100 New ETFs Live Right Now! 30th SEPTEMBER 2020

[acamp (Alex Campbell)]

After a huge batch of new stocks last week, we thought we would change gears and get back to the ETFs we want to add.

100 new ETFs from iShares, Vanguard, VanEck, and more!

With this addition, we’ve also laid out in that post what the Plus and Free plan ETF universes will look like moving forward.

Free will include all available ETFs managed by iShares, Vanguard, and Invesco

Plus will include all other available ETFs - there are a few new ones we added today!

As we outlined with the Plus stocks, there are a small number of ETFs that we will eventually move to Plus. We have a list of these ETFs available here.

Remember, that if you hold one of these ETFs and you don’t want to subscribe to Plus, then you will still be able to hold or sell this ETF. The only change is that you will no longer be able to buy more shares.

Now onto the new ETFs:

Symbol	Name	Universe
CEU1	iShares Core MSCI EMU UCITS ETF EUR (Acc.)	Free
CEUG	iShares Core MSCI EMU UCITS ETF GBP Hedged (Dis.)	Free
CNX1	iShares NASDAQ 100 UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
CSUK	iShares MSCI UK UCITS ETF GBP (Acc.)	Free
CUKS	iShares MSCI UK Small Cap UCITS ETF GBP (Acc.)	Free
CUKX	iShares Core FTSE 100 UCITS ETF GBP (Acc.)	Free
CUS1	iShares MSCI USA Small Cap UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
DPYG	iShares Developed Markets Property Yield UCITS ETF (Dist.)	Free
EGMW	iShares MSCI World ESG Enhanced UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
EUE	iShares Core EURO STOXX 50 UCITS ETF EUR (Dis.)	Free
EUXS	iShares MSCI Europe ex-UK GBP Hedged UCITS ETF (Dis.)	Free
FXC	iShares China Large Cap UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
GHYS	iShares Global High Yield Corp Bond UCITS ETF GBP Hedged (Dis.)	Free
IAPD	iShares Asia Pacific Dividend UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
IASH	iShares MSCI China A UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
IASP	iShares Asia Property Yield UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
IBTG	iShares $ Treasury Bond 1-3yr UCITS ETF GBP Hedged (Dis.)	Free
IBTL	iShares $ Treasury Bond 20+ year UCITS ETF USD Unhedged	Free
IBTS	iShares $ Treasury Bond 1-3yr UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
IBZL	iShares MSCI Brazil UCITS ETF USD (Dist)	Free
ICDU	iShares S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
ICSU	iShares S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
IESG	iShares MSCI Europe SRI UCITS ETF EUR (Acc.)	Free
IESU	iShares S&P 500 Energy Sector UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
IEUX	iShares MSCI Europe ex-UK UCITS ETF EUR (Dis.)	Free
IFFF	iShares MSCI AC Far East ex-Japan UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
IGSG	iShares Dow Jones GlobalSustScr UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
IGTM	iShares $ Treasury Bond 7-10yr UCITS ETF GBP Hedged (Dis.)	Free
IGUS	iShares S&P 500 GBP Hedged UCITS ETF (Acc.)	Free
IGWD	iShares MSCI World GBP Hedged UCITS ETF (Acc.)	Free
IJPH	iShares MSCI Japan GBP Hedged UCITS ETF (Acc.)	Free
IJPN	iShares MSCI Japan UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
IMEU	iShares Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETF EUR (Dis.)	Free
IMSU	iShares S&P 500 Materials Sector UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
INAA	iShares MSCI North America UCITS ETF USD (Dist)	Free
INFR	iShares Global Infrastructure UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
IPRP	iShares European Property Yield UCITS ETF EUR (Dis.)	Free
IPRV	iShares Listed Private Equity UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
ISUS	iShares MSCI USA Islamic UCITS ETF USD (Dist)	Free
ISWD	iShares MSCI World Islamic UCITS ETF USD (Dist)	Free
ITPS	iShares $ TIPS UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
ITWN	iShares MSCI Taiwan UCITS ETF USD (Dist)	Free
IUMF	iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
IUSF	iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
IUSP	iShares US Property Yield UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
IUVF	iShares Edge MSCI USA Val Factor UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
IWFQ	iShares Edge MSCI World Quality Factor UCITS ETF USD	Free
IWFV	iShares Edge MSCI World Value Factor UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
IWRD	iShares MSCI World UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
IWVG	iShares Edge MSCI World Value Factor UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
LQDS	iShares $ Corp Bond UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
LTAM	iShares MSCI EM Latin America UCITS ETF USD (Dist.)	Free
MINV	iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
MVUS	iShares Edge S&P 500 Min Vol UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
SEDY	iShares EM Dividend UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
SEMA	iShares MSCI EM UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
SGIL	iShares Gl Infl Lnk Govt Bd UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
SGLO	iShares Global Govt Bond UCITS ETF USD (Dist)	Free
SHYG	iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	Free
SHYU	iShares $ HY Corp Bond UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
SJPA	iShares Core MSCI Japan IMI UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
SMEA	iShares Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETF EUR (Acc.)	Free
SPOG	iShares Oil & Gas Exploration & Production UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
SUES	iShares MSCI EM SRI UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
SUJA	iShares MSCI Japan SRI UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
SUUS	iShares MSCI USA SRI UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
SWDA	iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
TP05	iShares $ TIPS 0-5 UCITS ETF	Free
VAGS	Vanguard Global Aggregate Bond ETF GBP Heged (Acc.)	Free
VEMA	Vanguard USD Emerging Markets Government Bond UCITS ETF (Acc.)	Free
VETY	Vanguard EUR Eurozone Government Bond UCITS ETF	Free
VMIG	Vanguard FTSE 250 UCITS ETF GBP (Acc.)	Free
VMOM	Vanguard Global Momentum Factor UCITS ETF USD	Free
VUAG	Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
VUKG	Vanguard FTSE 100 UCITS ETF GBP (Acc.)	Free
VUSC	Vanguard USD Corporate 1-3 Year Bond UCITS ETF (Dist.)	Free
VUTA	Vanguard USD Treasury Bond UCITS ETF (Acc.)	Free
VWRP	Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Free
WMVG	iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility UCITS ETF GBP Hedged (Acc.)	Free
WOOD	iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF USD (Dis.)	Free
WQDS	iShares MSCI World Quality Dividend UCITS ETF USD (Dis.)	Free

