Global sales of electric vehicles ("EVs") have picked up strongly in 2021. According to recent figures from Bloom-berg New Energy Finance (BNEF), EVs already accounted for 7.2% of global passenger vehicle sales in the first half of 2021. This represents an increase of around 83% com-pared to 2020 and 168% compared to 2019.

The new Tracker Certificate Dynamic combines ten Swiss equities with the most promising outlook according to the Research of Zürcher Kantonalbank. With this base composition, the aim is to achieve an above-average performance compared to the overall market.

In the OECD countries, spending on health is growing much faster than the gross national product. In order to slow down this increase, the players in the healthcare sector must be better connected and the productivity of the provision of services in the healthcare sector must be increased. The tracker certificate combines 23 stocks se-lected by ZKB Asset Management, which benefit from investments in digital innovations in the healthcare sector.

New Alpha sources: The tracker certificate invests in around 100 stocks worldwide, which are selected using an Artificial Intelligence supported algorithm. The composition is adjusted monthly.

Hydrogen is at a turning point towards a positive development. The Paris Climate Agreement and a high level of political support, as well as technological advances, are driving the development. Increased demand enables the industrialisation of production and thus lower costs.

A change in the investment regime, from a more deflationary to an inflationary environment, is just manifesting itself in 2021. The outcome will ultimately depend on how the G7 central banks react if they turn out to have underestimated the inflationary pressures emanating from the pandemic and the subsequent strong economic recovery. 

The industry around healthy and more sustainable foods has been booming for several years. More and more consumers are using products with pea proteins as meat substitutes, vegan alternatives to dairy, and local vegetables and meat. The consumer base is growing: worldwide sales of products in this category have risen from $150 billion (2015) to more than $200 billion.

Gold is gold – or not? Not only when grocery shopping, consumers want to know where their produce comes from, also investors have nowadays a higher need for responsible and sustainable products. Where does the raw material come from, when investors buy the most popular precious metal? To answer this question, Zürcher Kantonalbank launched the Tracker Certificate on Traceable Gold. With this product, your commodity investment truly shines.

The new Tracker Certificate combines ten Swiss equities with the most promising outlook according to the Research of Zürcher Kantonalbank. This basket seeks to outperform the overall market. The Tracker Certificates on the annual Favorite stocks have achieved a cumulative outperformance of 35.56% (as of Dec. 31, 2020) against SPI® since 2015.