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Global
X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF
NYSE
Arca: LIT |
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend®
EAFE ETF
NASDAQ:
EFAS |
Global
X SuperDividend®
ETF
NYSE
Arca: SDIV |
Global
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EBIZ |
Global
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NASDAQ:
SOCL |
Global
X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF
NASDAQ:
CEFA |
Global
X Guru®
Index ETF
NYSE
Arca: GURU |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF
NASDAQ:
QCLR |
Global
X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF
NYSE
Arca: SPFF |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk ETF
NASDAQ:
QTR |
Global
X SuperDividend®
U.S. ETF
NYSE
Arca: DIV |
Global
X S&P 500®
Collar 95-110 ETF
NYSE
Arca: XCLR |
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets ETF
NYSE
Arca: SDEM |
Global
X S&P 500®
Tail
Risk ETF
NYSE
Arca: XTR |
Global
X SuperDividend®
REIT ETF
NASDAQ:
SRET |
Global
X Disruptive Materials ETF
NASDAQ:
DMAT |
Global
X Renewable Energy Producers ETF
NASDAQ:
RNRG |
Global
X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF*
NASDAQ:
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Global
X S&P 500®
Catholic Values ETF
NASDAQ:
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Prospectus
March 1,
2024
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Not open for investment.
The
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has not approved or disapproved these
securities or passed upon the adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to
the contrary is a criminal offense.
Shares
in a Fund (defined below) are not guaranteed or insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or any other agency of the U.S. Government, nor are shares
deposits or obligations of any bank. Such shares in a Fund involve investment
risks, including the loss of principal.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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FUND
SUMMARIES |
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS |
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A
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF PRINCIPAL RISKS |
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A
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF OTHER RISKS |
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PORTFOLIO
HOLDINGS INFORMATION |
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FUND
MANAGEMENT |
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DISTRIBUTOR |
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BUYING
AND SELLING FUND SHARES |
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FREQUENT
TRADING |
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DISTRIBUTION
AND SERVICE PLAN |
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DIVIDENDS
AND DISTRIBUTIONS |
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TAXES |
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DETERMINATION
OF NET ASSET VALUE |
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PREMIUM/DISCOUNT
AND SHARE INFORMATION |
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TOTAL
RETURN INFORMATION |
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INFORMATION
REGARDING THE INDICES AND THE INDEX PROVIDERS |
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OTHER
SERVICE PROVIDERS |
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION |
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FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS |
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OTHER
INFORMATION |
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FUND
SUMMARIES
Global X Lithium &
Battery Tech ETF
Ticker:
LIT Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF ("Fund") seeks to provide investment
results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before
fees and expenses, of the Solactive Global Lithium Index ("Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.75% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.75% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
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Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
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$77 |
$240 |
$417 |
$930 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys
and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher
taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not
reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's
performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover
rate was 19.76% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Solactive
Global Lithium Index ("Underlying Index") and in American Depositary Receipts
("ADRs") and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on the securities in the
Underlying Index. The Fund also invests at least 80% of its total assets in
securities of companies that are economically tied to the lithium industry.
Companies economically tied to the lithium industry include those engaged in
lithium mining and lithium battery production. The Fund's 80% investment
policies are non-fundamental and require 60 days prior written notice to
shareholders before they can be changed. The Fund may lend securities
representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including
the value of the collateral received).
The
Underlying Index is designed to measure broad-based equity market performance of
global companies involved in the lithium industry, as defined by Solactive AG,
the provider of the Underlying Index ("Index Provider"). As of December 31,
2023, the Underlying Index had 40 constituents, 32 of which are foreign
companies. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be changed
without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider
determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and
publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index was concentrated in the chemicals industry and had significant
exposure to the industrials and materials
sectors.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
China
A-Shares Risk:
A-Shares are issued by companies incorporated in mainland China and are traded
on Chinese exchanges. Foreign investors can access A-Shares by obtaining a
Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor ("QFII") or a Renminbi Qualified
Foreign Institutional Investor ("RQFII") license, as well as through the Stock
Connect Program, which is a securities trading and clearing program with an aim
to achieve mutual stock market access between the China and Hong Kong markets.
Stock Connect was developed by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, the
Shanghai Stock Exchange ("SSE") (in the case of Shanghai Connect) or the
Shenzhen Stock Exchange ("SZSE") (in the case of Shenzhen Connect), and the
China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (“CSDCC”). The Fund
currently intends to gain exposure to A-Shares through the Stock Connect
Programs. Investments in A-Shares are subject to various regulations and limits,
and the recoupment or repatriation of assets invested in A-Shares is subject to
restrictions by the Chinese government. In addition, investors from outside
mainland China may face difficulties or prohibitions accessing certain A-Shares
that are part of a restricted list in countries such as the U.S. A-Shares may be
subject to frequent and widespread trading halts and may become illiquid.
Trading suspensions in certain stock could lead to greater market execution risk
and costs for the Fund, and the creation and redemption of Creation Units (as
defined below) may also be disrupted. These risks, among others, could adversely
affect the value of the Fund’s
investments.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Cash
Transaction Risk: Unlike most exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), the Fund intends to
effect a significant portion of creations and redemptions for cash, rather than
in-kind securities. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less
tax-efficient than an investment in a more conventional ETF. Moreover, cash
transactions may have to be carried out over several days if the securities
market is relatively illiquid and may involve considerable brokerage fees and
taxes. These factors may result in wider spreads between the bid and the offered
prices of the Fund’s Shares than for more conventional ETFs.
Commodity
Exposure Risk: The Fund invests in companies that are economically tied to the
lithium industry, which may be susceptible to fluctuations in the underlying
commodities market. Commodity prices may be influenced or characterized by
unpredictable factors, including, where applicable, high volatility, changes in
supply and demand relationships, weather, agriculture, trade, changes in
interest rates and monetary and other governmental policies, action and
inaction. Securities of companies held by the Fund that are dependent on a
single commodity, or are concentrated on a single commodity sector, may
typically exhibit even higher volatility attributable to commodity
prices.
Commodity
Price Relationship Risk:
The Underlying Index measures the performance of companies involved in the
lithium mining and lithium-ion battery industries and not the performance of the
price of lithium itself. The securities of companies involved in the lithium
industry may under- or over-perform the price of lithium over the short-term or
the long-term.
Currency
Risk: The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign
currencies. Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV
could decline if currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the
U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies.
Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and
unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without
warning, which could have a significant negative impact on the
Fund.
Custody
Risk: The Fund may hold foreign securities and cash with foreign banks,
agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund's custodian.
Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks
than investments in more developed markets. Less developed markets are more
likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the
holding of securities by local banks, agents and depositories.
Exposure
to Non-Lithium Markets Risk: Although the Fund invests a large percentage of its assets in the
securities of companies that are active in the exploration and/or mining of
lithium, these companies may derive a significant percentage of their profits
from other business activities including, for example, the production
of fertilizers and/or specialty and industrial chemicals. As a result, the
performance of these markets and the profits of these companies from such
activities may significantly impact the Fund’s
performance.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Chemicals Industry:
The chemicals industry can be significantly affected by intense competition,
product obsolescence, raw materials prices, and government regulation, and can
be subject to
risks associated with the production, handling and disposal of
hazardous components, and litigation arising out of environmental
contamination.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Exploration Industry:
The exploration and development of mineral deposits involve significant
financial risks over a significant period of time, which even a combination of
careful evaluation, experience and knowledge may not eliminate. Few properties
which are explored are ultimately developed into producing mines. Major
expenditures may be required to establish reserves by drilling and to construct
mining and processing facilities at a site. In addition, mineral exploration
companies typically operate at a loss and are dependent on securing equity
and/or debt financing, which might be more difficult to secure for an
exploration company than for a more established
counterpart.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Industrials Sector: Companies in the industrials sector are subject to fluctuations in
supply and demand for their specific product or service. The products of
manufacturing companies may face product obsolescence due to rapid technological
developments. Government regulation, world events and economic conditions affect
the performance of companies in the industrials sector. Companies also may be
adversely affected by environmental damage and product liability claims.
Companies in the Industrial Sector face increased risk from trade agreements
between countries that develop these technologies and countries in which
customers of these technologies are based. Lack of resolution or potential
imposition of trade tariffs may hinder the companies’ ability to successfully
deploy their inventories.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Lithium-Ion Battery
Industry: Securities in the Fund’s portfolio involved in the manufacturing of
lithium-ion batteries are subject to the effects of price fluctuations of
traditional and alternative sources of energy, developments in battery and
alternative energy technology, the possibility that government subsidies for
alternative energy will be eliminated and the possibility that lithium-ion
technology is not suitable for widespread adoption.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Materials Sector:
Companies in the materials sector are affected by commodity price volatility,
exchange rates, import controls and worldwide competition. At times, worldwide
production of industrial materials has exceeded demand, leading to poor
investment returns or outright losses. Issuers in the materials sector are at
risk of depletion of resources, technological progress, labor relations,
governmental regulations and environmental damage and product liability
claims.
Foreign
Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign
securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than
U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers
(including investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global
Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing
in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or
nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S.
securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities
of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic
events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political
or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security
traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other factors, increasing
price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the
security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may
lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities
trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are
listed and trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from
the security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the
Fund’s domestic trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Australia: Investments
in Australian issuers may subject the Fund to regulatory, political, currency,
security, and economic risk specific to Australia. The Australian economy is
heavily dependent on exports from the energy, agricultural and mining sectors.
This makes the Australian economy susceptible to fluctuations in the commodity
markets. Australia is also dependent on trading with key trading
partners.
