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Security Profile
- Security Type
- Index ETF
- CUSIP
- 97717X867
- Market Cap
- Small Cap · $142 Million
- IPO
- 8/9/2010
Fund Description: Wisdom Tree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund or Actively Managed ETF which is a separate investment portfolio of the WisdomTree Trust, an investment management company. INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: Wisdom Tree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund seeks a high level of total return consisting of both income and capital appreciation. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) and not an Index-based ETF which seeks to replicate the holdings of a specified index, whereas this ETF uses an actively managed investment strategy to meet its investment objective. FUND STRATEGY: The Fund attempts to achieve its investment objective through investment in Local Debt denominated in the currencies of emerging market countries. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in Local Debt. For these purposes, Local Debt includes fixed income securities, such as bonds, notes or other debt obligations, of emerging market issuers that are denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar. The Fund is designed to provide exposure to Local Debt of issuers from a broad range of emerging market regions and countries. The Fund intends to invest in fixed income securities issued by emerging market governments, government agencies, and corporations. The Fund also may invest in fixed income securities denominated in an emerging market currency and issued by supranational organizations, such as the European Investment Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Finance Corporation, or other regional development banks. The Fund intends to provide exposure across several geographic regions and countries. The Fund intends to invest in emerging market issuers from the following regions: Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Within these regions, the Fund is likely to invest in the following countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Hungary, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand and Turkey. As a general matter, and subject to the investment guideline to provide exposure across geographic regions and countries, the Fund generally will invest a higher percentage of its assets in countries with larger and more liquid debt markets, higher relative interest rates and long-term economic prospects. The Fund's exposure to any single country generally will be limited to 20% of the Fund's assets. The percentage of Fund assets invested in a specific region, country or issuer will change from time to time. The universe of emerging markets local currency debt currently includes securities that are rated investment grade as well as non-investment grade. The Fund intends to provide a broad-based exposure to emerging market debt and therefore will invest in both investment-grade and non-investment-grade securities. Securities rated investment grade generally are considered to be of higher credit quality and subject to lower default risk. Although securities rated below investment grade may offer the potential for higher yields, they generally are subject to higher potential risk of loss. The Fund attempts to limit interest rate risk by maintaining an aggregate portfolio duration of between two and seven years under normal market conditions. Aggregate portfolio duration is important to investors as an indication of the Fund's sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Funds with higher durations generally are subject to greater interest rate risk. An aggregate portfolio duration of between two and seven years would generally be considered to be intermediate. The Fund's actual portfolio duration may be longer or shorter depending upon market conditions. For purposes of the 80% investment policy described above, Local Debt includes investments in derivatives such as forward currency contracts, interest rate and total return swaps and credit linked notes. The Fund's use of forward contracts and interest rate and total return swaps will be underpinned by investments in short-term, high-quality U.S. money market securities and is designed to provide exposure similar to investments in local currency debt. A forward currency contract is an agreement to buy or sell a specific currency at a future date at a price set at the time of the contract. A swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange payments based on a reference asset, which may be a currency or interest rate but also may be a single asset, a pool of assets or an index of assets. A currency swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange one currency for another at a future rate. An interest rate swap involves the exchange of a floating interest rate payment for a fixed interest payment. A total return swap is an agreement between two parties in which one party agrees to make payments of the total return of a reference asset in return for payments equal to a rate of interest on another reference asset. A credit linked note is a type of structured note whose value is linked to an underlying reference asset or entity. Credit linked notes typically provide periodic payments of interest as well as payment of principal upon maturity. Local Debt also includes fixed income securities denominated in an emerging market currency and issued by a supranational organization. Assets not invested in Local Debt generally will be invested in investment-grade U.S. government securities and money market instruments. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in debt instruments denominated in U.S. dollars issued by emerging market governments, government agencies, corporations and supranational issuers. FUND MANAGEMENT: As investment adviser to the Fund, WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. has overall responsibility for the general management and administration of the Fund. As sub-adviser to the Fund, Mellon Capital Management is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
Company Contact
- Headquarters
- 245 Park Avenue, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10167
- Phone
- 866-909-9473 · Toll-Free 866-909-9473
- Investor Relations
- Jason Weyeneth, CFA · 917-267-3858 · JWeyeneth@wisdomtree.com