Index returns are not Fund returns and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses. Certain indices may take into account withholding taxes. Investors can not invest directly in the Index. Index returns assume that dividends have been reinvested.
An investment in the Fund may be subject to risks which include, among others, investing in European issuers, foreign securities, BBB-rated bond, credit, interest rate, restricted securities, financials sector, information technology sector, consumer discretionary sector, consumer staples sector, market, operational, call, sampling, index tracking, authorized participant concentration, no guarantee of active trading market, trading issues, passive management, data, fund shares trading, premium/discount and liquidity of fund shares, non-diversified, and index-related concentration risks, all of which may adversely affect the fund. The Fund's assets may be concentrated in a particular sector and may be subject to more risk than investments in a diverse group of sectors.
Shares of the Fund are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by MarketVector Indexes GmbH. MarketVector Indexes GmbH makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of Shares of the Fund or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Shares of the Fund particularly or the ability of the Index to track the performance of its respective securities market. The Index is determined and composed by MarketVector Indexes GmbH without regard to the Adviser or the Shares of the Fund. MarketVector Indexes GmbH has no obligation to take the needs of the Adviser or the owners of Shares of the Fund into consideration in determining or composing the respective Index. MarketVector Indexes GmbH is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the Shares of the Fund are to be converted into cash. MarketVector Indexes GmbH has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Shares of the Fund.
The Adviser has entered into a licensing agreement with Moody’s Analytics to use certain Moody’s Analytics credit risk models, data and trademarks. Moody’s Analytics® is a registered trademark of Moody’s Analytics, Inc. and/or its affiliates and is used under license.
The Fund is not sponsored, promoted, sold or supported in any manner by Moody’s Analytics nor does Moody’s Analytics offer any express or implicit guarantee or assurance either with regard to the results of using the Moody’s Analytics trademark or data at any time or in any other respect. Moody’s Analytics has no obligation to point out errors in the data to third parties including but not limited to investors and/or financial intermediaries of the Fund. The licensing of data or the Moody’s Analytics trademark for the purpose of use in connection with the Fund does not constitutes a recommendation by Moody’s Analytics to invest capital in the Fund nor does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of Moody’s Analytics with regard to any investment in this financial instrument. Moody's Analytics bears no liability with respect to the Fund or any security.
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