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EGShares Low Volatility Emerging Markets Dividend ETF
EGShares Low Volatility Emerging Markets Dividend ETF
Investment Objective
EGShares Low Volatility Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield performance of the INDXX Emerging Market High Income Low Beta Index (the “HILB Underlying Index”).
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You may also incur customary brokerage charges when buying or selling Fund Shares.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
EGShares Low Volatility Emerging Markets Dividend ETF
Management Fees 0.85%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-l) Fees [1] none
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [2] 0.85%
[1] The Fund does not anticipate that it will incur any 12b-1 fees during the current fiscal year.
[2] Emerging Global Advisors, LLC pays all of the expenses of the Fund, except for the Fund's advisory fee, payments under the Fund's 12b-1 plan (if any), brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, and litigation expenses and other extraordinary or merger expenses.
Example
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. This example does not include the brokerage commission that you may pay to buy and sell exchange-traded Shares of the Fund. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
EGShares Low Volatility Emerging Markets Dividend ETF
87 271 471 1,049
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities or other instruments. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 86% of the average value of the portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by attempting to replicate the portfolio of the HILB Underlying Index through investments in equity securities, including common shares traded on local exchanges, American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”). ADRs and GDRs represent ownership interests in shares of foreign companies that are held in financial institution custodial accounts, and are traded on exchanges in the United States and around the world.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in emerging market companies included in the HILB Underlying Index and, generally expects, to be substantially invested at such times, with at least 95% of its net assets invested in these securities. The Fund invests in the constituent companies of the HILB Underlying Index, which may include small and medium capitalized companies (“small cap” and “mid cap” companies, respectively), domiciled in emerging market countries having a market capitalization of at least $250 million at the time of purchase. The HILB Underlying Index is a dividend yield weighted stock market index comprised of a representative sample of 30 emerging market companies that INDXX, LLC determines to have lower relative volatility (i.e., low beta) than the broad market benchmark indices of the local exchanges in which the component securities trade. The components of the HILB Underlying Index will have also paid dividends consistently over the last three years. The HILB Underlying Index was developed to provide a lower beta than (i.e., comprised of companies having low volatility compared to), and a greater dividend yield (i.e., high income), than the MSCI Emerging Market Index, although there is no guarantee that this result will be obtained. The Fund does not seek temporary defensive positions when equity markets decline or appear to be overvalued.

The Fund intends to replicate the constituent securities of the HILB Underlying Index as closely as possible using ADRs, GDRs or ordinary local shares. In certain circumstances, when it may not be possible or practicable to fully implement a replication strategy, the Fund may utilize a “representative sampling” strategy whereby the Fund would hold a significant number of the component securities of the HILB Underlying Index, but may not track the index with the same degree of accuracy as would an investment vehicle replicating the entire index. Active market trading of Fund Shares may cause more frequent creations or redemptions of Creation Units, which, if not conducted in-kind, could increase the rate of portfolio turnover and the Fund’s tracking error versus the HILB Underlying Index.

The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its net assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the HILB Underlying Index is concentrated. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it can invest a greater percentage of its assets in any one issuer than a diversified fund can.

Based on the number of Indian securities that are included in the HILB Underlying Index, the Fund may invest its assets in a wholly owned subsidiary in Mauritius (the “Mauritius Subsidiary”), which in turn, invests at least 90% of its assets in Indian securities, and the Fund may also invest to some extent in ADRs and GDRs. This investment structure enables the Fund to obtain benefits under a tax treaty between Mauritius and India.
Principal Risks
Like all investments, investing in the Fund entails risks, including the risk that you may lose part or all of the money you invest.

Equity Securities The price of one or more of the equity securities in the Fund’s portfolio may fall. Many factors can adversely affect an equity security’s performance, including both general financial market conditions and factors related to a specific company, industry or geographic region.

