ProShares Launches First Geared Australian Dollar ETFs
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Bethesda, MD, July 19, 2012—ProShares, a premier provider of alternative exchange traded funds (ETFs), announced today the launch of ProShares Ultra Australian Dollar (NYSE: GDAY) and ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar (NYSE: CROC), the first ETFs in the U.S. providing magnified or inverse exposure to the Australian dollar. The ETFs list on NYSE Arca today.
- GDAY seeks to provide 2x the daily performance of the U.S. dollar price of the Australian dollar, before fees and expenses.
- CROC seeks to provide -2x the daily performance of the U.S. dollar price of the Australian dollar, before fees and expenses.
"The Australian dollar is one of the world’s most actively traded currencies," said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Capital Management, the sponsor of the funds. "We are pleased to offer investors additional ways to manage risk or potentially take advantage of moves in this widely followed currency market."
The introduction of GDAY and CROC brings ProShares' popular lineup of geared currency ETFs to seven. The firm's existing geared currency ETFs on the euro and the yen have garnered more than $1 billion1 of assets since launching less than four years ago.
ProShares offers the nation's largest lineup of alternative ETFs,2 which includes the world's largest family of geared ETFs,3 with assets of nearly $22 billion.
New currency ETFs:
| ProShares | Ticker | Benchmark | Daily Objective* |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ultra Australian Dollar |
GDAY |
AUD/USD cross rate |
2x |
|
UltraShort Australian Dollar |
CROC |
AUD/USD cross rate |
-2x |
Existing currency ETFs:
| ProShares | Ticker | Benchmark | Daily Objective* |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ultra Euro |
ULE |
EUR/USD cross rate |
2x |
|
UltraShort Euro |
EUO |
EUR/USD cross rate |
-2x |
|
Short Euro |
EUFX |
EUR/USD cross rate |
-1x |
|
Ultra Yen |
YCL |
JPY/USD cross rate |
2x |
|
UltraShort Yen |
YCS |
JPY/USD cross rate |
-2x |
About ProShares
Offering the nation's largest lineup of alternative ETFs, ProShares enables investors to go beyond the limitations of conventional investing and meet today’s market challenges. Each ProShares ETF provides access to an alternative investment strategy delivered with the liquidity, transparency and cost effectiveness of an ETF. ProShares' lineup of 138 ETFs includes Global Fixed Income, Hedge Strategies, Geared (leveraged and inverse), and Inflation and Volatility ETFs.
Media Contact:
Tucker Hewes, Hewes Communications, Inc., 212.207.9451, tucker@hewescomm.com
Investor Contact:
ProShares, 866.776.5125, ProShares.com
Jul 19, 2012
1 $1.16 billion as of July 17, 2012
2 Source: FRC. As of March 31, 2012
3 Source: Lipper, based on a worldwide analysis of all known providers of funds in these categories. The analysis covered ETFs and ETNs by the number of funds and assets (as of June 30, 2011).