Risk
of Investing in Chile: Investments
in Chilean issuers involve risks that are specific to Chile, including legal,
regulatory, political, currency, environmental and economic risks. Among other
things, the Chilean economy is heavily dependent on the export of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in China:
Investment exposure to China subjects the Fund to risks specific to China.
Economic,
Political and Social Risk
China
may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social
instability. Concerns about the rising government and household debt levels
could impact the stability of the Chinese economy. China is an emerging market
and demonstrates significantly higher volatility from time to time in comparison
to developed markets. Over the last few decades, the Chinese government has
undertaken reform of economic and market practices, including recent reforms to
liberalize its capital markets and expand the sphere for private ownership of
property in China. However, Chinese markets generally continue to experience
inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies resulting from governmental
influence, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social
instability. Chinese companies are also subject to the risk that Chinese
authorities can intervene in their operations and structure. Internal social
unrest or confrontations with other neighboring countries, including military
conflicts in response to such events, may also disrupt economic development in
China and result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency
convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation.
China
has experienced major health crises. These health crises include, but are not
limited to, the rapid and pandemic spread of novel viruses commonly known as
SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Such health crises could exacerbate
political, social, and economic risks previously mentioned.
Export
growth continues to be a major driver of China’s rapid economic growth. Elevated
trade tensions between China and its trading partners, including the imposition
of U.S. tariffs on certain Chinese goods and increased international pressure
related to Chinese trade policy and forced technology transfers and intellectual
property protections, may have a substantial impact on the Chinese economy.
Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, institution of
additional tariffs or other trade barriers (including as a result of heightened
trade tensions between China and the U.S. or in response to actual or alleged
Chinese cyber activity), or a downturn in any of the economies of China’s key
trading partners may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy. The
continuation or worsening of the current political climate between China and the
U.S. could result in additional regulatory restrictions being contemplated or
imposed in the U.S. or in China that could impact the Fund’s ability to invest
in certain companies.
Security
Risk
China
has experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Additionally, China is alleged to have participated in
state-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign companies and foreign governments.
Actual and threatened responses to such activity, including purchasing
restrictions, sanctions, tariffs or cyberattacks on the Chinese government or
Chinese companies, may impact China’s economy and Chinese issuers of securities
in which the Fund invests. Incidents involving China’s or the region’s security,
including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may cause uncertainty
in Chinese markets and may adversely affect the Chinese economy and the Fund’s
investments.
Heavy
Government Control and Regulation
Chinese
companies, including Chinese companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges, are
not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting standards
or auditor oversight as companies in more developed countries, and as a result,
information about the Chinese securities in which the Fund invests may be less
reliable or complete. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining
information necessary for investigations into or litigation against Chinese
companies and shareholders may have limited legal remedies. Investments in China
may be subject to loss due to expropriation or nationalization of assets and
property or the imposition of restrictions on foreign investments and
repatriation of capital. Furthermore, government actions against leaders or
other key figures within companies, or speculation about such actions, may lead
to sudden and unpredictable falls in the value of securities within the
Fund.
Tax
Risk
China
has implemented a number of tax reforms in recent years and may amend or revise
its existing tax laws and/or procedures in the future, possibly with retroactive
effect. Changes in applicable Chinese tax law could reduce the after-tax profits
of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits
of companies in China in which the Fund invests. Uncertainties in Chinese tax
rules could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. Should
legislation limit U.S. investors’ ability to invest in specific Chinese
companies through A-shares or other share class listings that are part of the
underlying holdings, these shares may be excluded from Fund
holdings.
Special
Risk Considerations of Investing in China – Variable Interest Entity
Investments
For
purposes of raising capital offshore on exchanges outside of China, including on
U.S. exchanges, many Chinese-based operating companies are structured as
Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). In this structure, the Chinese-based
operating company is the VIE and establishes a shell company in a foreign
jurisdiction, such as the Cayman Islands. The shell company lists on a foreign
exchange and enters into contractual arrangements with the VIE. This structure
allows Chinese companies in which the Chinese government restricts foreign
ownership to raise capital from foreign investors. While the shell company has
no equity ownership of the VIE, these contractual arrangements permit the shell
company to consolidate the VIE’s financial statements with its own for
accounting purposes and provide for economic exposure to the performance of the
underlying Chinese operating company.
Therefore,
an investor in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, will have exposure to
the Chinese-based operating company only through contractual arrangements and
has no ownership in the Chinese-based operating company. Furthermore, because
the shell company only has specific rights provided for in these service
agreements with the VIE, its abilities to control the activities at the
Chinese-based operating company are limited and the operating company may engage
in activities that negatively impact investment value.
While
the VIE structure has been widely adopted, it is not formally recognized under
Chinese law and therefore there is a risk that the Chinese government could
prohibit the existence of such structures or negatively impact the VIE’s
contractual arrangements with the listed shell company by making them invalid.
If these contracts were found to be unenforceable under Chinese law, investors
in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, may suffer significant losses
with little or no recourse available. If the Chinese government determines that
the agreements establishing the VIE structures do not comply with Chinese law
and regulations, including those related to restrictions on foreign ownership,
it could subject a Chinese-based issuer to penalties, revocation of business and
operating licenses, or forfeiture of ownership interest. In addition, the listed
shell company’s control over a VIE may also be jeopardized if a natural person
who holds the equity interest in the VIE breaches the terms of the agreement, is
subject to legal proceedings or if any physical instruments for authenticating
documentation, such as chops and seals, are used without the Chinese-based
issuer’s authorization to enter into contractual arrangements in China. Chops
and seals, which are carved stamps used to sign documents, represent a legally
binding commitment by the company. Moreover, any future regulatory action may
prohibit the ability of the shell company to receive the economic benefits of
the Chinese-based operating company, which may cause the value of the Fund’s
investment in the listed shell company to suffer a significant loss. For
example, in 2021, the Chinese government prohibited use of the VIE structure for
investment in after-school tutoring companies. There is no guarantee that the
Chinese government will not place similar restrictions on other
industries.
Chinese
equities that utilize the VIE structure to list in the U.S. as ADRs face the
risk of regulatory action from U.S. authorities, including the risk of
delisting. This will depend in part on whether U.S. regulatory authorities are
satisfied with their access to mainland China and Hong Kong for the purpose of
conducting inspections on the quality of audits for these companies. Although
the U.S. and China reached an agreement in September 2022 to grant the U.S.
access for such inspections, there is no guarantee that the agreement will be
enforced or that U.S. regulatory authorities will continue to feel satisfied
with their access.
Risk
of Investing in Emerging Markets:
The Fund targets lithium companies globally and is expected to invest in
securities in emerging market countries. Investments in emerging markets may be
subject to a greater risk of loss than investments in developed markets.
Securities markets of emerging market countries are less liquid, subject to
greater price volatility, have smaller market capitalizations, have less
government regulation, and are not subject to as extensive and frequent
accounting, financial, and other reporting requirements as the securities
markets of more developed countries, and there may be greater risk associated
with the custody of securities in emerging markets. It may be difficult or
impossible for the Fund to pursue claims against an emerging market issuer in
the courts of an emerging market country.
There may be significant obstacles to obtaining information
necessary for investigations into or litigation against emerging market
companies and shareholders may have limited legal rights and remedies. Emerging
markets may be more likely to experience inflation, political turmoil and rapid
changes in economic conditions than more developed markets. Emerging market
economies’ exposure to specific industries, such as tourism, and lack of
efficient or sufficient health care systems, could make these economies
especially vulnerable to global crises, including but not limited to, pandemics
such as the global COVID-19 pandemic. Certain emerging market countries may have
privatized, or have begun the process of privatizing, certain entities and
industries. Privatized entities may lose money or be
re-nationalized.
Risk
of Investing in South Korea: Investments
in South Korean issuers may subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political,
currency, security, and economic risks that are specific to South Korea. In
addition, economic and political developments of South Korea’s neighbors,
including escalated tensions involving North Korea and any outbreak of
hostilities involving North Korea, or even the threat of an outbreak of
hostilities, may have a severe adverse effect on the South Korean
economy.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk: To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the
underlying security (i.e., the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market).
These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that
may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds
("ETFs").
Investable
Universe of Companies Risk:
The investable universe of companies in which the Fund may invest may be
limited. If a company no longer meets the Index Provider’s criteria for
inclusion in the Underlying Index, the Fund may need to reduce or eliminate its
holdings in that company. The reduction or elimination of the Fund’s holdings in
the company may have an adverse impact on the liquidity of the Fund’s overall
portfolio holdings and on Fund performance.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Non-Diversification
Risk:
The Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses
on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and may make
the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk:
The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold securities
not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment strategy, the
implementation of which is subject to a number of
constraints, may cause the Fund to underperform the market or its
relevant benchmark or adversely affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its
investment objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does not. ETFs that track
indices with significant weight in emerging markets issuers may experience
higher tracking error than other ETFs that do not track such
indices.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an exchange.
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because the Fund
invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Risks
Related to Stock Connect Programs: The Stock Connect Programs are subject to daily and aggregate quota
limitations, which could affect the Fund’s ability to enter into and exit Stock
Connect positions on a timely basis. The Shenzen and Shanghai markets may
operate when the Stock Connect Programs are not active, and consequently the
prices of shares held via Stock Connect Programs may fluctuate at times when the
Fund is unable to add to or exit its positions. The Stock Connect Programs are
new, and the effect of the introduction of large numbers of foreign investors on
the market for trading Chinese-listed securities is not well understood.
