Relevance of strategy
This ETF represents passive exposure to the global developed markets excluding US large and mid caps equities.
Liquidity
The ETF is listed on multiple Europe exchanges in various currencies.
Xtrackers is the branding of the ETF and ETC business from DWS Group, a German-based global asset management company. DWS was originally Deutsche Bank’s asset management business and was spun off via IPO in 2018, though Deutsche Bank still holds majority shares in DWS. DWS manages over 1tn EUR of assets with majority from Germany and EMEA. The Xtrackers products are part of the passive investment solution offerings that comprise 1/3 of the overall assets.
The Xtrackers MSCI World ex USA UCITS ETF is a passive index solution that tracks the MSCI World ex USA Index using a full physical replication approach. The index is a free float-adjusted market capitalisation weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of 22 developed markets in the global developed equity market excluding US across large and mid caps, covering ~85% of the investable equity opportunity set in these countries. The ETF has >750 holdings similar to the index.