over three and a half times more in ETFs than we did five years ago. Our clients value choice  ̶  adding the UBS ETFs is part of our commitment to give investors access to the best range of investments.”

Barry Neilson, Business Development Director at Nucleus, said: “In the post-RDR world an investment platform is only really fit-for-purpose if it offers an unlimited range of options across all the available asset classes. As financial planners look to reduce the cost of their clients’ portfolios, we are seeing increased demand for ETFs and the availability of the UBS range on platforms enhances the options available.”

Stuart Wright, Head of Operations and Product Management at Raymond James Investment Services, commented: “Since ETFs were introduced to the UK a few years ago, they’ve grown exponentially, and we’ve seen a substantial increase in wealth managers and their clients looking to trade them. Our platform currently handles in excess of 9,000 ETF trades a year, and the new range of UBS ETFs, which are highly transparent and offer competitive fees, are an attractive addition for our wealth managers and their clients.”

Source: ETFWorld.co.uk  –  UBS Exchange Traded Funds