Regulations, such as limitations on redemptions or suspension of trading, may
adversely impact the value of the Fund’s investments. The Fund's investments in
A-Shares though the Stock Connect Program are held by its custodian in accounts
in Central Clearing and Settlement System ("CCASS") maintained by the Hong Kong
Securities Clearing Company Limited ("HKSCC"), which in turn holds the A-Shares,
as the nominee holder, through an omnibus securities account in its name
registered with the CSDCC. The precise nature and rights of the Fund as the
beneficial owner of the SSE Securities or SZSE Securities through HKSCC as
nominee is not well defined under Chinese law. There is no guarantee that the
Shenzen, Shanghai, and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges will continue to support the
Stock Connect Programs in the future.
Securities
Lending Risk: Securities lending involves a risk of loss because the borrower may
fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. If the Fund is not
able to recover the securities loaned, it may sell the collateral and purchase a
replacement security in the market. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to
the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the loaned securities
increases and the collateral is not increased accordingly. Additionally, the
Fund will bear any loss on the investment of cash collateral it receives. These
events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund. As securities
on loan may not be voted by the Fund, there is a risk that the Fund may not be
able to recall the securities in sufficient time to vote on material proxy
matters.
Tax
Status Risk: The
Fund intends to pay dividends each taxable year to enable it to continue to
satisfy the distribution requirements necessary to qualify for treatment as a
regulated investment company ("RIC"). If the Fund were to distribute to its
shareholders less than the minimum amount required for any year, the Fund would
become subject to federal income tax for that year on all of its taxable income
and recognized gains, even those distributed to its shareholders. In addition,
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the Fund may
not earn more than 10% of its annual gross income from gains resulting from the
sale of commodities and precious metals. This could make it more difficult for
the Fund to pursue its investment strategy and maintain qualification as a RIC.
In lieu of potential disqualification as a RIC, the Fund is permitted to pay a
tax for certain failures to satisfy this income requirement, which, in general,
are limited to those due to reasonable cause and not willful
neglect.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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12/31/2020 |
55.63% |
Worst
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3/31/2020 |
-20.32% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2023 |
Ten
Years Ended December 31. 2023 |
Global
X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
-11.85% |
14.67% |
8.47% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
-12.03% |
14.42% |
8.05% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund
Shares1 |
-6.81% |
11.80% |
6.76% |
Solactive
Global Lithium Index (net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
-11.56% |
14.91% |
8.85% |
MSCI
ACWI Index (net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
22.20% |
11.72% |
7.93% |
1 After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2018.
Mr. Xie has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019. Ms. Yang
has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global
X SuperDividend®
ETF
Ticker:
SDIV Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X SuperDividend®
ETF ("Fund") seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Global
SuperDividend®
Index ("Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.58% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.58% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$59 |
$186 |
$324 |
$726 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys
and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher
taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not
reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's
performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover
rate was 91.59% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Solactive
Global SuperDividend®
Index ("Underlying Index") and in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and
Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on the securities in the Underlying
Index. The Fund's 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days
prior written notice to shareholders before it can be changed. The Fund may lend
securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets
(including the value of the collateral received).
The
Underlying Index tracks the performance of 100 equally-weighted companies that
rank among the highest dividend yielding equity securities in the world,
including emerging market countries, as defined by Solactive AG, the provider of
the Underlying Index ("Index Provider"). The Fund's investment objective and
Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider
determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and
publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index had significant exposure to the financials
sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values
may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions.
Real
Estate Stocks and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Investment
Risk: The Fund may have exposure to
companies that invest in real estate, such as REITs, which exposes investors in
the Fund to the risks of owning real estate directly, as well as to risks that
relate specifically to the way in which real estate companies are organized and
operated. Real estate is highly sensitive to general and local economic
conditions and developments and characterized by intense competition and
periodic overbuilding. Many real estate companies, including REITs, utilize
leverage (and some may be highly leveraged), which increases risk and could
adversely affect a real estate company's operations and market value in periods
of rising interest rates.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Compared to mid- and
large-capitalization companies, small-capitalization companies may be less
stable and more susceptible to adverse developments, and their securities may be
more volatile and less liquid.
Credit
Risk: Credit
risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of the security will not be able
to make principal and interest payments when due. Changes in an issuer’s credit
rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may also
affect the value of the Fund’s investment in that issuer. Securities rated in
the four highest categories by the rating agencies are considered investment
grade but they may also have some speculative characteristics. Investment grade
ratings do not guarantee that bonds will not lose
value.
Currency
Risk: The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign
currencies. Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV
could decline if currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the
U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies.
Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and
unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without
warning, which could have a significant negative impact on the
Fund.
Custody
Risk: The Fund may hold foreign securities and cash with foreign banks,
agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund's custodian.
Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks
than investments in more developed markets. Less developed markets are more
likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the
holding of securities by local banks, agents and depositories.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Financials Sector: Performance
of companies in the financials sector may be adversely impacted by many factors,
including, among others, government regulations, economic conditions, credit
rating downgrades, changes in interest rates, and decreased liquidity in credit
markets. This sector has experienced significant losses in the past, and the
impact of more stringent capital requirements and of current or future
regulation on any individual financial company or on the sector as a whole
cannot be predicted. In recent years, cyber-attacks and technology malfunctions
and failures have become increasingly frequent in this sector and have caused
significant losses to companies in this sector, which may negatively impact the
Fund.
Foreign
Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign
securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than
U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers
(including investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global
Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing
in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or
nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S.
securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities
of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic
events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political
or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security
traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other factors, increasing
price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the
security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may
lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities
trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are
listed and trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from
the security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the
Fund’s domestic trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Brazil: Investment
in Brazilian issuers involves risks that are specific to Brazil, including
legal, regulatory, political and economic risks. The Brazilian economy has
historically been exposed to high rates of inflation, debt, corruption, and
violence, each of which may reduce and/or prevent economic
growth.
Risk
of Investing in China:
Investment exposure to China subjects the Fund to risks specific to China.
Economic,
Political and Social Risk
China
may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social
instability. Concerns about the rising government and household debt levels
could impact the stability of the Chinese economy. China is an emerging market
and demonstrates significantly higher volatility from time to time in comparison
to developed markets. Over the last few decades, the Chinese government has
undertaken reform of economic and market practices, including recent reforms to
liberalize its capital markets and expand the sphere for private ownership of
property in China. However, Chinese markets generally continue to experience
inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies resulting from governmental
influence, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social
instability. Chinese companies are also subject to the risk that Chinese
authorities can intervene in their operations and structure. Internal social
unrest or confrontations with other neighboring countries, including military
conflicts in response to such events, may also disrupt economic development in
China and result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency
convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation.
China
has experienced major health crises. These health crises include, but are not
limited to, the rapid and pandemic spread of novel viruses commonly known as
SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Such health crises could exacerbate
political, social, and economic risks previously mentioned.
Export
growth continues to be a major driver of China’s rapid economic growth. Elevated
trade tensions between China and its trading partners, including the imposition
of U.S. tariffs on certain Chinese goods and increased international pressure
related to Chinese trade policy and forced technology transfers and intellectual
property protections, may have a substantial impact on the Chinese economy.
Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, institution of
additional tariffs or other trade barriers (including as a result of heightened
trade tensions between China and the U.S. or in response to actual or alleged
Chinese cyber activity), or a downturn in any of the economies of China’s key
trading partners may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy. The
continuation or worsening of the current political climate between China and the
U.S. could result in additional regulatory restrictions being contemplated or
imposed in the U.S. or in China that could impact the Fund’s ability to invest
in certain companies.
Security
Risk
China
has experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Additionally, China is alleged to have participated in
state-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign companies and foreign governments.
Actual and threatened responses to such activity, including purchasing
restrictions, sanctions, tariffs or cyberattacks on the Chinese government or
Chinese companies, may impact China’s economy and Chinese issuers of securities
in which the Fund invests. Incidents involving China’s or the region’s security,
including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may cause uncertainty
in Chinese markets and may adversely affect the Chinese economy and the Fund’s
investments.
Heavy
Government Control and Regulation
Chinese
companies, including Chinese companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges, are
not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting standards
or auditor oversight as companies in more developed countries, and as a result,
information about the Chinese securities in which the Fund invests may be less
reliable or complete. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining
information necessary for investigations into or litigation against Chinese
companies and shareholders may have limited legal remedies. Investments in China
may be subject to loss due to expropriation or nationalization of assets and
property or the imposition of restrictions on foreign investments and
repatriation of capital. Furthermore, government actions against leaders or
other key figures within companies, or speculation about such actions, may lead
to sudden and unpredictable falls in the value of securities within the
Fund.
Tax
Risk
China
has implemented a number of tax reforms in recent years and may amend or revise
its existing tax laws and/or procedures in the future, possibly with retroactive
effect. Changes in applicable Chinese tax law could reduce the after-tax profits
of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits
of companies in China in which the Fund invests. Uncertainties in Chinese tax
rules could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. Should
legislation limit U.S. investors’ ability to invest in specific Chinese
companies through A-shares or other share class listings that are part of the
underlying holdings, these shares may be excluded from Fund
holdings.
Special
Risk Considerations of Investing in China – Variable Interest Entity
Investments
For
purposes of raising capital offshore on exchanges outside of China, including on
U.S. exchanges, many Chinese-based operating companies are structured as
Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). In this structure, the Chinese-based
operating company is the VIE and establishes a shell company in a foreign
jurisdiction, such as the Cayman Islands. The shell company lists on a foreign
exchange and enters into contractual arrangements with the VIE. This structure
allows Chinese companies in which the Chinese government restricts foreign
ownership to raise capital from foreign
investors.
