New Emerging Markets ETF Introduced

Emerging Global Advisors (EGA) has introduced the Emerging Global Shares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Titans Composite Index Fund (NYSE Arca: EEG).

Emerging Global Advisors (EGA) has introduced the Emerging Global Shares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Titans Composite Index Fund (NYSE Arca: EEG).

According to a press release, the new exchange-traded fund (ETF) seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Titans Composite 100 Index. The Dow Jones Index is made up of the 10 top-ranked stocks from each of the 10 Dow Jones Emerging Markets Sector Titan Indexes – Basic Materials, Consumer Goods, Consumer Services, Financials, Healthcare, Industrials, Oil & Gas (energy), Technology, Utilities, and Telecommunications.

Fifteen emerging markets countries are represented in the index, ranging from China Offshore and Brazil to Egypt and Slovenia, the announcement said. The new fund invests only in emerging markets countries.

The Emerging Global Shares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Titans Composite Index Fund is the third sector-based ETF to be introduced by Emerging Global, following the Emerging Global Shares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Energy Fund (NYSE Arca: EEO) and the Emerging Global Shares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Metals & Mining Titans Index Fund (NYSE Arca: EMT). Each Emerging Global ETF has exposure to a diversified mix of countries reducing single-country economic and political risk.

More information can be found at www.egshares.com.

AUL Retirement Announces New Investment Offerings

AUL Retirement Services clients now have more investment options available for retirement accounts through DWS Investments, Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn (CRM), BlackRock, and Pax World Investments.

AUL Retirement Services clients now have more investment options available for retirement accounts through DWS Investments, Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn (CRM), BlackRock, and Pax World Investments.

AUL said in an announcement that some of the changes were in response to requests from financial professionals. The BlackRock Global Allocation option will offer a broad exposure to domestic and international equities and fixed income securities. In addition, the BlackRock Small Cap Growth Institutional fund, and the CRM Mid Cap Value and CRM Small Cap Value are popular options with registered investment advisers.

The company also said that green investing has become a popular option with nonprofit, 403(b) clients because of the funds’ socially conscious missions, hence its addition of the Pax World Balanced and Global Green options.

The addition of DWS Alternative Asset Allocation Plus offers participants the ability to invest in alternative asset classes, those with low overall market correlation via a single fund of funds strategy. AUL said.

More information is available here.

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