The ETF has listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Deutsche B\u00f6rse and follows the December 2015 launch of Deutsche Asset Management\u2019s first strategic beta ETF tracking a quality-weighted Eurozone sovereign bonds index.<\/p>\n
db x-trackers iBoxx USD Emerging Sovereigns Quality Weighted UCITS ETF
\n(DR)* tracks a newly-developed index \u2013 the Markit iBoxx USD Emerging
\nMarkets Sovereigns Quality Weighted Index \u2013 which re-weights emerging
\nmarket countries within a benchmark using a unique quality-weighted
\nmethodology based on fundamental factors (see Notes to Editors for more
\ndetail). Traditional fixed income sovereign benchmarks by contrast typically
\nweight constituents by market value of outstanding debt. This can result in the most indebted countries having the highest weighting in the index.<\/p>\n
\u201cStrategic beta makes a lot of sense in the fixed income space, and we intend to be at the forefront of product development,\u201d<\/em> said Martin Weithofer, Deutsche Asset Management\u2019s Head of Strategic Beta. \u201cFor emerging markets in particular we found that the fundamental quality-weighted methodology can be useful in under-weighting countries prior to downgrades, which have often trailed fundamental underlying changes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n By weighting based on fundamental factors, a quality-weighted index helps to Countries that are currently over-weighted in the emerging markets qualityweighted index \u2013 relative to a traditional non-weighted emerging markets sovereign index \u2013 include the Philippines and Turkey. Countries that are currently under-weighted in the emerging markets quality-weighted index The annual yield of the emerging markets quality-weighted index is 4.56%, with duration of 6.95 years (Source, Markit iBoxx, March 31, 2016). The ETF is physically replicating and has an annual All-in Fee of 0.50% for the US Dollar share class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Deutsche Asset Management has launched a quality-weighted fixed income
\ncounteract the tendency for fixed income benchmarks to weight in favour of the most indebted issuers. Eligible bonds in the emerging markets quality-weighted index are selected in accordance with an adjustment methodology that grades sovereign issuers using a series of fundamental measures, such as global competitiveness and inflation rate, history of default, sovereign debt as a proportion of GDP and GDP growth rate.<\/p>\n
\ninclude Brazil and Venezuela.<\/p>\n
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