Deutsche Asset Management Adds Fourth Fund to Comprehensive Factor ETF Suite (DESC)

Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche AM) today announced the launch of Deutsche X-trackers Russell 2000 Comprehensive Factor exchange traded fund (ETF) (Ticker: DESC), the fourth ETF to be added to its multifactor suite. The new fund seeks to track the Russell 2000 Comprehensive Factor Index. The FTSE Russell family of Comprehensive Factor Indices is designed to track the equity market performance of companies that have demonstrated relatively strong exposure to targeted investment style factors: value, momentum, quality, low volatility and size.

“Smart beta strategies provide investors the potential for increased or enhanced returns, lower risk possibilities and diversification improvement by shifting from industry and country diversification to factor diversification,” said Fiona Bassett, Head of Passive Strategy in the Americas. “DESC, focusing on small cap US stocks, is a logical addition to our Deutsche X-trackers Comprehensive Factor ETFs suite, which is based on an intelligently designed index construction mechanism that takes into account five investment factors. Academic research has identified certain stocks’ characteristics that are important in explaining a stock’s risk and performance. Emphasizing these factors can potentially make a significant contribution to outperforming traditional market-capitalization weighted benchmark indices.”

Deutsche AM rolled out its US multifactor suite late last year with the Deutsche X-trackers Russell 1000 Comprehensive Factor ETF (Ticker: DEUS) and the Deutsche X-trackers FTSE Developed ex US Comprehensive Factor ETF (Ticker: DEEF). The suite was expanded with the launch of Deutsche X-trackers FTSE Emerging Comprehensive Factor ETF (Ticker: DEMG) earlier this year. DESC follows the same investment methodology as the three previously-launched funds applied to the small cap US stock universe.

”We’re so glad to be able to extend our collaboration with Deutsche Asset Management to offer more smart beta investment alternatives to investors,” said Ron Bundy, CEO North America Benchmarks for FTSE Russell. “Our global research team is at the forefront of innovation in index-based market factor analysis, and we are now extending our comprehensive factor methodology to the Russell 2000® Index, long recognized as the definitive measure of US small-cap stocks.”

Offering the broadest suite of currency-hedged ETFs in the US, Deutsche AM was named the “Best ETF Issuer in 2015” in the US by ETF.com. The award is given to the issuer that has done the most to improve investor outcomes through product introductions, product performance, fund management, asset gathering, investor support and innovation throughout last year.1 In addition, earlier this year Fiona Bassett was named the “Fund Leader of the Year” in the 23rd annual Mutual Fund Industry Awards. Launched in 2006, Deutsche AM’s global exchange traded products (ETP) platform has grown to become a top 5 ETF provider2 and a top 3 new asset gatherer globally3 in 2015.

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1 Source: ETF.com
2 Source: Deutsche Bank, Bloomberg Finance LP, FactSet as of 10/5/15. Includes US, Europe, and Asia Pacific. All rankings based on AuM
3 Source: Morningstar Essentials, Deutsche Asset Management as of 12/31/15
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