On Wednesday, Duff & Phelps Funding Administration Co. and Virtus ETF Options, each associates of Virtus Funding Companions, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS), introduced the introduction of the Virtus Duff & Phelps Clear Power ETF (NYSE: VCLN), the primary ETF technique managed by Duff & Phelps.
The Virtus Duff & Phelps Clear Power ETF seeks enticing complete returns by investing globally in a portfolio of unpolluted, renewable, and sustainable corporations and applied sciences that may energy future power wants. Actively managed, VCLN focuses on well-positioned market leaders on the forefront of unpolluted power innovation and commercialization.
“As society strikes in the direction of a extra sustainable future, the power and energy sectors are starting a serious shift, and VCLN may also help buyers profit from this long-term capital substitute cycle,” mentioned David Grumhaus, Jr., President and Chief Funding Officer of Duff & Phelps. “Our historical past, disciplined funding strategy, distinctive depth of sources, and experience in utilities and power investing offers us a specialised perspective and understanding of this altering sector.”
In keeping with Grumhaus, VCLN’s funding course of contrasts favorably with passive clear power indexes’ less-defined funding processes, which is commonly pushed by market capitalization and clear power publicity scores derived from static, generally opaque, standards. In contrast, the Duff & Phelps energetic funding administration strategy is extra complete than these of its passive rivals, leading to a high-conviction inventory portfolio with a extra balanced danger profile.
“Duff & Phelps’ rigorous funding course of round power infrastructure and clear power makes VCLN a compelling, thematic fairness technique for the Virtus ETF suite,” mentioned William Smalley, govt managing director of Virtus ETF Options. “We consider robust, energetic administration, unconstrained by backward-looking and arbitrary guidelines, is an implementation type nicely suited to seize the dynamism of an thrilling, rising funding theme corresponding to clear power.”
“We stay up for delivering our funding experience by means of our first ETF,” added Grumhaus. “Partnering with Virtus ETF Options gives the platform for buyers to universally entry our time-tested and skilled funding capabilities by means of an environment friendly, clear car.”
Duff & Phelps managed $11.four billion of property as of June 30, 2021, and affords numerous specialised funding methods with distinctive depth of sources and experience to institutional and particular person buyers.
Extra info is out there at Duff & Phelps Funding Administration Co. and virtus.com.
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