While the shell company has no equity ownership of the VIE, these contractual
arrangements permit the shell company to consolidate the VIE’s financial
statements with its own for accounting purposes and provide for economic
exposure to the performance of the underlying Chinese operating
company.
Therefore,
an investor in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, will have exposure to
the Chinese-based operating company only through contractual arrangements and
has no ownership in the Chinese-based operating company. Furthermore, because
the shell company only has specific rights provided for in these service
agreements with the VIE, its abilities to control the activities at the
Chinese-based operating company are limited and the operating company may engage
in activities that negatively impact investment value.
While
the VIE structure has been widely adopted, it is not formally recognized under
Chinese law and therefore there is a risk that the Chinese government could
prohibit the existence of such structures or negatively impact the VIE’s
contractual arrangements with the listed shell company by making them invalid.
If these contracts were found to be unenforceable under Chinese law, investors
in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, may suffer significant losses
with little or no recourse available. If the Chinese government determines that
the agreements establishing the VIE structures do not comply with Chinese law
and regulations, including those related to restrictions on foreign ownership,
it could subject a Chinese-based issuer to penalties, revocation of business and
operating licenses, or forfeiture of ownership interest. In addition, the listed
shell company’s control over a VIE may also be jeopardized if a natural person
who holds the equity interest in the VIE breaches the terms of the agreement, is
subject to legal proceedings or if any physical instruments for authenticating
documentation, such as chops and seals, are used without the Chinese-based
issuer’s authorization to enter into contractual arrangements in China. Chops
and seals, which are carved stamps used to sign documents, represent a legally
binding commitment by the company. Moreover, any future regulatory action may
prohibit the ability of the shell company to receive the economic benefits of
the Chinese-based operating company, which may cause the value of the Fund’s
investment in the listed shell company to suffer a significant loss. For
example, in 2021, the Chinese government prohibited use of the VIE structure for
investment in after-school tutoring companies. There is no guarantee that the
Chinese government will not place similar restrictions on other
industries.
Chinese
equities that utilize the VIE structure to list in the U.S. as ADRs face the
risk of regulatory action from U.S. authorities, including the risk of
delisting. This will depend in part on whether U.S. regulatory authorities are
satisfied with their access to mainland China and Hong Kong for the purpose of
conducting inspections on the quality of audits for these companies. Although
the U.S. and China reached an agreement in September 2022 to grant the U.S.
access for such inspections, there is no guarantee that the agreement will be
enforced or that U.S. regulatory authorities will continue to feel satisfied
with their access.
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets: The
Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in Emerging Markets:
Investments in emerging markets may be subject to a greater risk of loss than
investments in developed markets. Securities markets of emerging market
countries are less liquid, subject to greater price volatility, have smaller
market capitalizations, have less government regulation, and are not subject to
as extensive and frequent accounting, financial, and other reporting
requirements as the securities markets of more developed countries, and there
may be greater risk associated with the custody of securities in emerging
markets. It may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to pursue claims against
an emerging market issuer in the courts of an emerging market
country.
There
may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for
investigations into or litigation against emerging market companies and
shareholders may have limited legal rights and remedies. Emerging markets may be
more likely to experience inflation, political turmoil and rapid changes in
economic conditions than more developed markets. Emerging market economies’
exposure to specific industries, such as tourism, and lack of efficient or
sufficient health care systems, could make these economies especially vulnerable
to global crises, including but not limited to, pandemics such as the global
COVID-19 pandemic. Certain emerging market countries may have privatized, or
have begun the process of privatizing, certain entities and industries.
Privatized entities may lose money or be
re-nationalized.
Risk
of Investing in South Africa: Investing
in South African securities involves significant risks, including legal,
regulatory and economic risks specific to South Africa. Among other
considerations, South Africa’s economy is
heavily
dependent on its agriculture and mining sectors, and, thus, susceptible to
fluctuations in the commodity
markets.
High
Dividend Yield Stocks Risk: High-yielding stocks are often speculative, high risk investments.
These companies may be paying out more than they can support and may reduce
their dividends or stop paying dividends at any time, which could have a
material adverse effect on the stock price of these companies and the Fund’s
performance. Securities that pay dividends, as a group, can fall out of favor
with the market, potentially during periods of rising interest rates, causing
such companies to underperform companies that do not pay
dividends.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk: To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the
underlying security (i.e., the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market).
These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that
may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds
("ETFs").
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does not. ETFs that track
indices with significant weight in emerging markets issuers may experience
higher tracking error than other ETFs that do not track such
indices.
Prepayment
Risk: When interest rates fall, certain obligations will be paid off by
the obligor more quickly than originally anticipated, and the Fund may have to
invest the proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an exchange.
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because the Fund
invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Securities
Lending Risk: Securities lending involves a risk of loss because the borrower may
fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. If the Fund is not
able to recover the securities loaned, it may sell the collateral and purchase a
replacement security in the market. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to
the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the loaned securities
increases and the collateral is not increased accordingly. Additionally, the
Fund will bear any loss on the investment of cash collateral it receives. These
events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund. As securities
on loan may not be voted by the Fund, there is a risk that the Fund may not be
able to recall the securities in sufficient time to vote on material proxy
matters.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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12/31/2020 |
23.61% |
Worst
Quarter: |
3/31/2020 |
-46.59% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2023 |
Ten
Years Ended December 31. 2023 |
Global
X SuperDividend®
ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
5.53% |
-6.41% |
-2.86% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
2.38% |
-8.95% |
-5.21% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
3.92% |
-5.16% |
-2.38% |
Solactive
Global SuperDividend®
Index
(net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
6.33% |
-6.70% |
-3.07% |
MSCI
ACWI Index (net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
22.20% |
11.72% |
7.93% |
1 After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2018.
Mr. Xie has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019. Ms. Yang
has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global X Social Media
ETF
Ticker:
SOCL Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X Social Media ETF seeks to provide investment results that correspond
generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the
Solactive Social Media Total Return Index ("Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.65% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.65% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$66 |
$208 |
$362 |
$810 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys
and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher
taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not
reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's
performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover
rate was 29.09% of the average value of the
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the
Solactive Social Media Total Return Index ("Underlying Index") and in American
Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on
the securities in the Underlying Index. The Fund's 80% investment policy is
non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders before
it can be changed. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of
the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the value of the collateral
received).
The
Underlying Index tracks the equity performance of the largest and most liquid
companies involved in the social media industry, including companies that
provide social networking, file sharing, and other web-based media applications,
as defined by Solactive AG, the provider of the Underlying Index ("Index
Provider"). As of December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index had 43
constituents, 17 of which are foreign companies. The Fund's investment objective
and Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider
determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and
publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index was concentrated in the interactive media and services industry
and had significant exposure to the communication services
sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in Social Media Companies:
The Fund invests in securities of social media companies, including companies
that provide social networking, file sharing, and other web-based media
applications. The risks related to investing in such companies include
disruption in service caused by hardware or software failure, interruptions or
delays in service by third-party data center hosting facilities and maintenance
providers, security breaches involving certain private, sensitive, proprietary
and confidential information managed and transmitted by social media companies,
and privacy concerns and laws, evolving Internet regulation and other foreign or
domestic regulations that may limit or otherwise affect the operations of such
companies. Additionally, the collection of data from consumers and other sources
could face increased scrutiny as regulators consider how the data is collected,
stored, safeguarded and used. Furthermore, the business models employed by the
companies in the social media industry may not prove to be successful. Through
its portfolio companies’ customers and suppliers, the Fund is exposed to
Asian
Economic Risk and
European
Economic Risk.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk:
Mid-capitalization companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading
volume and less liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition,
mid-capitalization companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines,
less management depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service
markets, fewer financial resources and less competitive strength than
large-capitalization companies.
Currency
Risk: The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign
currencies. Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV
could decline if currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the
U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies.
Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and
unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without
warning, which could have a significant negative impact on the
Fund.
Custody
Risk: The Fund may hold foreign securities and cash with foreign banks,
agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund's custodian.
Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks
than investments in more developed markets. Less developed markets are more
likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the
holding of securities by local banks, agents and depositories.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Communication Services Sector: Companies
in the communication services sector may be affected by industry competition,
substantial capital requirements, government regulation, cyclicality of revenues
and earnings, obsolescence of communications products and services due to
technological advancement, a potential decrease in the discretionary income of
targeted individuals and changing consumer tastes and
interests.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Interactive Media and Services Industry:
The
success of the interactive media and services industry may be tied closely to
the performance of the overall domestic and global economy, interest rates,
competition and consumer confidence. Success depends heavily on disposable
household income and consumer spending. Also, companies in the interactive media
and services industry may be subject to severe competition, which may have an
adverse impact on their respective profitability. Changes in demographics and
consumer tastes can also affect the demand for, and success of, interactive
media and services in the
marketplace.
Foreign
Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign
securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than
U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers
(including investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global
Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing
in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or
nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S.
securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities
of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic
events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political
or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security
traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other factors, increasing
price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the
security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may
lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities
trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are
listed and trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from
the security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the
Fund’s domestic trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in China:
Investment exposure to China subjects the Fund to risks specific to China.
Economic,
Political and Social Risk
China
may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social
instability. Concerns about the rising government and household debt levels
could impact the stability of the Chinese economy. China is an emerging market
and demonstrates significantly higher volatility from time to time in comparison
to developed markets. Over the last few decades, the Chinese government has
undertaken reform of economic and market practices, including recent reforms to
liberalize its capital markets and expand the sphere for private ownership of
property in China. However, Chinese markets generally continue to experience
inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies resulting from governmental
influence, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social
instability. Chinese companies are also subject to the risk that Chinese
authorities can intervene in their operations and structure. Internal social
unrest or confrontations with other neighboring countries, including military
conflicts in response to such events, may also disrupt economic development in
China and result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency
convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation.
