Invesco Canada Ltd. ("Invesco") today announced the launch of two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that offer investors exposure to a number of relevant technology themes. The launch of the Invesco NASDAQ Next Gen 100 Index ETF (QQJR and QQJR.F) and the Invesco NASDAQ 100 Equal Weight Index ETF (QQEQ and QQEQ.F) will build on the innovative solutions offered by Invesco and Nasdaq, allowing clients several distinctive entry points to own the disruptive companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market. Invesco also announced the launch of CAD Units of Invesco NASDAQ 100 Index ETF (QQC).
Toronto-based Invesco Canada Ltd. has added two technology-themed ETFs to its innovation suite of products.
The new funds offer investors exposure to technology themes such as the internet economy, cloud computing, AI and big data, biotech, robotics and cybersecurity.
The Invesco NASDAQ Next Gen 100 Index ETF tracks the Nasdaq Next Generation 100 Index, which includes the “next 100” non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, outside of the Nasdaq 100 Index, in a mid-cap ETF. The ETF has a management fee of 0.15%.
The Invesco NASDAQ 100 Equal Weight Index ETF tracks the Nasdaq 100 Equal Weighted Index, which re-weights the companies included in the index so that each represents 1% of the index. The fund is rebalanced quarterly and has a management fee of 0.20%.
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New Research Finds A Majority Of Institutional Investors Believe The Nasdaq Next Generation 100 Index Will Outperform The Nasdaq-100 Date
New research
1 commissioned by Invesco has found a majority (58%) of European institutional investors believe the Nasdaq Next Generation 100 Index will outperform the Nasdaq-100 over the next three years. Of this, more than a quarter (29%) think this is very likely. The Nasdaq Next Generation index, launched in August last year, offers targeted exposure to the eligible 101st to 200th largest securities listed on the Nasdaq stock market.
Three fifths (62%) of respondents to the survey agreed that the technology boom has only just begun and the constituent firms of the Nasdaq Next Generation index are best placed to capitalise. Two thirds (65%) said the firms are focused on exciting new technologies, products and innovation while just over half (54%) said the firms in the index have the potential to outperform significantly given they