8 november 2011
Amundi ETF range extended with 9 new registrations in the Netherlands

Amundi Group continues to extend the Amundi ETF range on the Dutch market with the registration of 9 new ETFs bringing the total number of products available to 63. Three of the newly registered ETFs are innovative in Europe1

Valérie Baudson, Managing Director of Amundi ETF comments: “Our focus remains very much on European development to provide investors with local access to a complete toolbox whatever their asset allocation requirements. This latest series enhances both equity and fixed income ranges, including three innovative products, to allow investors to act in today’s market environment.” .

Herman Barten, ETF Institutional Sales, CA Cheuvreux, comments: “This extension of the Amundi ETF range in the Netherlands underscores the commitment of Amundi ETF to provide Dutch investors with access to the growing and innovative range of Amundi ETFs. Having 63 ETFs registered in the Netherlands will enable our investors here to use the Amundi ETF range to adapt their asset allocation to all kinds of different market circumstances.”

• Complementary exposures on eurozone sovereign debt

Investors now have access to two complementary eurozone sovereign debt exposures for asset allocation on an issuer rating basis, whatever their outlook for eurozone bond markets: AMUNDI ETF AAA GOVT BOND EUROMTS and AMUNDI ETF EX AAA GOVT BOND EUROMTS.

These ETFs aim to replicate, as closely as possible the performance, whether the trend is rising or falling, of their benchmark indices which are composed respectively of debt securities issued by eurozone member states with at least three “AAA”2

AMUNDI ETF EX AAA GOVT BOND EUROMTS is the first ETF to offer this exposure in Europe1. ratings and debt securities issued by eurozone member states with at least one rating lower than “AAA”2.

• Introduction of an innovative sustainable development product

Responding to growing demand for investment products related to sustainable development, the Amundi ETF range now offers AMUNDI ETF GREEN TECH LIVING PLANET. This innovative ETF1 aims to replicate, as closely as possible, the performance of the Living Planet Green Tech Europe strategy index (net return) whether the trend is rising or falling. This index was created in a partnership between the Living Planet Fund Management Co. S.A. (subsidiary of WWF International) and the SRI (Socially Responsible Investment) research teams of CA Cheuvreux.

This product offers exposure to European companies generating more than 20% of their consolidated turnover through “green technology” activities such as energy efficiency, water management or waste management, while excluding nuclear or fossil energy.

1 At the time of fund launch.

2 Or equivalent ratings of S&P, Moody's and Fitch.

• Unprecedented exposure to the Nordic region

AMUNDI ETF MSCI NORDIC offers exposure to the MSCI Nordic Countries Index and represents the leading equities in four Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Unprecedented1

• European and US flagship country indices in Europe, this ETF provides investors with the opportunity to capture the performance, whether the trend is rising or falling, of some of Europe’s strongest economies.

In addition, Dutch investors now have local access to three flagship country indices with very attractive Total Expense Ratios (TER)2: AMUNDI ETF S&P 500 with 0.15%, AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 with 0.23%, and AMUNDI ETF FTSE 100 with 0.25%, which are 60%, 25% and 33% less than the average TER of equivalent ETFs in their respective peer groups.3

• Two new dividend indices

AMUNDI ETF MSCI EUROPE HIGH DIVIDEND and AMUNDI ETF MSCI EMU HIGH DIVIDEND aim to replicate as closely as possible, the performance whether the trend is rising or falling, of the MSCI Europe High Dividend Yield strategy Index and the MSCI EMU High Dividend Yield strategy Index. These two indices cover the securities with the highest dividend yields in their respective countries of 16 European states, and 11 states of the European Economic and Monetary Union. Against a backdrop of low interest rates, these two ETFs enable investors to capture growth among the higher dividend paying companies across Europe.