Xtrackers Electrification Technologies & Smart Grid UCITS ETF

ETF description

This ETF invests in companies from around the world that are involved in the electrification of energy systems and smart grid infrastructure. This includes businesses active in areas such as smart grid components, smart metering, energy storage, clean energy and nuclear power. Companies are identified using a patent‑based classification framework, which aims to capture those with meaningful involvement in these themes, and the ETF seeks to reflect the performance of this segment of the market. This ETF might appeal to investors who believe in the long‑term growth of electrification and grid modernisation, and who want targeted exposure to this theme through a single investment. As a thematic fund concentrated in a specific area of the market, it may be more volatile than a broad global tracker and could suit investors using it alongside a more diversified core portfolio.

Issuer details

Xtrackers is a large and established provider of high quality ETFs and exchange traded commodities (ETCs). It is the ETF and ETC segment of the German asset manager DWS. Xtrackers ETFs are listed on eleven stock exchanges globally and have over EUR 169.53bn (as at June 2024) in assets under management, making Xtrackers one of the largest providers of ETFs and ETCs by AUM.

Index details

The Nasdaq Global Electrification Technologies and Smart Grid Index is designed to reflect the performance of companies from developed and emerging markets worldwide that are engaged in electrification technologies and smart grid infrastructure, spanning areas such as smart grid components, smart metering, energy storage, clean energy and nuclear power. Constituents are selected using Nasdaq’s theme‑based classification framework, which uses global patent data to identify companies with meaningful involvement in these themes, and are screened for liquidity, market capitalisation and sector relevance.