First Trust has launched an ETF offering investors access to companies providing the physical infrastructure underpinning a “digital revolution”.
First Trust Alerian Disruptive Technology Real Estate UCITS ETF has today (1 April) listed on the London Stock Exchange and will track the Alerian Global IT Real Estate & Infrastructure index. It will provide exposure to companies that own and lease real estate that support rapid data transfer, distributed data handling and cloud computing networks as well as e-commerce warehousing. Constituents are weighted by float-adjusted market capitalisation, with the maximum weight of any stock limited to 10% of the fund's net assets. Stock Spotlight: Inflation looms but systemic logistics n...
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