Symbol	Stock/ETF Name	Universe
AUCP	Legal & General Gold Mining UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Plus
EQT	Eqtec plc	Plus
ESGB	VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Plus
HMEF	HSBC MSCI Emerging Markets UCITS ETF (Dist.)	Plus
HMWO	HSBC MSCI World UCITS ETF GBP (Dis.)	Plus
HRUB	HSBC MSCI Russia Capped UCITS ETF GBP (Dis.)	Plus
HSPX	HSBC S&P 500 UCITS ETF GBP (Dis.)	Plus
STX	Shield Therapeutics plc	Plus
XDJP	Xtrackers Nikkei 225 1D JPY UCITS ETF	Plus
XDUS	Xtrackers MSCI USA UCITS ETF 1C	Plus
XDWE	Xtrackers S&P 500 Equal Weight UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)	Plus
XMRC	Xtrackers MSCI Russia Capped Swap UCITS ETF 1C	Plus
XSPS	Xtrackers S&P 500 Inverse Daily Swap UCITS ETF USD	Plus
XUFB	Xtrackers MSCI USA Banks UCITS ETF GBP 1D	Plus
XUKS	Xtrackers FTSE 100 Short Daily Swap UCITS ETF GBP	Plus

[jspen (#1,490)]

@acamp

|VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports UCITS ETF USD (Acc.)|

About to make a few people happy with this one!

[Mike7]

Wow! Such a regressive move to put some of the most popular ETFs behind a paywall.

I could understand it for some of the less well known ETFs just about but things like EQQQ or some of the other Invesco or SPDR ETFs…that just feels like getting people hooked in before switching them behind a paywall.

This really seems to go against the whole ethos that I though FT had of encouraging and democratising investing.

[Dave (Dave Smith)]

I would have left those 28 etfs in Free. same with the stocks that are already in. I can see a storm of angry comments incoming

[Eden]

Perhaps. But it’s clear what’s what, and actually fairly competitive all things considered

[Cameron]

So glad to see a decent range of passive factor ETFs in there (Volatility, Quality, Value etc…), thanks a lot!

Should really help those interested in some factor / smart beta investing (myself included) to tilt their portfolio.

Factor / Smart Beta Investing

I couldn’t find a thread on this so thought it’d be worth creating one as factor investing seems to be quite a hot topic in the last couple of years and seems to be a big area of growth. A lot of investors have made the jump from active management and stock picking to passive investing over the past decades and now some of those passive investors are making the next step towards factor investing. What is factor investing / smart beta? Factor investing is a strategy that chooses securities bas…

[Dave (Dave Smith)]

I get Plus for free so I’m not affected, but I do hold some of those 28 ETFs, some of them are popular ones with their own threads on this board. I think it would have been worth leaving them in free just to avoid the inevitable complaints and to maintain goodwill

[mradamwhittaker (Eco Investor)]

I’m increasingly looking at these announcements and realising this isn’t the Freetrade I signed up for…

Yes, I understand a profit needs to be made, but yeeesh.

