Lonsec rates Market Vectors ETFs

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31 October 2013
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Lonsec has rated yet another exchange traded fund (ETF) offering – this time the four Australian ETFs of Market Vectors ETFs – the ETF business of US-based investment manager Van Eck Global.

The company announced earlier this week that all four of the Australian ETFs had been rated 'Investment Grade' by Lonsec.

The four products rated by Lonsec were the Market Vectors Australian Banks ETF, Market Vectors Australian Emerging Resources ETF, Market Vectors Australian Property ETF and Market Vectors Australian Resources ETF.

The four products were launched onto the Australian Securities Exchange earlier this month.

Market Vectors' director of institutions and intermediaries, Matthew McKinnon, said he was pleased to receive such positive feedback from Lonsec.

“Our ETFs offer something different to other ETFs listed in Australia because they aim to track pure play investable indices, which are purpose-built for ETFs by Market Vectors Index Solutions,” he said.

“To qualify for inclusion in the underlying index, companies must generate at least 50 per cent of their revenue or assets from a particular sector. This is what is defined as ‘pure-play’,” McKinnon said.

“Strict liquidity screens are then applied to determine individual components, then individual weightings are determined subject to caps. The result is targeted exposure with real diversification to all underlying securities.”

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