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NEW YORK - DWS announced Thursday the launch of the Xtrackers S&P 500 Diversified Sector Weight ETF (NASDAQ:SPXD), expanding its suite of rules-based ETFs aimed at modern portfolio construction needs.
The new fund, which began trading on NASDAQ today, tracks the S&P 500 Diversified Sector Weight Index, designed to mitigate concentration risk by reweighting the S&P 500 Index across sectors.
The ETF utilizes the Functional Information System framework developed by Syntax LLC, a financial data company working with S&P Dow Jones Indices, to reweight companies based on their business activities rather than traditional sector classifications.
"Investors are seeking allocation alternatives that avoid the concentration risks that we’re seeing in many large-cap benchmarks," said Salvador Gomez, Head of Xtrackers Sales Americas, in the press release announcing the launch.
The index methodology equally weights eight primary sectors, including Information, Energy, and Food, then applies hierarchical weighting through deeper classification layers. Companies are weighted based on the proportion of revenue generated within specific business activities, aiming to provide balanced sector exposure.
The fund will rebalance quarterly and carries a competitive expense ratio of 0.09%.
This addition expands the Xtrackers U.S. product suite to 41 funds with approximately $27 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2025. Globally, Xtrackers manages approximately €250 billion across more than 170 UCITS ETFs as of mid-July 2025. The fund offers a dividend yield of 1.28% and has gained 7.41% year-to-date. For more detailed analysis and exclusive insights, check out InvestingPro, which offers comprehensive ETF metrics and performance indicators.
DWS Group, the parent company, manages €1,010 billion in total assets as of March 31, 2025, according to the company’s statement.
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