Seven Vanguard ETFs now listed in Swiss francs.…
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Axel Lomholt, Vanguard head of international product development and management
Total expense ratios range from 0.09% to 0.45%
Vanguard Asset Management has today listed four new Irish-domiciled ETFs on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Three of the ETFs seek to track major international equity markets. The range also features a global dividend yield product that provides exposure to stocks with high forecast dividend yields.
Following today’s listings, a total of seven Vanguard ETFs are available via the SIX Swiss Exchange. All of the ETFs are physically backed and listed in Swiss francs, giving investors straightforward, local-currency access to Vanguard’s indexing expertise.
With total expense ratios (TERs) ranging from 0.09% to 0.45% (as shown in the table below), Vanguard’s Swiss-listed ETFs are among the lowest-cost products in the market.
New Vanguard ETFs
New Vanguard ETFs | TER | SIX Swiss Exchange Trading Symbol (in CHF) |
Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe UCITS ETF | 0.15% | VEUR |
Vanguard FTSE Developed Asia Pacific ex Japan UCITS ETF | 0.22% | VAPX |
Vanguard FTSE Japan UCITS ETF | 0.19% | VJPN |
Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield UCITS ETF | 0.29% | VHYL |
Existing Vanguard ETFs | TER | SIX Swiss Exchange Trading Symbol (in CHF) |
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 0.09% | VUSA |
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF | 0.45% | VFEM |
Vanguard FTSE All-World ETF | 0.25% | VWRL |
Vanguard Group, Inc. (“VGI”) has used FTSE indices globally since 2003 and employs FTSE benchmarks for 21 index portfolios around the world, representing US$8.7bn in assets as at 31 March 2013. FTSE indices meet Vanguard’s ‘best practice’ standards for market benchmarks and offer comprehensive coverage of their respective markets.
Axel Lomholt, Vanguard head of international product development and management, commented: “Continuing to list our ETFs on the SIX Exchange underscores our commitment to the Swiss market and the European market more broadly. Making our ETFs more readily available across Europe gives more investors a low-cost way to reach their investment goals.”
Vanguard has been serving Swiss investors since 1998, opened its Zurich office in 2008, and founded a FINMA regulated Swiss entity in May 2011.
Source: ETFWorld.co.uk
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