Market Price Variance As an ETF, the Fund’s Shares generally trade in the secondary market on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange”) at market prices that change throughout the day. Although it is expected that the market price of Fund Shares will approximate the Fund’s net asset value per Share (“NAV”), there may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. You may pay more than NAV when you buy Shares of the Fund on the Exchange, and you may receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares on the Exchange.

Non-Correlation The Fund’s return may not match the return of the HILB Underlying Index. The Fund incurs a number of operating expenses that are not reflected in the HILB Underlying Index, including the cost of buying and selling securities and of maintaining the Mauritius Subsidiary. If the Fund is not fully invested, holding cash balances may prevent it from tracking the HILB Underlying Index.

Market Liquidity for Fund Shares As an ETF, Fund Shares are not individually redeemable securities. There is no assurance that an active trading market for Fund Shares will develop or be maintained.

Non-Diversification The Fund is non-diversified and, as a result, may have greater volatility than diversified funds. Because the Fund may invest a larger percentage of its assets in securities of a single company than a diversified fund, the performance of one company’s securities can have a substantial impact on the Fund’s Share price.

Foreign Investment Foreign investments may be more volatile because of economic or political developments, public health and safety issues, demographic changes, market inefficiencies, lack of regulatory oversight, or a higher risk that essential investment information may be incomplete, unavailable or inaccurate.


Restrictions on currency trading may be imposed by foreign countries, which may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

Emerging Markets Investments in emerging market securities are subject to even greater risks than for foreign investments generally, including increased risks of: illiquidity of securities, price volatility, inflation or deflation, restrictions on foreign investment, nationalization, higher taxation, economic and political instability, pervasive corruption and crime, less governmental regulation, and less developed legal systems.

Foreign Currency The value of an investment denominated in a foreign currency could change significantly as foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar. Risks related to foreign currencies also include those related to economic or political developments, market inefficiencies or a higher risk that essential investment information may be incomplete, unavailable or inaccurate.

Small Cap and Mid Cap Companies Small cap and mid cap companies may have greater volatility in price than the stocks of large companies due to limited product lines or resources or a dependency upon a particular market niche.

Liquidity In certain circumstances, the Fund might not be able to dispose of certain holdings quickly or at prices that represent true market value in the judgment of EGA, preventing the Fund from tracking the HILB Underlying Index.

Depositary Receipts Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value of ADRs or GDRs and, therefore, may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. There is no guarantee that a financial institution will continue to sponsor an ADR or GDR, or that the depositary receipts will continue to trade on an exchange, either of which could adversely affect the liquidity, availability and pricing of the depositary receipt.

Treaty/Tax Risk The Fund and the Mauritius Subsidiary rely on the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement between India and Mauritius for relief from certain Indian taxes. Treaty renegotiation or legislative changes in the requirements to establish residency in Mauritius may result in higher taxes and lower returns for the Fund.
Performance
The performance information that follows shows the Fund’s performance information in a bar chart and an average annual total returns table. The information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by comparing the Fund’s performance with a broad measure of market performance and the index the Fund seeks to track. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future. For the most current month-end performance data please visit www.emergingglobaladvisors.com or call (888) 800-4347.

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. In addition, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold Shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Annual Total Return as of December 31
Bar Chart
During the periods shown in the bar chart above the Fund’s highest quarterly return was 11.17% (quarter ended March 31, 2012) and the Fund’s lowest quarterly return was -7.55% (quarter ended June 30, 2012).

Year-to-date return (through June 30, 2013): -7.41%
Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2012
Average Annual Returns
1 Year
Since Inception
Inception Date
EGShares Low Volatility Emerging Markets Dividend ETF
16.33% 5.06% Aug. 04, 2011
EGShares Low Volatility Emerging Markets Dividend ETF After Taxes on Distributions
15.25% 4.23%  
EGShares Low Volatility Emerging Markets Dividend ETF After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
11.62% 4.12%  
EGShares Low Volatility Emerging Markets Dividend ETF INDXX Emerging Market High Income Low Beta Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
18.22% 6.56%