- HANetf's total assets under management (AUM) has surpassed $6 billion.
- HANetf's AUM grew by over 65% last year, and in 2025 has seen a further $1.25 billion increase. HANetf is one of the fastest growing ETF issuers in Europe.
- The rapid AUM growth has largely been driven by investor interest in defence, as well as gold.
- HANetf has also expanded its active range, with eight active ETFs now on its platform.
March 2024, London -- HANetf, Europe's first and only independent white-label UCITS ETF and ETC platform[1], and leading provider of digital asset ETPs, is delighted to announce its total assets under management (AUM) has now exceeded $6 billion.
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In just over a year, HANetf's AUM has doubled, making it one of the fastest growing ETF issuers in Europe.[2] Last year, total AUM increased by over 65%, and so far in 2025 it has grown by a further $1.25 billion (over 25%).
Significant AUM growth has come from investor interest in defence. Future of Defence UCITS ETF (NATO) has seen over $975 million flows this year alone, now standing at almost $2 billion AUM.[3] The ETF aims to align with the values of investors who may have concerns about defence investing, but cannot ignore the current political climate, and therefore seek a smarter and more considered approach – exposure is limited to companies domiciled in NATO and NATO+ ally member states.
Additionally, HANetf recently announced it would be launching a European-focused defence ETF, which would exclude the US and aim to capture Europe's rapid rearmament. HANetf feels it is its duty as a European firm to support investment into Europe's defence.
Meanwhile, The Royal Mint Responsibly Sourced Physical Gold ETC (RMAU) surpassed the $1 billion AUM milestone for the first time in September last year, and has had $40.57 million net inflows so far in 2025. RMAU was the first gold ETC launched by The Royal Mint, and provides physical exposure to London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) post-2019 responsibly sourced good delivery bars – and a growing number of post-2022 bars – custodied by The Royal Mint at their highly secure vault. The ETC has evolved over time, introducing recycled gold in 2022 – and as of 2024, the ETC reached its target of over half the bars in its custody being 100% recycled gold. The Royal Mint and HANetf have since launched three currency-hedged versions of RMAU, offering pound sterling, euro, and Swiss franc hedging options.
Another key area of recent growth for HANetf has been active ETFs. The European active ETF space has been gaining momentum, with total assets increasing by over 68% in 2024. The first active ETF on the HANetf platform was Saturna Al-Kawthar Global Focused Equity UCITS ETF (AMAL), launched in 2020 with Saturna Capital – now, HANetf has added seven more active ETFs to its platform, with a wide range of new partners:
- Amerant Investments
- Goshawk Asset Management
- Guinness Global Investors
- Jupiter Asset Management
- PT Asset Management
- Westfield Capital Management
- YieldMax™
Hector McNeil, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of HANetf, comments:
"We are delighted to have surpassed the $6 billion AUM milestone, and to see these assets spread across such a diverse range of products – spanning thematics, active, commodities, fixed income, crypto, options-based, and more.
"At HANetf, we are committed to helping our white label clients launch new and exciting ETPs and, with the addition of our multi-asset platform last year, we can help launch any exchange-traded solution. This has led to us entering partnerships with so many brilliant people, and we look forward to continuing to work with them in the future, as well as welcoming new clients to the platform. I'd like to thank our clients, investors, service providers, and the entire HANetf team for their help and hard work.
"HANetf has proved that we can lower the barriers to entry to the European ETF market for asset managers who have unique and exciting IP and want to offer to European investors in a time and cost-efficient manner. The extra benefits of having a full distribution solution including a comprehensive sales team, highly effective marketing including digital offering, and a very experienced capital markets team, means that asset managers reduce their time to market, execution risks and costs."
"HANetf has received enquiries from not just asset managers, but also hedge funds, private equity, neo & online brokers, robo advisers, pension funds, governments, wealth managers, private banks, high net worth individuals and even YouTubers about creating ETFs for them. This shows the power of white-labelling!
"Going forward, we have some exciting products in the ever-bulging pipeline, make sure to watch this space! For any asset managers that are looking to enter the European ETF or ETC space, please contact us. There is no asset class or payout structure that HANetf can't do with its extensive infrastructure, unrivalled in Europe and beyond."
[1] As shown in the ETF Database.
[2] HANetf data as of 21.03.2025.
[3] ETFBook. Data as of 08.12.2024.
