- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 91-93 Boulevard Pasteur Paris France 75015
- IPO Date
- Nov 13, 2009
- Business
- Amundi EURO STOXX 50 II UCITS ETF (LYSX.DE) is a UCITS-compliant, accumulating exchange-traded fund that seeks to replicate the performance of the EURO STOXX 50 Net Return EUR Index, which tracks the 50 largest blue-chip companies in the Eurozone by free-float market capitalization; the ETF employs a full physical replication strategy by holding all index constituents, including top holdings such as ASML Holding NV, SAP SE, Siemens AG, Schneider Electric SE, and Allianz SE. Domiciled in France with assets under management exceeding EUR 3.6 billion, the fund charges a total expense ratio of 0.20% p.a., trades primarily in EUR on exchanges including Deutsche Boerse Xetra, and targets institutional and retail investors seeking long-only exposure to large-cap Eurozone equities without currency hedging. Launched on February 19, 2001, and managed under Amundi Asset Management, Europe's leading ETF provider headquartered at 90 Boulevard Pasteur, Paris, the ETF lists across multiple European venues in countries such as Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Following Amundi's acquisition of Lyxor Asset Management from Société Générale, finalized in early 2022, the ETF underwent a rebranding from its original Lyxor EURO STOXX 50 (DR) UCITS ETF designation, reflecting Amundi's ongoing integration and consolidation of Lyxor's ETF platform into its broader passive management lineup. This strategic move, part of a series of mergers and name changes—including the absorption of select Lyxor Euro Stoxx 50 variants into Amundi equivalents effective September 2023—enhanced operational efficiencies, reduced redundancies across Amundi's EUR 140 billion-plus inherited ETF assets, and positioned the firm for 50% AuM growth in passive strategies by 2025. No major new product launches, funding rounds, or partnerships specific to LYSX.DE have been announced in the last 1-2 years, though Amundi continues ETF range rationalizations amid robust inflows into core equity products like this one.