Swiss investment pioneer debuts AI-driven quantitative and thematic strategies built on the foundation of its 220-year history of innovation and stability.

Pictet Asset Management, part of the independent Geneva-based Pictet Group which has over $800 billion in assets under management, today announced the launch of three actively-managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed to bring the firm’s innovative AI-driven quantitative and thematic strategies to U.S. financial advisors and investors. The three ETFs are the Pictet AI Enhanced International Equity ETF (PQNT), Pictet Cleaner Planet ETF (PCLN) and Pictet AI & Automation ETF (PBOT).

“The launch of our first U.S.-listed ETFs represents a significant milestone in bringing Pictet's institutional investment heritage to advisors and investors,” said Elizabeth Dillon, CEO of Pictet Asset Management (USA).

“These strategies embody our 220-year commitment to independent thinking and pioneering investment strategies built upon robust research. They are designed as durable portfolio building blocks that reflect our forward-looking approach to emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and our deep investment expertise in global megatrends.”

Pictet AI Enhanced International Equity ETF (PQNT) provides diversified international equity exposure that employs a transparent, factor-neutral AI model designed to generate consistent, stock-specific alpha, while maintaining a low correlation to traditional quantitative strategies.

"PQNT brings our AI enhanced international equity strategy, that was previously only available to our institutional clients, to U.S. advisors for the first time. The strategy seeks to deliver consistent active outperformance without the black-box approach of many quantitative strategies,” said David Wright, Head of Quantitative Investments at Pictet Asset Management.

Pictet Cleaner Planet ETF (PCLN) invests in high-quality companies whose products and services we believe will accelerate our economy’s transition towards a cleaner future. From efficient supply chain to smart grids to digital enablers, PCLN aims to capture opportunities across the full ecosystem of environmental technologies that extends beyond renewable energy investments.

"Our decades of thematic investing experience have taught us that compelling opportunities arise where powerful megatrends – such as urbanisation, AI & computing power, resource scarcity, and climate change – converge to reshape how societies produce, consume, and connect. PCLN leverages our platform of more than seventy thematic investment specialists and three decades of institutional research capabilities to identify companies that are well-positioned to capture long-term secular growth drivers across these megatrends, accelerating the global economic transition towards a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future." said Yi Shi, Client Portfolio Manager for PCLN.

Pictet AI & Automation ETF (PBOT) provides disciplined, research-driven exposure to companies positioned to benefit from the ongoing adoption of AI and automation technologies, targeting transformative efficiency gains and productivity growth while avoiding momentum-driven investing pitfalls.

"As thematic long-term investors, we can invest in the entire value-chain of artificial intelligence while positioning our portfolio to capture the key beneficiaries of AI as they emerge. PBOT provides investors with long-term exposure to AI and automation through rigorous fundamental analysis designed to capitalize on long-term benefits rather than short-term momentum,” said Anjali Bastianpillai, Senior Client Portfolio Manager for PBOT.

The launch of Pictet ETFs expands the firm’s client-focused approach to investment management into a fast-growing segment of the market that has seen rapid adoption among investors and their advisors. The new strategies rely on the same independent thinking, rigorous fundamental research and focus on long-term results that has powered Pictet’s success for clients through a wide range of market and economic cycles.

For more information about Pictet ETFs, please visit www.pictet.com/etf

Notes to Editors

About Pictet Asset Management

Pictet Asset Management includes all the operating subsidiaries and divisions of the Pictet group that carry out institutional asset management and fund management. Pictet Asset Management Limited is authorised and regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority.

At August 31^st, 2025, Pictet Asset Management managed USD 333 / CHF 266 / EUR 285 / GBP 247 billion in assets. Pictet Asset Management has eighteen business development centres worldwide, extending from London, Brussels, Geneva, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Zurich to Hong Kong, Taipei, Osaka, Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Montreal and New York.

The firm has been at the forefront of thematic investing for nearly three decades, launching its first thematic strategy in 1995. Today, Pictet manages 15 specialized thematic strategies covering transformational trends from environmental sustainability and demographic shifts to technological innovation and changing consumer behaviours.

About Pictet Group

The Pictet Group is a partnership of owner-managers, with principles of succession and transmission of ownership that have remained unchanged since its foundation in 1805. The Group focuses exclusively on wealth management, asset management, alternative investments and related asset services. It does not engage in investment banking, nor does it extend commercial loans.

With CHF 711 (EUR 761/USD 893/GBP 652) billion in assets under management or custody as at 30 June 2025, Pictet is today one of Europe’s leading independent wealth and asset managers for private clients and institutional investors.

Founded and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, Pictet today employs around 5,500 people. It has 31 offices worldwide, in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, Lausanne, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Monaco, Montreal, Munich, Nassau, New York, Osaka, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Singapore, Stuttgart, Taipei, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Turin, Verona and Zurich.

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“The launch of our first U.S.-listed ETFs represents a significant milestone in bringing Pictet's institutional investment heritage to advisors and investors,” said Elizabeth Dillon, CEO of Pictet Asset Management (USA).