Goldman Sachs Asset Management Launches Private Equity Return Tracker UCITS ETF in Europe (GSPE)
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Launches Private Equity Return Tracker UCITS ETF in Europe (GSPE)
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Launches Private Equity Return Tracker UCITS ETF in Europe (GSPE)
15 January 2026 – Goldman Sachs Asset Management today announced the launch of the Goldman Sachs MSCI World Private Equity Return Tracker UCITS ETF (Ticker: GSPE), which seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the MSCI World Private Equity Return Tracker Index.
GSPE combines MSCI’s proprietary private company dataset and public equity index capabilities with Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s extensive history and expertise in liquid alternatives. The ETF offers investors liquid exposure to private equity-like returns, using public market equities.
This passive ETF is managed by the firm’s Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) team, a specialized team that employs advanced quantitative methods to manage investment strategies across various asset classes. The team brings more than 35 years of experience in systematic investing in liquid alternative strategies. The launch of GSPE underscores Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s commitment to widen investor access to differentiated investment strategies.
Hilary Lopez, head of the EMEA Third Party Wealth Business at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, said: “We continue to see strong demand from our European client base for solutions offering diversification benefits across the liquidity spectrum. With the launch of GSPE in Europe, we are now able to offer investors exposure to private market-like returns in a liquid and transparent structure, leveraging MSCI’s robust expertise in index construction.”
The MSCI Private Capital Universe dataset represents $7.7 trillion of private equity fund assets across more than 9,700 funds and approximately 174,000 individual companies, as of June 30. The MSCI World Private Equity Return Tracker Index that underpins GSPE seeks to approximate the returns of this private company dataset by replicating region, sector and style exposures using publicly listed equities.
Sebastien Lieblich, Head of EMEA & APAC Index at MSCI, said: “This launch marks an exciting step in our collaboration with Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The MSCI World Private Equity Return Tracker Index combines MSCI’s transparent, rules-based approach to index construction with our industry-leading private company data and analytical expertise. The index is designed to support investment solutions that seek to represent private equity–like returns within the framework of public markets.”
The ETF is currently listed on Deutsche Boerse, with listings on other exchanges to follow. The total expense ratio of Goldman Sachs MSCI World Private Equity Return Tracker UCITS ETF is 0.50%. Goldman Sachs Asset Management manages 69 ETF strategies globally as of today.
On December 1, 2025, Goldman Sachs announced agreement to acquire Innovator Capital Management (Innovator), a pioneer of defined outcome ETFs in the United States. Innovator manages $28 billion of AUS across 159 defined outcome ETFs as of September 30, 2025, which will position Goldman Sachs Asset Management as a top ten active ETF provider globally.
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