China
has experienced major health crises. These health crises include, but are not
limited to, the rapid and pandemic spread of novel viruses commonly known as
SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Such health crises could exacerbate
political, social, and economic risks previously mentioned.
Export
growth continues to be a major driver of China’s rapid economic growth. Elevated
trade tensions between China and its trading partners, including the imposition
of U.S. tariffs on certain Chinese goods and increased international pressure
related to Chinese trade policy and forced technology transfers and intellectual
property protections, may have a substantial impact on the Chinese economy.
Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, institution of
additional tariffs or other trade barriers (including as a result of heightened
trade tensions between China and the U.S. or in response to actual or alleged
Chinese cyber activity), or a downturn in any of the economies of China’s key
trading partners may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy. The
continuation or worsening of the current political climate between China and the
U.S. could result in additional regulatory restrictions being contemplated or
imposed in the U.S. or in China that could impact the Fund’s ability to invest
in certain companies.
Security
Risk
China
has experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Additionally, China is alleged to have participated in
state-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign companies and foreign governments.
Actual and threatened responses to such activity, including purchasing
restrictions, sanctions, tariffs or cyberattacks on the Chinese government or
Chinese companies, may impact China’s economy and Chinese issuers of securities
in which the Fund invests. Incidents involving China’s or the region’s security,
including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may cause uncertainty
in Chinese markets and may adversely affect the Chinese economy and the Fund’s
investments.
Heavy
Government Control and Regulation
Chinese
companies, including Chinese companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges, are
not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting standards
or auditor oversight as companies in more developed countries, and as a result,
information about the Chinese securities in which the Fund invests may be less
reliable or complete. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining
information necessary for investigations into or litigation against Chinese
companies and shareholders may have limited legal remedies. Investments in China
may be subject to loss due to expropriation or nationalization of assets and
property or the imposition of restrictions on foreign investments and
repatriation of capital. Furthermore, government actions against leaders or
other key figures within companies, or speculation about such actions, may lead
to sudden and unpredictable falls in the value of securities within the
Fund.
Tax
Risk
China
has implemented a number of tax reforms in recent years and may amend or revise
its existing tax laws and/or procedures in the future, possibly with retroactive
effect. Changes in applicable Chinese tax law could reduce the after-tax profits
of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits
of companies in China in which the Fund invests. Uncertainties in Chinese tax
rules could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. Should
legislation limit U.S. investors’ ability to invest in specific Chinese
companies through A-shares or other share class listings that are part of the
underlying holdings, these shares may be excluded from Fund
holdings.
Special
Risk Considerations of Investing in China – Variable Interest Entity
Investments
For
purposes of raising capital offshore on exchanges outside of China, including on
U.S. exchanges, many Chinese-based operating companies are structured as
Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). In this structure, the Chinese-based
operating company is the VIE and establishes a shell company in a foreign
jurisdiction, such as the Cayman Islands. The shell company lists on a foreign
exchange and enters into contractual arrangements with the VIE. This structure
allows Chinese companies in which the Chinese government restricts foreign
ownership to raise capital from foreign investors. While the shell company has
no equity ownership of the VIE, these contractual arrangements permit the
shell
company to consolidate the VIE’s financial statements with its own for
accounting purposes and provide for economic exposure to the performance of the
underlying Chinese operating company.
Therefore,
an investor in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, will have exposure to
the Chinese-based operating company only through contractual arrangements and
has no ownership in the Chinese-based operating company. Furthermore, because
the shell company only has specific rights provided for in these service
agreements with the VIE, its abilities to control the activities at the
Chinese-based operating company are limited and the operating company may engage
in activities that negatively impact investment value.
While
the VIE structure has been widely adopted, it is not formally recognized under
Chinese law and therefore there is a risk that the Chinese government could
prohibit the existence of such structures or negatively impact the VIE’s
contractual arrangements with the listed shell company by making them invalid.
If these contracts were found to be unenforceable under Chinese law, investors
in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, may suffer significant losses
with little or no recourse available. If the Chinese government determines that
the agreements establishing the VIE structures do not comply with Chinese law
and regulations, including those related to restrictions on foreign ownership,
it could subject a Chinese-based issuer to penalties, revocation of business and
operating licenses, or forfeiture of ownership interest. In addition, the listed
shell company’s control over a VIE may also be jeopardized if a natural person
who holds the equity interest in the VIE breaches the terms of the agreement, is
subject to legal proceedings or if any physical instruments for authenticating
documentation, such as chops and seals, are used without the Chinese-based
issuer’s authorization to enter into contractual arrangements in China. Chops
and seals, which are carved stamps used to sign documents, represent a legally
binding commitment by the company. Moreover, any future regulatory action may
prohibit the ability of the shell company to receive the economic benefits of
the Chinese-based operating company, which may cause the value of the Fund’s
investment in the listed shell company to suffer a significant loss. For
example, in 2021, the Chinese government prohibited use of the VIE structure for
investment in after-school tutoring companies. There is no guarantee that the
Chinese government will not place similar restrictions on other
industries.
Chinese equities that utilize the VIE structure to list in the U.S.
as ADRs face the risk of regulatory action from U.S. authorities, including the
risk of delisting. This will depend in part on whether U.S. regulatory
authorities are satisfied with their access to mainland China and Hong Kong for
the purpose of conducting inspections on the quality of audits for these
companies. Although the U.S. and China reached an agreement in September 2022 to
grant the U.S. access for such inspections, there is no guarantee that the
agreement will be enforced or that U.S. regulatory authorities will continue to
feel satisfied with their access. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund had
significant exposure to VIEs, as defined above.
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets: The
Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in Emerging Markets:
The Fund targets social media companies globally and is expected to invest in
securities in emerging market countries. Investments in emerging markets may be
subject to a greater risk of loss than investments in developed markets.
Securities markets of emerging market countries are less liquid, subject to
greater price volatility, have smaller market capitalizations, have less
government regulation, and are not subject to as extensive and frequent
accounting, financial, and other reporting requirements as the securities
markets of more developed countries, and there may be greater risk associated
with the custody of securities in emerging markets. It may be difficult or
impossible for the Fund to pursue claims against an emerging market issuer in
the courts of an emerging market country.
There
may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for
investigations into or litigation against emerging market companies and
shareholders may have limited legal rights and remedies. Emerging markets may be
more likely to experience inflation, political turmoil and rapid changes in
economic conditions than more developed markets. Emerging market economies’
exposure to specific industries, such as tourism, and lack of efficient or
sufficient health care systems, could make these economies especially vulnerable
to global crises, including but not limited to, pandemics such as the global
COVID-19 pandemic. Certain emerging market countries may have privatized, or
have begun the process of privatizing, certain entities and industries.
Privatized entities may lose money or be
re-nationalized.
Risk
of Investing in South Korea: Investments
in South Korean issuers may subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political,
currency, security, and economic risks that are specific to South Korea. In
addition, economic and political developments of South Korea’s neighbors,
including escalated tensions involving North Korea and any outbreak of
hostilities
involving North Korea, or even the threat of an outbreak of hostilities, may
have a severe adverse effect on the South Korean
economy.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk: To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the
underlying security (i.e., the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market).
These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that
may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds
("ETFs").
Investable
Universe of Companies Risk: The investable universe of companies in which the Fund may invest
may be limited. If a company no longer meets the Index Provider’s criteria for
inclusion in the Underlying Index, the Fund may need to reduce or eliminate its
holdings in that company. The reduction or elimination of the Fund’s holdings in
the company may have an adverse impact on the liquidity of the Fund’s overall
portfolio holdings and on Fund performance.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Non-Diversification
Risk:
The Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses
on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and may make
the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an exchange.
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because the Fund
invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Securities
Lending Risk: Securities lending involves a risk of loss because the borrower may
fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. If the Fund is not
able to recover the securities loaned, it may sell the collateral and purchase a
replacement security in the market. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to
the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the loaned securities
increases and the collateral is not increased accordingly. Additionally, the
Fund will bear any loss on the investment of cash collateral it receives. These
events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund. As securities
on loan may not be voted by the Fund, there is a risk that the Fund may not be
able to recall the securities in sufficient time to vote on material proxy
matters.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
6/30/2020 |
44.80% |
Worst
Quarter: |
6/30/2022 |
-22.23% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2023 |
Ten
Years Ended December 31. 2023 |
Global
X Social Media ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
30.94% |
8.02% |
6.95% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
30.62% |
7.97% |
6.85% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
18.33% |
6.30% |
5.58% |
Solactive
Social Media Total Return Index
(net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
31.75% |
8.60% |
7.47% |
MSCI
ACWI Index (net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
22.20% |
11.72% |
7.93% |
1 After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2018.
Mr. Xie has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019. Ms. Yang
has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global
X Guru®
Index ETF
Ticker:
GURU Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X Guru®
Index ETF ("Fund") seeks investment results that correspond generally to the
price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Guru
Index ("Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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0.75% |
Distribution
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None |
Other
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0.00% |
Total
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0.75% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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$930 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys
and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher
taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not
reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's
performance. During the most recent fiscal year end, the Fund's portfolio
turnover rate was 100.70% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Solactive
Guru Index ("Underlying Index") and in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and
Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on the securities in the Underlying
Index. The Fund's 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days
prior written notice to shareholders before it can be changed. The Fund may lend
securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets
(including the value of the collateral received).
