Pictet Asset Management, part of the Geneva-based independent group managing over $800 billion in assets, announced the launch of its first exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in the United States, designed to bring its artificial intelligence-driven quantitative and thematic strategies to U.S. financial advisors and investors, the firm stated in a press release. The listed funds are the Pictet AI Enhanced International Equity ETF (PQNT), the Pictet Cleaner Planet ETF (PCLN), and the Pictet AI & Automation ETF (PBOT).
“These strategies reflect our long-term approach, with investments in emerging technologies and global megatrends,” said Elizabeth Dillon, CEO of Pictet Asset Management (U.S.).
PQNT offers diversified exposure to international equities using a transparent, factor-neutral AI model designed to consistently generate stock-specific alpha, while maintaining low correlation with traditional quantitative strategies.
“PQNT brings our AI-powered international equity strategy — previously available only to institutional clients — to U.S. advisors for the first time,” explained David Wright, Head of Quantitative Investments at Pictet Asset Management. “The strategy aims to deliver consistent active returns without relying on the ‘black box’ approach typical of many quantitative strategies,” he added.
PCLN invests in companies whose innovation accelerates the transition toward a cleaner future, from efficient supply chains to smart grids.
“Our decades-long experience in thematic investing has taught us that the most compelling opportunities arise when powerful megatrends — such as urbanization, artificial intelligence, resource scarcity, and climate change — converge to redefine how societies produce, consume, and connect,” stated Yi Shi, Client Portfolio Manager of PCLN. This ETF “leverages a platform of more than 70 thematic investment specialists and three decades of institutional research to identify companies well positioned to benefit from long-term structural growth, accelerating the global transition toward a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future,” he concluded.
For its part, PBOT provides exposure to companies benefiting from the adoption of AI and automation, focusing on long-term efficiency and productivity growth.
“As long-term thematic investors, we can invest across the entire value chain of artificial intelligence and position our portfolios to capture the main beneficiaries as they emerge,” said Anjali Bastianpillai, Senior Client Portfolio Manager of PBOT. The ETF “offers investors long-term exposure to AI and automation through rigorous fundamental analysis aimed at capturing long-term benefits, rather than short-term momentum,” she explained.
Dillon noted that “these strategies reflect our 220-year commitment to independent thinking and pioneering investments based on solid research. They are designed as enduring pillars for portfolio construction, expressing our forward-looking view on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, alongside our deep expertise in global megatrends.”
The launch of these ETFs allows Pictet to extend its client-centric approach into a rapidly growing segment, offering strategies grounded in rigorous research and independent thinking that have supported the group’s success for over two centuries.
