CANADA BANDIERA

Horizons ETFs selects MSCI for new leveraged ETFs

MSCI Inc. has announced that Horizons ETFs Management Canada Inc. Horizons ETFs has licensed the MSCI Japan Index as the basis for two new leveraged and inverse leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs) for the Canadian market, launching today on the Toronto Stock Exchange…


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Horizons BetaPro MSCI Japan Bull Plus ETF (Horizons HPU)   
Horizons BetaPro MSCI Japan Bear Plus ETF (Horizons HPD)   
“The MSCI Japan Index has risen more than 20% over the past year,” said Howard Atkinson, President of Horizons ETFs. “With the Japanese government stimulating its economy with its so called ‘Abenomics’, named after the country’s prime minister, Shinzō Abe, Japanese stocks have been attracting more attention from global investors.”
Diana Tidd, Managing Director and Head of the MSCI Index Business in the Americas, said, “We are delighted to work once again with Horizons ETFs as they expand their ETF suite in Canada. MSCI’s leading index methodology has contributed to long-term relationships with clients and our reputation as the trusted index provider makes our indexes a natural choice for the global ETF market.”
In a 2013 report, Greenwich Associates named MSCI the “benchmark of choice” for international equity ETFs.1


1 Greenwich Report “Institutional Investors’ Relationship with ETFs Deepens”, May 2013, Greenwich Associates

Source: ETFWorld – MSCI Inc.


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