The
Underlying Index is comprised of the top U.S. listed equity positions reported
on Form 13F by a select group of entities characterized as hedge funds, as
defined by Solactive AG, the provider of the Underlying Index ("Index
Provider").
Hedge
funds are selected by the Index Provider from a pool of thousands of privately
offered pooled investment vehicles based on the size of their reported equity
holdings and the efficacy of replicating their publicly disclosed positions.
Hedge funds must have minimum reported holdings of $500 million in their Form
13F to be considered for the Underlying Index. Additional filters are applied to
eliminate hedge funds that have high turnover rates for equity holdings. Only
hedge funds with a concentrated top holding are included in the selection
process.
Once
the hedge fund pool has been determined, the Index Provider utilizes Form 13F
filings to compile the top stock holding
from
each of these hedge funds. The stocks are screened for liquidity, equal
weighted, and rebalanced quarterly following the Form 13F filing timeline. As of
December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index had 59 constituents. The Fund's
investment objective and Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder
approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider
determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and
publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index was not concentrated in any
industry.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Associated
Risks Related to Form 13F Data: The Form 13F filings used to select the securities in the
Underlying Index are filed up to 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter.
Therefore, a given investor may have already sold its position by the time the
security is added to the Underlying Index. Furthermore, the Form 13F filing may
only disclose a subset of a particular investor’s holdings, as not all
securities are required to be reported on the Form 13F. As a result, the Form
13F may not provide a complete picture of the holdings of a given investor. An
investor may hold long positions for a number of reasons, and the Index Provider
has not investigated such reasons or the strategies followed by an investor who
makes the filings. The Underlying Index may not be representative of the
investor's universe or the strategies that give rise to the reported holdings.
Because the Form 13F filing is publicly available information, it is possible
that other investors are also monitoring these filings and investing
accordingly. This may result in inflation of the share price of securities in
which the Fund invests.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Currency
Risk: The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign
currencies. Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV
could decline if currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the
U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies.
Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and
unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without
warning, which could have a significant negative impact on the
Fund.
Focus
Risk: To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments
related to a particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also
focus its investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the
Underlying Index has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s
investments will likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such
event, the Fund’s performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events
impacting such industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to,
the following: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that
could negatively affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse
labor relations; political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and
increased competition or new product introductions that may affect the
profitability or viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a
result, the value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the
value of shares of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader
range of industries or sectors.
Foreign
Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign
securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than
U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers
(including investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global
Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing
in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or
nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S.
securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities
of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic
events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political
or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security
traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other factors, increasing
price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the
security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may
lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities
trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are
listed and trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from
the security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the
Fund’s domestic trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk: To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the
underlying security (i.e., the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market).
These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that
may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds
("ETFs").
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk:
Tracking error may occur because of differences between the instruments held in
the Fund's portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing
differences, transaction costs incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of
uninvested cash, size of the Fund, differences in timing of the accrual of or
the valuation of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the
Underlying Index or the costs to the Fund of complying with various new or
existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of
increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error
also may result because the Fund incurs fees and
expenses, while the Underlying Index
does not. ETFs that track indices with significant weight in emerging markets
issuers may experience higher tracking error than other ETFs that do not track
such indices.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an exchange.
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because the Fund
invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Securities
Lending Risk: Securities lending involves a risk of loss because the borrower may
fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. If the Fund is not
able to recover the securities loaned, it may sell the collateral and purchase a
replacement security in the market. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to
the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the loaned securities
increases and the collateral is not increased accordingly. Additionally, the
Fund will bear any loss on the investment of cash collateral it receives. These
events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund. As securities
on loan may not be voted by the Fund, there is a risk that the Fund may not be
able to recall the securities in sufficient time to vote on material proxy
matters.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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6/30/2020 |
26.73% |
Worst
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3/31/2020 |
-24.72% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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Five
Years Ended December 31, 2023 |
Ten
Years Ended December 31. 2023 |
Global
X Guru®
Index ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
19.09% |
8.95% |
5.41% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
18.93% |
8.64% |
5.19% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
11.41% |
6.97% |
4.25% |
Solactive Guru Index
(net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other taxes)
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18.34% |
8.93% |
5.57% |
S&P
500®
Index
(Index returns do not
reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
26.29% |
15.69% |
12.03% |
1 After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers: The
professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund
are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2018.
Mr. Xie has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019. Ms. Yang
has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global X SuperIncome™
Preferred ETF
Ticker:
SPFF Exchange: NYSE
Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X SuperIncome™
Preferred
ETF ("Fund") seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and
yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Global X U.S. High Yield
Preferred Index ("Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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0.48% |
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0.00% |
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.48% |
1
Management fees have been restated to
reflect current fees.
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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Five
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Ten
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$49 |
$154 |
$269 |
$604 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys
and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher
taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not
reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's
performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover
rate was 109.60% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the
Global X U.S. High Yield Preferred Index ("Underlying Index") and in American
Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on
the securities in the Underlying Index. Moreover, at least 80% of the Fund's
total assets will be invested in preferred securities. The Fund's 80% investment
policies are non-fundamental and require 60 days prior written notice to
shareholders before they can be changed. The Fund may lend securities
representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including
the value of the collateral received).
The
Underlying Index is owned and was developed by Global X Management Company LLC
(the “Index Provider”), an affiliate of the Fund and the Fund’s investment
adviser (the “Adviser”). The Underlying Index tracks the performance of the
highest-yielding preferred securities listed in the United States, as determined
by Solactive AG, the administrator of the Underlying Index (“Index
Administrator”). The Underlying Index is comprised of preferred stocks that meet
certain criteria relating to size, liquidity, issuer concentration and rating,
maturity and other requirements, as determined by the Index Administrator. The
Underlying Index does not seek to directly reflect the performance of the
companies issuing the preferred
stock.
As of December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index had 50 constituents. The
Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be changed without
shareholder approval.
In
general, preferred stock is a class of equity security that pays a specified
dividend that must be paid before any dividends can be paid to common
stockholders, and which takes precedence over common stock in the event of the
company's liquidation. Although preferred stocks represent a partial ownership
interest in a company, preferred stocks generally do not carry voting rights and
have economic characteristics similar to fixed-income securities. Preferred
stocks generally are issued with a fixed par value and pay dividends based on a
percentage of that par value at a fixed or variable rate. Additionally,
preferred stocks often have a liquidation value that generally equals the
original purchase price of the preferred stock at the date of issuance. The
Underlying Index may include many different categories of preferred stock, such
as floating and fixed rate preferreds, perpetual preferred stock, trust
preferred securities, cumulative and non-cumulative preferreds or preferred
stocks with a callable or conversion feature.
The
Index Administrator determines the relative weightings of the securities in the
Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the
Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index was concentrated in the banking industry and had significant
exposure to the financials
sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Affiliated
Index Provider Risk: The
Adviser also serves as the Fund’s Index Provider, which may present the
appearance of a conflict of interest. For example, a potential conflict could
arise if the Adviser were to exercise undue influence with respect to regular
and/or extraordinary updates to the methodology or composition of the Underlying
Index, including in a manner that might improve the apparent performance of the
Fund relative to the performance of the Underlying Index. Additionally,
potential conflicts could arise to the extent that portfolio managers of the
Adviser become aware of contemplated methodology changes or rebalance activity
prior to disclosure to the public, which could facilitate “front running” on
behalf of other funds managed by the Adviser with similar exposure. Although the
Adviser has taken steps designed to ensure that these potential conflicts are
mitigated (e.g., via the adoption of policies and procedures that are designed
to minimize potential conflicts of interest and ensure independence with respect
to the operation of the Underlying Index, as well as the implementation of
informational barriers designed to minimize the potential for the misuse of
information about the Underlying Index), there can be no assurance that such
measures will be successful.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values
may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions.
Hybrid
Securities Investment Risk: Hybrid securities are subject to the risks of equity securities and
risks of debt securities. The claims of holders of hybrid securities of an
issuer are generally subordinated to those of holders of traditional debt
securities in bankruptcy, and thus hybrid securities may be more volatile and
subject to greater risk than traditional debt securities and may, in certain
circumstances, even be more volatile than traditional equity securities. At the
same time, hybrid securities may not fully participate in gains of their issuer
and thus potential returns of such securities are generally more limited than
traditional equity securities, which would participate in such
gains.
LIBOR
Transition Risk: The
Funds may be exposed to financial instruments that are tied to the London
Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) to determine payment obligations, financing
terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The Funds' investments may pay
interest at floating rates based on LIBOR or may be subject to interest caps or
floors based on LIBOR. The Funds may also obtain financing at floating rates
based on LIBOR. Derivative instruments utilized by the Funds may also reference
LIBOR. The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), which regulates
LIBOR, has ceased publishing all LIBOR settings. In April 2023, however, the FCA
announced that some USD LIBOR settings will continue to be published under a
synthetic methodology until September 30, 2024 for certain legacy contracts.
Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative
reference rates in most major currencies. The U.S. Federal Reserve, based on the
recommendations of Alternative Reference Rates Committee, has begun publishing
the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) that is intended to replace U.S.
dollar LIBOR. Proposals for alternative reference rates for other currencies
have also been announced or have already begun publication. Markets are slowly
developing in response to these new reference rates. Neither the effect of the
LIBOR transition process nor its ultimate success can yet be known. The
transition process might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets
for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments
whose terms currently include LIBOR. While some existing LIBOR-based instruments
may contemplate a scenario where LIBOR is no longer available by providing for
an alternative rate-setting methodology, there may be significant uncertainty
regarding the effectiveness of any such alternative methodologies to replicate
LIBOR. Not all existing LIBOR-based instruments may have alternative
rate-setting provisions and there remains uncertainty regarding the willingness
and ability of issuers to add alternative rate-setting provisions in certain
existing instruments. In addition, a liquid market for newly-issued instruments
that use a reference rate other than LIBOR still may be developing. There may
also be challenges for the Funds to enter into hedging transactions against such
newly-issued instruments until a market for such hedging transactions develops.
