PRESS ROOM
WisdomTree Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend Distributions
Thursday 28th December '17
WisdomTree, the exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and exchange-traded product (“ETP”) sponsor today announced the dividend distributions for the fourth quarter of 2017 of the WisdomTree UCITS ETFs, as detailed below:
Announcement Date: 28 December 2017
Ex-Date: 04 January 2018
Record Date: 05 January 2018
Payment Date: 16 January 2018
Sub-Fund/Share Class |
ISIN |
Currency |
Amount per Share |
WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income UCITS ETF |
IE00BQQ3Q067 |
USD |
0.4276 |
WisdomTree Emerging Markets Small Cap Dividend UCITS ETF |
IE00BQZJBM26 |
USD |
0.2769 |
WisdomTree US Equity Income UCITS ETF |
IE00BQZJBQ63 |
USD |
0.145 |
WisdomTree US Small Cap Dividend UCITS ETF |
IE00BQZJBT94 |
USD |
0.1408 |
WisdomTree Europe Equity Income UCITS ETF |
IE00BQZJBX31 |
EUR |
0.1876 |
WisdomTree Europe Small Cap Dividend UCITS ETF |
IE00BQZJC527 |
EUR |
0.1383 |
WisdomTree Emerging Asia Equity Income UCITS ETF |
IE00BYPGT035 |
USD |
0.289 |
WisdomTree ISEQ 20 UCITS ETF |
IE00BVFB1H83 |
EUR |
0.1058 |
WisdomTree Germany Equity UCITS ETF - GBP Hedged |
IE00BVXBGY20 |
GBP |
Null |
WisdomTree Germany Equity UCITS ETF - USD Hedged |
IE00BYQCZ682 |
USD |
Null |
WisdomTree Japan Equity UCITS ETF - USD Hedged |
IE00BVXC4854 |
USD |
0.156 |
WisdomTree Japan Equity UCITS ETF - GBP Hedged |
IE00BYQCZF74 |
GBP |
0.1026* |
WisdomTree Europe Equity UCITS ETF - USD Hedged |
IE00BVXBH163 |
USD |
Null |
WisdomTree Europe Equity UCITS ETF - GBP Hedged |
IE00BYQCZQ89 |
GBP |
0.146* |
WisdomTree UK Equity Income UCITS ETF |
IE00BYPGTJ26 |
GBP |
0.1377 |
WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity UCITS ETF - USD |
IE00BZ1GHD37 |
USD |
0.0484 |
WisdomTree Eurozone Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF - EUR |
IE00BZ56SY76 |
EUR |
0.0106 |
WisdomTree US Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF - USD |
IE00BZ56RD98 |
USD |
0.0796 |
WisdomTree Global Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF - USD |
IE00BZ56RN96 |
USD |
0.1442 |
WisdomTree India Quality UCITS ETF - USD |
IE00BDGSNK96 |
USD |
Null |
* Amount converted to share class currency using the WMR 4pm rate on 27 December.
Key points to note:
- WisdomTree’s Equity Income ETFs tilt around defensive sectors such as energy, utilities and financials, offering an approach that hunts for valuation opportunities in different regional equity markets.
- The yield premium attained with WisdomTree’s Equity Income approach was harnessed by three key components:
- By screening for the highest dividend-yielding segment of the stock market, all non-dividend payers were automatically excluded from the index, unlike market-cap weighted indices, where size will potentially expose investors to low yields or non-dividend payers.
- By weighting by total cash-dividends as opposed to just dividend yield, the risks to value traps were mitigated, as stocks demonstrating the largest cash dividends received the highest weight.
- Through the annual rebalance, sufficient scope allowed for value opportunities to emerge and for expensive growth stocks to be removed. Over several rebalancing cycles, a yield premium over market-cap weighted strategies is maintained, along with the potential for better risk-adjusted returns.
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Notes to editors
About WisdomTree Europe Ltd.
WisdomTree Investments, Inc., through its subsidiaries in the US, Europe and Japan (collectively, "WisdomTree"), is an exchange traded fund ("ETF") and exchange traded product ("ETP") sponsor. WisdomTree offers products covering equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and alternative strategies. Through WisdomTree Europe Ltd, it sponsors WisdomTree UCITS ETFs and Boost short and leverage ETPs. WisdomTree currently has approximately $48.9 billion (as of 30 November 2017) in assets under management globally. For more information, please visit www.wisdomtree.com.
WisdomTree® is the marketing name for WisdomTree Investments, Inc. and its subsidiaries worldwide.