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The two new ETFs provide minimum volatility exposure to US and Eurozone equity
markets, and have been listed in London and Frankfurt respectively. They are the latest
in a series of new launches and alterations to Deutsche AM’s suite of products that
track non market capitalisation-weighted indices, as it looks to secure a leading
position as a provider of strategic beta solutions.
“The expansion and evolution of our strategic beta suite of products this year, and the
launch of our new minimum volatility ETFs, places us in a strong position to become
the leading provider of strategic beta ETFs in Europe,” said Martin Weithofer, Deutsche
AM’s Head of Strategic Beta.
Deutsche AM’s strategic beta ETFs incorporate a number of equity and fixed income
funds. It now has 28 strategic beta ETFs within its Europe and Asia-listed UCITS ETF
range, representing almost EUR 5 billion in assets – out of a total of approximately
EUR 51 billion in total UCITS ETFs assets under management [[
Source: Deutsche AM, 3 Nov, 2016]].
The new launches complement Deutsche AM’s ETFs providing exposure to MSCI
equity factor indices – specifically to quality, value, momentum and global minimum
volatility factors. On top of the factor ETFs, the strategic beta range also includes
dividend-weighted, equal-weighted, and small-cap-weighted equity exposures. On the
fixed income side, the range includes Eurozone and emerging markets qualityweighted
sovereign exposure, and ETFs targeting ‘yield plus’ sovereign and corporate
bond exposure – higher yielding fixed income exposure but still mainly to investment
grade bonds.
The new minimum volatility ETFs are the db x-trackers MSCI USA Minimum Volatility
UCITS ETF (DR) [[A sub-fund of Concept Fund Solutions plc. ]]
, and the db x-trackers MSCI EMU Minimum Volatility UCITS ETF
(DR) [[A sub-fund of Concept Fund Solutions plc. ]]
. The ETFs are direct, physical replication funds.
Earlier this month Deutsche AM hosted its second annual Smart Beta Summit event in
Frankfurt, with more than 150 investors from across Europe gathering to hear the latest
insights from leading figures within the industry.
Weithofer added: “We expect the rapid growth in strategic beta investing to continue in
the coming years. We’re determined Deutsche AM will be at the forefront of this
important trend.”
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