The EQUL IQ Engender Equality ETF tracks the Solactive Equileap U.S. Gender Equality Index, which is designed to deliver exposure to global companies that promote gender equality and are committed to women’s empowerment through equal compensation and gender balance in leadership and the workforce.
Engender equality
Gain exposure to the “gender equality” theme, through companies that have demonstrated commitment to gender equality.
Take a stand
Investing in EQUL helps further NYLIM’s ongoing contributions to support the Girls Who Code.
A strategic ESG investment
EQUL can serve as a thematic satellite position* in an ESG portfolio, or complement an existing core equity portfolio by providing an ESG tilt.
Performance
Performance
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Returns represent past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Expenses stated are as of the fund's most recent prospectus.
Index performance is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent actual Fund performance. One cannot invest directly in an index. Performance data for the Index assumes reinvestment of dividends and is net of the management fees for the Index's components, as applicable, but it does not reflect management fees, transaction costs or other expenses that you would pay if you invested in the Fund directly. No representation is being made that any investment will achieve performance similar to that shown.
Performance reflects a contractual fee waiver and/or expense limitation agreement which shall remain in effect until terminated by the Board of Trustees of the ETF without which total returns may have been lower.
Distributions may be comprised of ordinary income, net capital gains, and/or a return of capital (ROC) of your investment in the fund. Because the distribution rate and the 12-month rate may include a ROC, they should not be confused with yield or income. Please refer to the most recent Section 19 Notice, if applicable, for additional information regarding the composition of distributions. Final determination of a distribution’s tax character will be made on Form 1099 DIV sent to shareholders each January.
Distribution Rate: The distribution rate measures the percentage return in the form of dividends. It is calculated daily by annualizing the most recent dividend distribution and dividing by the daily share price (NAV or POP). If the Fund did not make a distribution as of the latest scheduled distribution date, "N/A" will be displayed.
12-month Rate: The 12-month rate measures the percentage return in the form of dividends. It is calculated monthly by taking the sum of the trailing 12-month dividend payments divided by the last month's ending share price (NAV or POP) plus any capital gains distributed over previous 12 months. If the Fund did not make any distributions over the previous 12 months, "N/A" will be displayed.
In general the bond market is volatile, and fixed income securities carry interest rate risk. (As interest rates rise, bond prices usually fall, and vice versa. This effect is usually more pronounced for longer-term securities.)
Fees & Expenses
Fees & Expenses
Performance reflects a contractual fee waiver and/or expense limitation agreement which shall remain in effect until terminated by the Board of Trustees of the ETF without which total returns may have been lower.
Literature
Literature
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IQ Engender Equality ETF
Before considering an investment in the Fund, you should understand that you could lose money.
Foreign Securities Risk
: Foreign securities can be subject to greater risks than U.S. investments, including currency fluctuations, less liquid trading markets, greater price volatility, political and economic instability, less publicly available information, and changes in tax or currency laws or monetary policy. These risks are likely to be greater for emerging markets than in developed markets.
Large-Capitalization Companies Risk
: Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller capitalization companies to adapt to changing market conditions. Large-capitalization companies may be more mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller capitalization companies. During different market cycles, the performance of large capitalization companies has trailed the overall performance of the broader securities markets.
New Fund Risk
: The Fund is a new fund which may result in additional risk. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to an economically viable size, in which case the Fund may cease operations. In such an event, investors may be required to liquidate or transfer their investments at an inopportune time.
Small and mid-cap stocks
are often more volatile than large-cap stocks. Smaller companies generally face higher risks due to their limited product lines, markets and financial markets.
ESG Investing Style Risk:
Impact investing and/or Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) managers may take into consideration factors beyond traditional financial information to select securities, which could result in relative investment performance deviating from other strategies or broad market benchmarks, depending on whether such sectors or investments are in or out of favor in the market. Further, ESG strategies may rely on certain values based criteria to eliminate exposures found in similar strategies or broad market benchmarks, which could also result in relative investment performance deviating. There is no assurance that employing ESG strategies will result in more favorable investment performance.
Gender Equality Investing Style Risk
: The returns on a portfolio of securities that excludes companies that have not adopted the gender diversity and inclusion practices and policies may trail the returns on a portfolio of securities that includes companies that have not adopted these practices and policies. Investing only in a portfolio of securities that are gender diverse may affect the Fund’s exposure to certain types of investments and may adversely impact the Fund’s performance depending on whether such investments are in or out of favor in the market.
“IQ Engender Equality ETF (the “Fund”) is offered by IndexIQ, the Fund’s sponsor, in alignment with Girls Who Code Inc. (“GWC”). The Fund is designed to promote investment objectives that are deemed to be consistent with GWC’s mission. Shares of the Fund are not sponsored, endorsed or promoted by GWC, and GWC is not an investment adviser or service provider to the Fund. GWC makes no representations or warranties regarding the performance of the Fund and will have no obligation or liability in connection with the Fund. The Fund’s sponsor, IndexIQ, and its affiliates are supporters of and donors to GWC and are making a substantial contribution to GWC in connection with GWC’s agreement to license use of its name and trademarks to IndexIQ and its affiliates. NYLIM and IndexIQ’s contribution to GWC is calculated on an annualized basis to be the lower of: (i) 0.045% of the Fund’s average daily net managed assets (the average daily value of the total assets of the Fund, less all accrued liabilities of the Fund and less any management fees waived by the Fund’s adviser or sub-adviser); or (ii) ten percent of the Fund’s net annual management fee taking into account all applicable fee waivers and expense reimbursements. NYLIM and IndexIQ will make annual minimum contributions to GWC of $25,000 in each of the years 2021 to 2025 so long as their commercial co-venture is in effect.”
“im体育推荐官网 LLC (“NYLIM”) and IndexIQ Advisors LLC (“IndexIQ”) are donors to and supporters of Girls Who Code Inc. (”GWC”). GWC has authorized NYLIM and IndexIQ to reference its name and certain marks owned by GWC in connection with a commercial co-venture entered into between the Parties. None of the payments made by NYLIM and IndexIQ to GWC is in exchange for services provided by GWC.”
The Solactive Equileap U.S. Gender Equality Index is a quantitative and investable index developed by Solactive AG. It is a net total return index published in USD. A net total return index seeks to replicate the overall return from holding a portfolio consisting of the index constituents.
*A satellite position is a specialist investment which seeks to achieve additional alpha outside of a portfolio’s core holdings, which typically seek to achieve market-rate returns. ESG means Environmental, Social and Governance.
Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called "creation units", and otherwise, can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in-kind.
Shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Total Returns are calculated using the daily 4:00 pm ET net asset value (NAV). Since May 31, 2016, the price used to calculate the market price returns ("MP") is the mean between the day's last bid and ask prices on the fund's primary exchange. Any market price returns prior to May 31, 2016 were calculated using the day's closing price on the fund's primary exchange. The market price returns do not represent returns an investor would receive if shares were traded at other times.
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