Four Currency Hedged ETCs of DB ETC Index plc Launched on Xetra

Release date: Mar 08, 2010

Four new Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs) issued by the new issuer DB ETC Index plc have been tradable on Xetra since Monday. DB ETC Index plc, the Deutsche Bank ETC platform, is the fourth issuer in the ETC segment of Deutsche Börse.

The products offer investors a first opportunity to invest in Exchange Traded Commodities hedged against currency risk. All four db ETCs are backed by physical gold.

ETC Name: db ETC Brent Crude Oil Euro Hedged ETC Securities

Asset class: Commodities

ISIN: DE000A1AQGX1

Management fee: 0.45 percent

Benchmark: DBLCI-OY Brent Crude Oil EUR Index

ETC Name: db ETC Monthly Short Brent Crude Oil Euro Hedged ETC Securities

Asset class: Commodities

ISIN: DE000A1AQGW3

Management fee: 0.45 percent

Benchmark: DBLCI Monthly Short Brent Crude Oil EUR Index

ETC Name: db ETC Monthly Short Gold Euro Hedged ETC Securities

Asset class: Commodities

ISIN: DE000A1AQGZ6

Management fee: 0.45 percent

Benchmark: DBLCI Monthly Short Gold EUR Index

ETC Name: db ETC Industrial Metals Euro Hedged ETC Securities

Asset class: Commodities

ISIN: DE000A1AQGY9

Management fee: 0.45 percent

Benchmark: DBLCI-OY Industrial Metals EUR Index

Two of these four new Exchange Traded Commodities offer investors the opportunity to take exposure to the long or inverse performance of Brent crude oil futures contract.  The db ETC Monthly Short Gold Euro Hedged ETC provides inverse exposure to gold, In addition, db ETC Industrial Metals Euro Hedged ETC offers the opportunity to take exposure to futures contracts of aluminum, copper and zinc.

The Xetra ETC segment product range currently comprises 155 products. The monthly trading volume of ETCs averages around €400 million.

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