Today, SIX welcomes American Century Investments as its latest issuer of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs).

American Century Investments’s first product, the AVANTIS GL SM CAP VALUE ETF, brings the total number of ETFs available to investors on SIX Swiss Exchange to 2,017.

With American Century Investments, the 32nd ETF issuer lists its products at SIX Swiss Exchange, broadening the choice for investors with an actively managed ETF that invests in small-cap companies from developed markets worldwide. It aims to outperform the MSCI World Small Cap Value index by overweighting companies with lower valuations and higher profitability. This ETF is launched under American Century’s quantitative investment unit, Avantis Investors.

Gregor Braun, Head Cash Market Sales, Exchanges, SIX:

“We’re excited to see American Century Investments join the ranks of ETF issuers on SIX Swiss Exchange. As one of Europe’s ETF pioneers, having launched our segment almost 25 years ago, we continue to focus on increasing our attractiveness for new issuers and to support them in gaining access to the unique investor base in Switzerland.”

Richard Adams, head of EMEA, American Century Investments:

“We consistently develop new solutions powered by financial science to respond to changing client needs and priorities. We are excited to bring this low-cost, well-diversified strategy to Switzerland and broaden our offerings in Europe. Feedback from European investors about the UCITS ETFs we launched in 2024 has been positive and we continue to see significant demand from European investors. Our mission is – and always has been – to help investors build better portfolios.”

With the new ETF, investors now have a choice of 2,017 products on SIX Swiss Exchange. So far this year, 162 new ETFs have been listed on SIX Swiss Exchange of which nearly a third is actively managed including the newly listed product from American Century.

Currently, 20 issuers offer active ETFs on SIX Swiss Exchange. Nearly 10% of the 2,017 ETFs are actively managed.