AGF MANAGEMENT LIMITED AGF Investments Inc. (AGFI) today announced a series of name changes and risk rating changes to its ETF line-up.
AGFiQ ETF Name Changes
The AGFiQ ETF name changes are being made in an effort to simplify the naming conventions and align to industry norms.
| New | Previous |
| AGFiQ Canadian Equity ETF | |
| AGFiQ Emerging Markets Equity ETF | AGFiQ Enhanced Core Emerging Markets Equity ETF |
| AGFiQ Global Multi-Sector Bond ETF | AGFiQ Enhanced Core Global Multi-Sector Bond ETF |
| AGFiQ International Equity ETF | AGFiQ Enhanced Core International Equity ETF |
| AGFiQ US Equity ETF | AGFiQ Enhanced Core US Equity ETF |
| AGFiQ Global ESG Factors ETF | AGFiQ Enhanced Global ESG Factors ETF |
| AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF | AGFiQ Enhanced Global Infrastructure ETF |
| AGFiQ Global Equity ETF Portfolio | AGFiQ Global Equity Rotation ETF |
| AGFiQ Global Balanced ETF Portfolio | AGFiQ MultiAsset Allocation ETF |
| AGFiQ Global Income ETF Portfolio | AGFiQ MultiAsset Income Allocation ETF |
Risk Rating Changes
Effective today, AGFI is also changing the risk rating for four ETFs, with three decreasing their risk rating and one increasing its risk rating.
| ETF Name | Previous Risk Rating | Revised Risk Rating |
| AGFiQ Global Multi-Sector Bond ETF (formerly AGFiQ Enhanced Core Global Multi-Sector Bond ETF) | Low to Medium | Low |
| AGFiQ Global Income ETF Portfolio (formerly AGFiQ MultiAsset Income Allocation ETF) | Low to Medium | Low |
| AGFiQ Global Equity ETF Portfolio (formerly AGFiQ Global Equity Rotation ETF) | Medium | Low to Medium |
| AGFiQ International Equity ETF (formerly AGFiQ Enhanced Core International Equity ETF) | Low to Medium | Medium |
As the ETFs have less than 10 years of performance history, the investment risk level of each ETF is calculated using the return history of the ETF and the return history of a reference index, which is expected to reasonably approximate the standard deviation of the ETF, for the remainder of the 10-year period.
No material changes have been made to the investment objectives, strategies or management of the ETFs.
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