SSgA ETFs Offer Income and Inflation Protection

May 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced the availability of new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that offer income and inflation protection.

The SPDR Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Dividend ETF (Symbol:WDIV) is designed to provide investors with precise exposure to both developed and emerging market dividend-paying companies through a globally diversified income portfolio strategy. The SPDR Barclays 110 Year TIPS ETF (Symbol:TIPX) is designed to provide investors with access to U.S. Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS).   

The SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF seeks to track the performance of the S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats Index, which measures the performance of the highest dividend-yielding companies within the S&P Global Broad Market Index (BMI) that have followed a policy of increasing or stable dividends for at least 10 consecutive years. To ensure diversification, the weight for each index constituent is capped at 3%, and the weight of each country and Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) Sector is capped at 25% at each index rebalancing. The SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF’s expense ratio is 0.40%.   

The SPDR Barclays 110 Year TIPS ETF seeks to track the performance of the Barclays 110 Year Government Inflation-linked Bond Index. The index includes publicly issued TIPS that have at least one year remaining to maturity and less than 10 years on index rebalancing date, with an issue size equal to or in excess of $500 million. The SPDR Barclays 110 Year TIPS ETF’s expense ratio is 0.15%.    

For more information, visit www.spdrs.com.

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