[jspen (#1,490)]

@acamp Can you share the reasoning behind why some are part of plus and some are still part of the free tier?

Is it as simple as ‘Non iShares/Vanguard ETF’s will be in the plus tier’?

Obviously with the individual stocks we had the rationale behind it, with FTSE All Share, the AIM sector etc.

[simmyx98 (Simran Marwaha)]

Really not happy about moving EQQQ to plus I can’t understand this decision, it’s a Nasdaq 100 index tracker, should you move this then there will be no Nasdaq index etf in the free universe. It’s not like its a special premium stock or niche ETF it’s one of the major index ETF’s on the app and now I’m reading it will be put behind a paywall. Really disappointed with this to be honest, seems poor decision making and can’t see anybody being happy about one of the main index ETF’s on FT being put behind a paywall.

FT is about making investing easy, investing in ETF’s which track major indexes is one of the main simple investment strategies and should be made easy for new investors. Now you’re putting one of the major index ETF’s behind a paywall it doesn’t seem like this is something that makes investing easy for newcomers and is actually restricting their ability to get into investing.

[Dave (Dave Smith)]

@simmyx98

should you move this then there will be no Nasdaq index etf in the free universe.

To be fair there’s one in the new bunch that is in the Free universe

[simmyx98 (Simran Marwaha)]

Yea I saw that but then checked on the app and it costs £496.99 per share, so it’s not exactly easily accessible especially without UK fractionals.

[Dave (Dave Smith)]

Fair point, I didn’t check the price

[J4ipod94]

A great job with the new ETFs.
I hold 4 ETFs in my ISA that are being moved over to Plus.
I can swap EQQQ for the slightly more expensive CNX1 , but ISPY and KLWD are important to me.

I may be inclined to move to Plus once I see some more features added

[Viktor]

@jspen

Is it as simple as ‘Non iShares/Vanguard ETF’s will be in the plus tier’?

Yes, that’s the simple dividing rule. iShares and Vanguard together have an amazing range of ETFs, and this first batch of 100 ETFs has been a mere start. Our team have been quietly doing excellent technical work to enable Freetrade to add ETFs at scale. Expect a LOT of new ETFs in both the free plan and the Plus subscription plan.

We are aware of the popularity of Nasdaq 100 trackers, so we made sure there was an iShares version available starting today.

Specialist ETFs such as eSports or (in the future) niche commodities, etc are provided by smaller ETF outfits and we consider them Plus material.

We hear all the feedback, keep it coming.

[Mike7]

I think the thing that annoys me most is that it feels like a bait and switch tactic ie come in, buy ETFs etc for free and a few months later - oh you want to buy some more of the same that will be £10/month.

I completely understand and support FT in wanting to make money but this isn’t the solution (for me). Furthermore I can’t help wondering if further stocks and ETFs will get moved behind a paywall in the future. People often state how important trust is with their broker - well this doesn’t feel like a very trustworthy move.

[Viktor]

@J4ipod94

I may be inclined to move to Plus once I see some more features added

Thank you!

It’s completely fine if your assessment is that Plus is not entirely there yet! Keep the feedback coming, and we’ll turn this into a membership that you’ll find worth paying for - and get the product, service and quality that you expect in exchange for your hard-earned £10. A service that is not a loss-leading acquisition ploy, but something reliable that you can count on.

Meanwhile, we are working to make the free plan super attractive as well, including adding a lot more stocks and ETFs to it - thousands in total.

[Gaz92]

Great to see more Acc ETFs! I’ll certainly think about moving from VWRL to VWRP. It’s a shame ESGB is locked behind the paywall, but probably in line with what most people expect these days.

It’s also good to see that the Stocks Universe Spreadsheet has already been updated - are there plans in the future to add the OCF values to it? I think with so many ETFs, it would be good to make it easier to compare them - unless there’s plans to do this in app eventually?

[Viktor]

@Gaz92

are there plans in the future to add the OCF values to it?

There are now.

This is data we have and we can potentially surface there as we agree assessing the cost is an important consideration.

[Eden]

@Viktor

Yes, that’s the simple dividing rule. iShares and Vanguard together have an amazing range of ETFs, and this first batch of 100 ETFs has been a mere start. Our team have been quietly doing excellent technical work to enable Freetrade to add ETFs at scale . Expect a LOT of new ETFs in both the free plan and the Plus subscription plan.

I don’t think this was well communicated in the plus / stock split reasoning in the other topic. Unless I missed it? If I haven’t it might be worth adding to the to the other topic as well?

I think it’s a fairly reasonable split though ishares are very common, and the vanguard shares make it a competitive option over vanguard own platform (minus a few features Freetrade is lacking at the moment they im waiting for)