All of the aforementioned may adversely affect the Funds' performance or net
asset value.
Preferred
Stock Investment Risk: Preferred stock may be subordinated to
bonds or other debt instruments in an issuer’s capital structure, meaning that
an issuer’s preferred stock generally pays dividends only after the issuer makes
required payments to holders of its bonds and other debt. Additionally, in
certain situations, an issuer may call or redeem its preferred stock or convert
it to common stock. Preferred stock may be less liquid than many other types of
securities, such as common stock, and generally provides no voting rights with
respect to the issuer. Preferred stock is subject to many of the risks
associated with debt securities, including interest rate risk. As interest rates
rise, the value of the preferred stocks held by the Fund are likely to
decline.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Credit
Risk: Credit
risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of the security will not be able
to make principal and interest payments when due. Changes in an issuer’s credit
rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may also
affect the value of the Fund’s investment in that issuer. Securities rated in
the four highest categories by the rating agencies are considered investment
grade but they may also have some speculative characteristics. Investment grade
ratings do not guarantee that bonds will not lose
value.
Currency
Risk: The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign
currencies. Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV
could decline if currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the
U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies.
Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and
unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without
warning, which could have a significant negative impact on the
Fund.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Banking Industry: The performance of stocks in the banking industry may be affected
by extensive governmental regulation which may limit both the amounts and types
of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and the interest rates
and fees they can charge and the amount of capital they must maintain.
Profitability is largely dependent on the availability and cost of capital funds
and can fluctuate significantly when interest rates change. Credit losses
resulting from financial difficulties of borrowers can negatively impact banking
companies. Banks may also be subject to severe price competition. Competition is
high among banking companies and failure to maintain or increase market share
may result in lost market value. The impact of changes in capital requirements
and recent or future regulation of any individual banking company, or of the
financials sector as a whole, cannot be predicted. In recent years, cyberattacks
and technology malfunctions and failures have become increasingly frequent in
this sector and have caused significant losses to companies in this sector,
which may negatively impact the Fund.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Financials Sector: Performance
of companies in the financials sector may be adversely impacted by many factors,
including, among others, government regulations, economic conditions, credit
rating downgrades, changes in interest rates, and decreased liquidity in credit
markets. This sector has experienced significant losses in the past, and the
impact of more stringent capital requirements and of current or future
regulation on any individual financial company or on the sector as a whole
cannot be predicted. In recent years, cyber-attacks and technology malfunctions
and failures have become increasingly frequent in this sector and have caused
significant losses to companies in this sector, which may negatively impact the
Fund.
Foreign
Financial Institution Risk: Certain of the securities that comprise the Underlying Index, while
traded on U.S. exchanges, may be issued by foreign financial institutions.
Therefore, the Fund may be subject to the risks of investing in securities
issued by foreign companies, which may not be subject to the same regulations as
companies domiciled in the U.S. The health of many foreign financial
institutions is often tied closely with the financial stability of the local
economy in which they are domiciled, and therefore are subject to additional
risks including but not limited to: policy changes, slow or decelerating
economic growth, and high levels of debt.
Foreign
Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign
securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than
U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers
(including investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global
Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing
in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or
nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S.
securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities
of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic
events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political
or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security
traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other factors, increasing
price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the
security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may
lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities
trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are
listed and trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from
the security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the
Fund’s domestic trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States:
A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations and/or an
economic recession in the U.S. may have a material adverse effect on the U.S.
economy.
High
Yield Securities Risk:
Securities that are rated below investment grade (commonly referred to as "junk
bonds", including those bonds rated lower than "BBB-" by Standard &
Poor’s®
(a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.) ("S&P") and Fitch, Inc.
("Fitch"), "Baa3" by Moody’s® Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody’s"), or "BBB (low)" by Dominion
Bond Rating Service Limited("DBRS"), or are unrated but may be judged to be of
comparable quality, at the time of purchase, may be more volatile than
higher-rated securities of similar maturity. Investing in junk bonds is
speculative.
Income
Risk:
Income risk is the risk that the Fund’s income will decline because
of falling interest rates.
Interest
Rate Risk: Interest
rate risk is the risk that prices of fixed income securities generally increase
when interest rates decline and decrease when interest rates increase. The Fund
may lose money if short-term or long-term interest rates rise
sharply.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk: To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the
underlying security (i.e., the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market).
These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that
may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds
("ETFs").
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk:
The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors,
including but not limited to human error, processing and communication errors,
errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties,
failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. Additionally,
cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic systems of the Fund, the
Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market makers, Authorized
Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests have the
ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's business
operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and its
shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to
reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures.
However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate
for those risks that they are intended to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an exchange.
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because the Fund
invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks:
Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which
may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. In stressed market
conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the
deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the
liquidity of the Shares, as well as disruptions to creations and redemptions,
the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the
Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a
significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a
time when the market price
is at a premium to the NAV or sells
Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the
shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is calculated at the end of
each business day and fluctuates with changes in the market value of the Fund’s
holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares fluctuates, in some cases
materially, throughout trading hours in response to changes in the Fund’s
NAV.
Securities
Lending Risk: Securities lending involves a risk of loss because the borrower may
fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. If the Fund is not
able to recover the securities loaned, it may sell the collateral and purchase a
replacement security in the market. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to
the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the loaned securities
increases and the collateral is not increased accordingly. Additionally, the
Fund will bear any loss on the investment of cash collateral it receives. These
events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund. As securities
on loan may not be voted by the Fund, there is a risk that the Fund may not be
able to recall the securities in sufficient time to vote on material proxy
matters.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance. On
April 3, 2023, the Fund changed its Underlying Index from the S&P Enhanced
Yield North American Preferred Stock Index to the Global X U.S. High Yield
Preferred Index. The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
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6/30/2020 |
10.56% |
Worst
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3/31/2020 |
-17.18% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2023 |
Ten
Years Ended December 31. 2023 |
Global
X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
3.63% |
2.32% |
1.89% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
1.74% |
0.60% |
0.02% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
2.96% |
1.54% |
1.10% |
Global
X U.S. High Yield Preferred Index2
(Index returns do not
reflect deduction for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
3.97% |
2.82% |
2.46% |
S&P
500®
Index
(Index returns do not
reflect deduction for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
26.29% |
15.69% |
12.03% |
1 After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
2
Underlying Index
performance reflects the performance of the S&P Enhanced Yield North
American Preferred Stock Index through April 2, 2023, and the Global X U.S. High
Yield Preferred Index thereafter.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2018.
Mr. Xie has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019. Ms. Yang
has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global
X SuperDividend® U.S. ETF
Ticker:
DIV Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X SuperDividend®
U.S. ETF ("Fund") seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally
to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Indxx
SuperDividend® U.S. Low Volatility Index ("Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of
your investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.45% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.45% |
Example: The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of
investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This example
does not take into account customary brokerage commissions that you pay when
purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes that you invest
$10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your
Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
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Three
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Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$46 |
$144 |
$252 |
$567 |
Portfolio
Turnover: The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the
most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 63.24% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Indxx
SuperDividend®
U.S. Low Volatility Index ("Underlying Index"). The Fund also invests at least
80% of its total assets in dividend-yielding U.S. securities. The Fund's 80%
investment policies are non-fundamental and require 60 days prior written notice
to shareholders before they can be changed. The Fund may lend securities
representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including
the value of the collateral received).
The
Underlying Index tracks the performance of 50 equally-weighted common stocks,
including Master Limited Partnerships ("MLPs") and Real Estate Investment Trusts
("REITs"), that rank among the highest dividend yielding equity securities in
the United States, as defined by Indxx, LLC, the provider of the Underlying
Index ("Index Provider"). The components of the Underlying Index have paid
dividends consistently over the last two years. The Underlying Index is
comprised of securities that the Index Provider determines to have lower
relative volatility, as measured by the beta, a measure of a security's
sensitivity to the movements of the broader market, of each security relative to
the market benchmark. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may
be changed without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider
determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and
publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index was not concentrated in any
industry.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values
may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions.
Master
Limited Partnerships Investment Risk: Investments in securities of an MLP involve risks that differ from
investments in common stock, including risks related to limited control and
limited rights to vote on matters affecting the MLP, risks related to potential
conflicts of interest between the MLP and the MLP’s general partner, and cash
flow risks. MLP common units and other equity securities can be affected by
changes in macro-economic and other factors affecting the stock market in
general, including changes in growth, unemployment, and inflation rates, as well
as expectations of interest rates. MLP common units and other equity securities
can also be affected by investor sentiment towards MLPs or the energy sector,
changes in a particular issuer’s financial condition, or unfavorable or
unanticipated poor performance of a particular issuer (in the case of MLPs,
generally measured in terms of distributable cash flow). Prices of common units
of individual MLPs and other equity securities also can be affected by
fundamentals unique to the partnership or company, including earnings power and
coverage ratios.
Mortgage
Real Estate Investment Trusts (Mortgage REITs) Investment
Risk: Mortgage REITs are exposed to the risks specific to the real estate
market as well as credit risk, interest rate risk, leverage risk and prepayment
risk.
