- Business
- Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF (GEM) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets Equity Index before fees and expenses. The ETF employs a multi-factor investment strategy, selecting and weighting emerging market equities from the MSCI Emerging Markets Index based on four core attributes: value, momentum, quality, and low volatility; each factor receives equal weighting across approximately 754 constituents, with top holdings including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (10.67%), Tencent Holdings Ltd. (5.48%), Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (3.57%), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (2.77%), and SK Hynix Inc. (1.38%). The fund's portfolio emphasizes large-cap stocks (71.9% allocation), with significant exposure to technology (24.86%) and financial services (24.54%) sectors; emerging Asia (48.44%), developed Asia (29.90%), Latin America (7.07%), Middle East (5.15%), and Africa (3.96%) represent key regional focuses, alongside China (33.1%), Taiwan (20.4%), and India (16.9%).
Launched on September 25, 2015, and domiciled in the United States, GEM is managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, with Raj Garigipati serving as lead portfolio manager since inception and Gauri Sekaria joining on April 15, 2024. The ETF, regulated as an open-end investment company, maintains total net assets of approximately $1.13 billion, a net expense ratio of 0.45%, and quarterly distributions; it is available for sale in the United States and Mexico.
In recent developments, Goldman Sachs Asset Management bolstered its ETF capabilities through the December 2025 agreement to acquire Innovator Capital Management for about $2 billion, enhancing its active ETF offerings with $28 billion in defined-outcome ETF assets under supervision; the deal, expected to close in Q2 2026, positions GSAM as a top-10 active ETF provider. Additionally, in December 2025, GSAM launched three actively managed fixed income UCITS ETFs in EMEA—Global Government Bond Active (GOVT), EUR Government Bond Active (GEUR), and Emerging Markets Hard Currency Bond Active (GEMB)—expanding its global ETF suite to 68 strategies; earlier in December 2025, GSAM and T. Rowe Price introduced four co-branded dynamic ETF and hybrid model portfolios for mass affluent and high-net-worth investors. These initiatives reflect Goldman Sachs' strategic push into diversified ETF products amid robust sector growth.