2012 results found

MSCI Creates Factor Classification Standard by Launching MSCI FaCS and MSCI Factor Box

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… standard and MSCI Factor Box, an updated style box designed to reflect a modern approach to investing. MSCI … solution accessible by a wider mainstream investment audience which has highlighted the need for industry standard measurement and classification as the traditional style box becomes too limiting.    …

First Trust Taiwan AlphaDEX® Fund Announces Board Approval of Proposed Changes to Investment Objective

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… First Trust Taiwan AlphaDEX® Fund (FTW), announced that the Board of … The Index is an equally weighted total return index designed to provide diversified exposure to the NIFTY 50, the main index for …

Global X Funds Announces Index Change for Uranium ETF

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… & Nuclear Components Total               The new index is designed to measure broad-based equity market performance of global companies involved in the uranium industry including companies that are engaged in uranium mining, …

Purpose Investments Inc. Announces Conversion of Purpose Floating Rate Income Fund Into an Open-End Fund

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… non-currency hedged USD units”, respectively, and the trading symbol for the Class A units will change from “FLOT.UN” to simply “FLOT”. A new class of units designated as “ETF non-currency hedged CAD units” also will commence trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol …

Vanguard Australia selects new FTSE Russell index for values-aligned ETF and index fund

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… products. The FTSE Developed ex Australia ex Non-Renewable Energy/Vice Products/Weapons Index forms part of the … several categories of ESG-related exclusions in its design. Increasingly, investors are looking to exclude … products and conduct on society and the environment. In addition to the standard index family, clients can construct …

J.P. Morgan Asset Management Launches Two New Active Fixed-Income ETFs: JAGG and JIGB

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… return by employing a multi-factor screening process providing exposure to corporate debt issuers with attractive … JAGG has a total expense ratio of 7 bps (0.07%) after fee waivers and expenses. JIGB is designed to generate total return on an investment grade …

New equity index ETF from UBS on Xetra: climate-conscious investing with Japanese companies

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…  offers investors access to the performance of large and medium-sized Japanese companies that are selected and weighted … green solutions are overweighted.   The benchmark index is designed for investors who want to reduce their exposure to transition and physical …

Less than 2 weeks left to register for the ETFGI Global ETFs Insights Summit, United States on May 19 & 20

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… on  May 19 & 20 f rom 8:45am – 2:00pm EDT. The event is designed to facilitate substantive and in-depth discussion on the regulatory, product and trading … AND REGISTER HERE   Can't attend on the day?  Register  anyway, and you'll receive recordings of all the sessions. We …

New ETFs from J.P. Morgan on Xetra: factor-based high-yield corporate bonds and active investment strategy in Japanese companies

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… Yield Corporate Bond Multi-Factor UCITS ETF - EUR Hedged (dist)  offers investors the opportunity to participate in … JP Morgan AM Global High Yield Multi-Factor Index . It is designed to track the performance of global corporate bonds … with significant business activities in thermal coal, wafers or tobacco are excluded. Each of these is a currency …

ETF TV, Julie Cane, Democracy Investments discusses her journey from naval aviator to democracy ETF

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… Julie Cane, CEO, Managing Partner at Democracy Investments discusses her journey from naval aviator to democracy ETF … ETF (ticker DMCY) is listed on the NYSE.  The fund is designed to track the Democracy International Index which … ex United States allocating more into democracies and away from authoritarian countries.  The index uses data from …