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Deutsche Börse: Six New db x-trackers ETFs Launched On Xetra

Date 17/05/2010

Six more db x-trackers equity index funds from Deutsche Bank’s ETF offering have been tradable on Xetra since Monday.

ETF name: db x-trackers FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Europe Real Estate ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: LU0489337690
Management fee: 0.20 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Europe Net TR Index

ETF name: db x-trackers FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Eurozone Real Estate ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: LU0489336965
Management fee: 0.15 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Eurozone Net TR Index

Two of the new db x-trackers ETFs enable investors to track the performance of listed equity REITs and real estate companies from industrialized European countries or the euro zone.

ETF name: db x-trackers MSCI Canada TRN Index ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: LU0476289540
Management fee: 0.15 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: MSCI Canada TRN Index

ETF name: db x-trackers MSCI Europe Value TRN Index ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: LU0486851024
Management fee: 0.20 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: MSCI Europe Value TRN Index

ETF name: db x-trackers MSCI Mexico TRN Index ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: LU0476289466
Management fee: 0.45 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: MSCI Mexico TRN Index

The three other new db x-trackers ETFs are based on total return net benchmarks from the MSCI index family. The MSCI index methodology focuses on free float market capitalization and aims for 85-percent market coverage within each sector group. The db x-trackers MSCI Canada TRN Index ETF allows investors to participate in the performance of Canadian mid and large caps, and the db x-trackers MSCI Europe Value TRN Index ETF in the performance of European mid and large caps ranked as value stocks. A value stock is the share of a company that is undervalued in terms of price compared with the value of the company and earnings growth in the market, on the basis of the three key indicators below: Price/book value ratio, the ratio of 12-month earnings forecast to price and price/dividend ratio. The db x-trackers MSCI Mexico TRN Index ETF allows investors in Europe to participate in the performance of Mexican mid and large caps for the first time.

ETF name: db x-trackers S&P 500 ETF
Asset class: equity index ETF
ISIN: LU0490618542
Management fee: 0.05 percent
Distribution policy: non-distributing
Benchmark: S&P 500 TR Index

The db x-trackers S&P 500 ETF tracks the S&P 500 Total Return Net Index, for the calculation of which, all dividends and distributions after any tax deductions are taken into account. The index is weighted according to free float market capitalization and in turn tracks the performance of the 500 largest US stock corporations.

The product offering in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment currently contains a total of 666 exchange-listed index funds, making it the largest offering of all European stock exchanges. This selection, together with an average monthly trading volume of around €13 billion, makes Xetra Europe’s leading trading venue for ETFs.