{"id":39516,"date":"2015-01-20T06:35:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T05:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/innovation\/nomura-launches-us-dollar-and-euro-hedged-nikkei-225-etfs\/"},"modified":"2015-01-20T06:35:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T05:35:48","slug":"nomura-launches-us-dollar-and-euro-hedged-nikkei-225-etfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/innovation\/nomura-launches-us-dollar-and-euro-hedged-nikkei-225-etfs\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomura launches US Dollar and Euro-hedged Nikkei 225 ETFs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nomura, Asia\u2019s global investment bank, today launched the<br \/>\n\u201cNomura Nikkei 225 Euro-Hedged UCITS Exchange Traded Fund\u201d and the \u201cNomura Nikkei<br \/>\n225 US Dollar-Hedged UCITS Exchange Traded Fund\u201d. The ETFs are listed on the London<br \/>\nStock Exchange and will be available to investors in key European markets.<\/p>\n<p><quote>The investment objective of the funds is to track the performance of the recently launched<br \/>\nNikkei 225 Total Return US Dollar and Euro-hedged indices, which reference the most liquid<br \/>\nequities traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.<\/quote><br \/>\n Offering the ETFs in US Dollar and Eurohedged<br \/>\nformats will allow investors to gain exposure to Japanese equities, while reducing<br \/>\nthe impact of exchange rate fluctuations.<\/p>\n<p>The ETFs are part of Nomura\u2019s NEXT FUNDS range, which offer physical replication of<br \/>\nbenchmark indices in various asset classes. Today\u2019s launch marks the first time NEXT<br \/>\nFUNDS will be distributed outside Japan and in UCITS format. The launch is the result of<br \/>\ncollaboration by Nomura Asset Management (\u201cNAM\u201d) and Nomura Alternative Investment<br \/>\nManagement Europe (\u201cNAIM\u201d). <\/p>\n<p>NAM is the largest asset management company in Japan,<br \/>\nwith assets under management in excess of US$300 billion (as of September 30, 2014).<\/p>\n<p>NAIM is an investment management company within the Nomura group.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Ward, Head of Equity Sales, EMEA, at Nomura, said: <em>\u201cProviding access to Asia is a key<br \/>\ndifferentiator for Nomura, and the launch of the US Dollar and Euro-hedged Nikkei 225<br \/>\nUCITS ETFs reflects the broad level of interest in Japanese equities among our international<br \/>\nclients. These funds are the first in a series of ETFs we plan to launch through the<br \/>\npartnership of NAM and NAIM.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pietro Poletto, Head of Fixed Income, London Stock Exchange Group, said: <em>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted<br \/>\nto welcome Nomura\u2019s NEXT FUNDS as the latest ETF issuer to choose London Stock<br \/>\nExchange. This is the first European ETF listed by the firm on London Stock Exchange,<br \/>\nwhich further demonstrates London\u2019s position as the pre-eminent European destination for<br \/>\nissuers and investors. London Stock Exchange now has over 750 ETFs listed on our<br \/>\nmarkets, providing exposure to markets around the world, with continued strong demand for<br \/>\nthese products from investors.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nomura, Asia\u2019s global investment bank, today launched the<br \/>\n\u201cNomura Nikkei 225 Euro-Hedged UCITS Exchange Traded Fund\u201d and the \u201cNomura Nikkei<br \/>\n225 US Dollar-Hedged UCITS Exchange Traded Fund\u201d. The ETFs are listed on the London<br \/>\nStock Exchange and will be available to investors in key European markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":39514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1471],"tags":[1763,1718,1671,1651,1437,1691,2234,1952,1787],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39516"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}