PSRE Stock Discussion

PowerShares FTSE RAFI Europe UCITS ETF Description

The investment seeks to track the price and performance yield, before fees and expenses, of the FTSE RAFI Europe index. The fund will achieve this by holding the shares from the index and their respective weightings, subject to the investment restrictions. It will invest in swaps and swaptions, options, FDIs, and in order to gain exposure to the components of the index or for cash management purposes, hold ancillary liquid assets such as cash, commercial paper and money market obligations such as short and medium-term treasury bills and treasury notes certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, and variable and floating rate instruments which are either of investment grade or are issued or guaranteed by a national government or its agencies.

Keywords: Bank Swaps FTSE Treasury Options Cash Management Paper Money Market Ftse Rafi Bankers Swaption