Description
The aim is for the investment to track the performance before fees and expenses of the MSCI North America High Dividend Yield Index (Index). The Index is based on the MSCI North American Index (Parent Index), which is designed to reflect the performance of large and medium sized US and Canadian companies. The Index includes only securities that offer a higher than average dividend return relative to the parent index and that pass dividend sustainability screens: (a) securities included in the Index must have a dividend rate which is at least 30% higher than the dividend yield of the Parent Index; and (b) securities included in the Index must have sustainable dividend returns, meaning that securities are not considered for inclusion if they have a dividend payout that is either (i) extremely high (defined to be the top 5% of securities within the universe of securities with positive payout), (ii) zero or (iii) negative, and therefore future dividend payments might be in jeopardy.
