Dow Jones Indexes is launching a new index, in collaboration with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which will help generate resources for the Global Fund’s work. …
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The Dow Jones Global Fund 50 Index measures the performance of the largest companies that support the mission of the Global Fund. A portion of revenues generated through the licensing of the index will go to the Global Fund.
The Dow Jones Global Fund 50 Index is the flagship of a new index series, which will include indexes with overlaying strategies and additional themes. The index has been licensed to db X-trackers, the leading ETF platform of Deutsche Bank, to serve as a basis for a financial product, the db x-trackers Global Fund Supporters ETF. The ETF begins trading today on the Frankfurt stock exchange.
“The collaboration between Dow Jones Indexes and the Global Fund enables Dow Jones Indexes to create a new socially conscious measure, and we are pleased to be partnering with an organization with such strong principles and commitment to innovation,” said Michael A. Petronella, President, Dow Jones Indexes.
Prof. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund, also welcomed the launch of the index. “I am very pleased that this collaboration with Dow Jones Indexes will provide the financial community with incentives to participate in innovative financing of health for development,” said Prof. Kazatchkine. “This partnership will help us strengthen our engagement with the private sector and bring the power of financial markets to help save lives.”
The index universe of eligible securities is created according to the methodology of the Dow Jones Total Stock Market Indexes. The top 50 companies (based on float-adjusted market capitalization) that contribute to the mission of the Global Fund are selected for the index. The index is quoted in U.S Dollars (USD). Float-market capitalization measures the amount of shares in a company that are readily available to be traded by investors.
No more than 15 companies are selected from any individual country. The weight of individual countries is capped at 40% and single components are capped at 20%. The composition of the index is reviewed annually, in June. Float factors, shares and weights are updated quarterly.
As of October 29, 2010, the year-to-date performance calculated in USD for the Dow Jones Global Fund 50 Index is -4.29%. Back-tested historical data has been calculated daily back to December 31, 2004, the date at which the index base value is set at 1000.
Source: ETFWorld – Dow Jones Indexes
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