New iShares ETFs on Xetra: Companies from different regions focus on sustainability

Release date: 07 May 2019 | Deutsche Börse Cash Market

New iShares ETFs on Xetra: Companies from different regions focus on sustainability

Since Tuesday five new Exchange Traded Funds from iShares are tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt.

With the equity ETFs, investors can participate in the performance of various MSCI indices on a regional or global level, which are grouped according to sustainability criteria. The benchmark indices exclude companies related to weapons, tobacco cultivation or generating revenues from coal or oil. Companies that violate the UN Global Compact principles or do not have an ESG ranking are also excluded from the indices. The weighting of the companies in the individual indices is based on their ESG ratings and CO2 emissions.

The five investment regions are the USA, Japan, Europe, the EU countries and the global MSCI World index.

The new asset classes of the ETFs apply a distributive appropriation of earnings.

Name

Asset class

ISIN

Ongoing charges

Distribution policy

Reference index

iShares MSCI EMU ESG Enhanced UCITS ETF EUR (Acc)

Equity ETF

IE00BHZPHZ28

0.15 per cent

Distributing

MSCI EMU ESG Enhanced Focus Index

iShares MSCI Japan ESG Enhanced UCITS ETF USD (Acc)

Equity ETF

IE00BHZPJ346

0.20 per cent

Distributing

MSCI Japan ESG Enhanced Focus Index

iShares MSCI USA ESG Enhanced UCITS ETF USD (Acc)

Equity ETF

IE00BHZPJ890

0.10 per cent

Distributing

MSCI USA ESG Enhanced Focus Index

iShares MSCI World ESG Enhanced UCITS ETF USD (Acc)

Equity ETF

IE00BG11HV38

0.20 per cent

Distributing

MSCI World ESG Enhanced Focus Index

iShares MSCI Europe ESG Enhanced UCITS ETF EUR (Acc)

Equity ETF

IE00BHZPJ676

0.15 per cent

Distributing

MSCI Europe ESG Enhanced Focus Index

The product range in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment currently comprises a total of 1,440 ETFs. With this selection and an average monthly trading volume of around 13 billion euros, Xetra is the leading trading platform for ETFs in Europe.

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