WisdomTree, Dreyfus Join Forces To Offer Currency ETFs

Wisdom Tree and Dreyfus are launching an exchange-traded fund (ETF) family with exposure to foreign currencies.

WisdomTree Investments, Inc., and The Dreyfus Corporation, one of BNY Mellon’s investment boutiques, have collaborated to launch several ETFs, with WisdomTree as the fund sponsor. Mellon Capital Management, also an investment boutique within BNY Mellon, is acting as the sub-advisor for the currency ETFs, while BNY Mellon will provide the fund accounting, fund administration, global custody, and transfer agency services, the companies reported.

The five currency ETFs, launching on the New York Stock Exchange, are the Wisdom Tree Dreyfus Chinese Yuan Fund (ticker: CYB), the WisdomTree Dreyfus Indian Rupee Fund (ICN), the Wisdom Tree Dreyfus Brazilian Real Fund (BZF), the WisdomTree Dreyfus Japanese Yen Fund (JYF), and the WisdomTree Dreyfus Euro Fund (EU).

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The ETFs seek to earn current income reflecting money market rates available to foreign investors, according to a press release. The funds also seek to provide exposure to changes in the value of a designated non-U.S. currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

WisdomTree developed the first family of fundamentally weighted indexes and ETFs, the release says. The indexes cover all major market capitalizations, both domestically and internationally. In contrast to capitalization-weighted indexes, the WisdomTree Indexes anchor the initial weights of individual stocks to a measure of fundamental value. The company believes its approach provides investors with a viable alternative to market cap-weighted indexes.

More information is available at www.wisdomtree.com.

Forward Management Picks Up Investment Adviser

Forward Management, LLC, investment adviser to the Forward Funds, has agreed to acquire Accessor Capital Management LP (Accessor), investment adviser to the Accessor Funds.

Upon shareholder approval, as a combined fund family, Forward Funds will offer investors 34 mutual funds in no-load and load share classes, with more than $5 billion in assets under management.

Accessor Funds include six lifestyle funds, and its recently launched Strategic Alternatives Fund. Based in Seattle, the firm was founded in 1991 by J. Anthony Whatley, and, according to a press release, was one of the first to launch asset allocation funds, as well as integrate an alternative strategy in their more aggressive lifestyle products.

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Whatley will assume the role of vice chairman, and will head the Investment Policy Committee.

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