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Deutsche Börse: Three New iShares ETFs Launched On Xetra

Date 18/07/2011

Three new ETFs issued by iShares have been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Monday.

ETF name: iShares Barclays Capital Emerging Market Local Govt Bond
 Asset class: bond index ETF
 ISIN: DE000A1JB4Q0
 Total expense ratio: 0.50 percent
 Distribution policy: distributing
 Benchmark: Barclays Capital Emerging Markets Local Currency Core Government Bond Index
 
ETF name: iShares Dow Jones Europe Sustainability Screened
 Asset class: equity index ETF
 ISIN: DE000A1JB4N7
 Total expense ratio: 0.45 percent
 Distribution policy: non-distributing
 Benchmark: Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index ex Alcohol, Tobacco, Gambling, Armaments & Firearms and Adult Entertainment Index
 
ETF name: iShares Dow Jones Global Sustainability Screened
 Asset class: equity index ETF
 ISIN: DE000A1JB4P2
 Total expense ratio: 0.60 percent
 Distribution policy: non-distributing
 Benchmark: Dow Jones Sustainability World Enlarged Index ex Alcohol, Tobacco, Gambling, Armaments & Firearms and Adult Entertainment Index
 
The iShares Barclays Capital Emerging Market Local Govt Bond fund enables investors to participate in the performance of government bonds from eight emerging market countries. Only bonds denominated in the respective local currencies and with residual maturities of between two and 30 years are considered. In order to be admitted to the index, bonds must also have an outstanding volume of at least USD 750 million for Latin America, EUR 750 million for the EMEA region and JPY 87.5 billion for the Asia-Pacific region.
 
The iShares Dow Jones Europe Sustainability Screened and the iShares Dow Jones Global Sustainability Screened ETFs pursue the same investment objective – they select equities according to long-term economic, environmental and social criteria. They only include the top 20 percent of the 600 largest European and 2,500 largest global and sustainable companies from the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market Index. Producers of alcohol, adult entertainment, gambling products, armaments and firearms are not represented in the index.
 
The product offering in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment currently comprises a total of 838 exchange-listed index funds, making it the largest offering of all European stock exchanges. This selection, together with an average monthly trading volume of €14 billion, makes Xetra Europe’s leading trading venue for ETFs.