Real
Estate Stocks and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Investment
Risk:
The Fund may have exposure to companies that invest in real estate, such as
REITs, which exposes investors in the Fund to the risks of owning real estate
directly, as well as to risks that relate specifically to the way in which real
estate companies are organized and operated. Real estate is highly sensitive to
general and local economic conditions and developments and characterized by
intense competition and periodic overbuilding. Many real estate companies,
including REITs, utilize leverage (and
some
may be highly leveraged), which increases risk and could adversely affect a real
estate company's operations and market value in periods of rising interest
rates.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Compared to mid- and
large-capitalization companies, small-capitalization companies may be less
stable and more susceptible to adverse developments, and their securities may be
more volatile and less liquid.
Credit
Risk: Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of the
security will not be able to make principal and interest payments when due.
Changes in an issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s
creditworthiness may also affect the value of the Fund’s investment in that
issuer. Securities rated in the four highest categories by the rating agencies
are considered investment grade but they may also have some speculative
characteristics. Investment grade ratings do not guarantee that bonds will not
lose value.
Focus
Risk: To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments
related to a particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also
focus its investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the
Underlying Index has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s
investments will likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such
event, the Fund’s performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events
impacting such industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to,
the following: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that
could negatively affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse
labor relations; political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and
increased competition or new product introductions that may affect the
profitability or viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a
result, the value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the
value of shares of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader
range of industries or sectors.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States:
A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations and/or an
economic recession in the U.S. may have a material adverse effect on the U.S.
economy.
High
Dividend Yield Stocks Risk:
High-yielding stocks are often speculative, high risk investments. These
companies may be paying out more than they can support and may reduce their
dividends or stop paying dividends at any time, which could have a material
adverse effect on the stock price of these companies and the Fund’s performance.
Securities that pay dividends, as a group, can fall out of favor with the
market, potentially during periods of rising interest rates, causing such
companies to underperform companies that do not pay
dividends.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
MLP
Tax Risk: Subject to the application of the partnership audit rules, MLPs
that elect to be taxed as partnerships do not pay U.S. federal income tax at the
partnership level. Rather, each partner is allocated a share of the
partnership’s income, gains, losses, deductions and expenses. A change in
current tax law, or a change in the underlying business mix of a given MLP,
could result in an MLP that previously elected to be taxed as a partnership
being treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which would
result in such MLP being required to pay U.S. federal income tax on its taxable
income. The classification of an MLP as a corporation for U.S. federal income
tax purposes would have the effect of reducing the amount of cash available for
distribution by the MLP. Thus, to the extent that any of the MLPs to which the
Fund has exposure are treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, it could result in a reduction in the value of the Fund’s investment
and lower the Fund’s income. The Fund may also invest in MLPs that elect to be
taxed as corporations, which taxes would have the effect of reducing the amount
of cash available for distribution by the MLP. Additionally, as a result of the
Fund's exposure to MLPs taxed as partnerships, a portion of the Fund’s
distributions are expected to be treated as a return of capital for tax
purposes. Return of capital distributions are not taxable income to you, but
reduce your tax basis in your Fund Shares. Such a reduction in tax basis will
result in larger taxable gains and/or lower tax losses on a subsequent sale of
Fund Shares. Shareholders who sell their Shares for less than they bought them
may still recognize a gain due to the reduction in tax basis. Shareholders who
periodically receive the payment of dividends or other distributions consisting
of a return of capital may be under the impression that they are receiving net
profits from the Fund when, in fact, they are not. Shareholders should not
assume that the source of the distributions is from the net profits of the Fund.
To the extent that the distributions paid to you constitute a return of capital,
the Fund's assets will decline. A decline in the Fund's assets may also result
in an increase in the portion of a Fund's expense ratio that is not subject to a
unitary fee or any other form of contractual cap, and over time the
distributions paid in excess of net distributions received could work to erode
the Fund's net asset value.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk:
There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to
the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market
disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the
Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track
the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the
construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified
and corrected by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may
have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Prepayment
Risk: When interest rates fall, certain obligations will be paid off by
the obligor more quickly than originally anticipated, and the Fund may have to
invest the proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Securities
Lending Risk: Securities lending involves a risk of loss because the borrower may
fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. If the Fund is not
able to recover the securities loaned, it may sell the collateral and purchase a
replacement security in the market. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to
the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the loaned securities
increases and the collateral is not increased accordingly. Additionally, the
Fund will bear any loss on the investment of cash collateral it receives. These
events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund. As securities
on loan may not be voted by the Fund, there is a risk that the Fund may not be
able to recall the securities in sufficient time to vote on material proxy
matters.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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6/30/2020 |
19.58% |
Worst
Quarter: |
3/31/2020 |
-44.86% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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Five
Years Ended December 31, 2023 |
Ten
Years Ended December 31. 2023 |
Global
X SuperDividend®
U.S.
ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
-1.77% |
1.74% |
2.65% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
-3.26% |
0.02% |
1.05% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
-0.52% |
0.87% |
1.63% |
Indxx
SuperDividend®
U.S. Low Volatility Index
(Index returns do not
reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
-1.14% |
2.12% |
3.24% |
S&P
500®
Index
(Index returns do not
reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
26.29% |
15.69% |
12.03% |
1 After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser: Global
X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers: The
professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund
are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2018.
Mr. Xie has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019. Ms. Yang
has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets ETF
Ticker:
SDEM Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X MSCI SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets ETF ("Fund") seeks investment results that correspond generally
to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI
Emerging Markets Top 50 Dividend Index ("Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.65% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.03% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.68% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
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Three
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Five
Years |
Ten
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$69 |
$218 |
$379 |
$847 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys
and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher
taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not
reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's
performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover
rate was 87.06% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the MSCI
Emerging Markets Top 50 Dividend Index ("Underlying Index") and in American
Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on
the securities in the Underlying Index. The Fund's 80% investment policy is
non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders before
it can be changed. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of
the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the value of the collateral
received).
The
MSCI Emerging Markets Top 50 Dividend Index tracks the performance of 50
equally-weighted companies that rank among the highest dividend yielding equity
securities in Emerging Markets, as defined by MSCI. The Underlying Index may
include components from the following countries: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia,
Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Kuwait,
Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,
Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. The MSCI Emerging Markets Top
50 Dividend Index begins with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which is a
capitalization-weighted index, as its starting universe, and then follows a
rules-based methodology that is designed to select among the highest dividend
yielding equity securities of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The MSCI Emerging
Markets Top 50 Dividend Index is equal weighted and rebalanced annually. The
Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be changed without
shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider
determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and
publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
"beat" the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when
markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to
shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs
involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying
Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes
temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal
restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that
apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The
Fund concentrates its investments (i.e.,
hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of
industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is
concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index was
concentrated in the banking industry and had significant exposure to the
financials sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
China
A-Shares Risk:
A-Shares are issued by companies incorporated in mainland China and are traded
on Chinese exchanges. Foreign investors can access A-Shares by obtaining a
Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor ("QFII") or a Renminbi Qualified
Foreign Institutional Investor ("RQFII") license, as well as through the Stock
Connect Program, which is a securities trading and clearing program with an aim
to achieve mutual stock market access between the China and Hong Kong markets.
Stock Connect was developed by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, the
Shanghai Stock Exchange ("SSE") (in the case of Shanghai Connect) or the
Shenzhen Stock Exchange ("SZSE") (in the case of Shenzhen Connect), and the
China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (“CSDCC”). The Fund
currently intends to gain exposure to A-Shares through the Stock Connect
Programs. Investments in A-Shares are subject to various regulations and limits,
and the recoupment or repatriation of assets invested in A-Shares is subject to
restrictions by the Chinese government. In addition, investors from outside
mainland China may face difficulties or prohibitions accessing certain A-Shares
that are part of a restricted list in countries such as the U.S. A-Shares may be
subject to frequent and widespread trading halts and may become illiquid.
Trading suspensions in certain stock could lead to greater market execution risk
and costs for the Fund, and the creation and redemption of Creation Units (as
defined below) may also be disrupted. These risks, among others, could adversely
affect the value of the Fund’s
investments.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Cash
Transaction Risk: Unlike most exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), the Fund intends to
effect a significant portion of creations and redemptions for cash, rather than
in-kind securities. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less
tax-efficient than an investment in a more conventional ETF. Moreover, cash
transactions may have to be carried out over several days if the securities
market is relatively illiquid and may involve considerable brokerage fees and
taxes. These factors may result in wider spreads between the bid and the offered
prices of the Fund’s Shares than for more conventional ETFs.
Currency
Risk: The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign
currencies. Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV
could decline if currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the
U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies.
Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and
unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without
warning, which could have a significant negative impact on the
Fund.
Custody
Risk: The Fund may hold foreign securities and cash with foreign banks,
agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund's custodian.
Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks
than investments in more developed markets. Less developed markets are more
likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the
holding of securities by local banks, agents and depositories.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Banking Industry: The
performance of stocks in the banking industry may be affected by extensive
governmental regulation which may limit both the amounts and types of loans and
other financial commitments they can make, and the interest rates and fees they
can charge and the amount of capital they must maintain. Profitability is
largely dependent on the availability and cost of capital funds and can
fluctuate significantly when interest rates change. Credit losses resulting from
financial difficulties of borrowers can negatively impact banking companies.
Banks may also be subject to severe price competition. Competition is high among
banking companies and failure to maintain or increase market share may result in
lost market value. The impact of changes in capital requirements and recent or
future regulation of any individual banking company, or of the financials sector
as a whole, cannot be predicted. In recent years, cyberattacks and technology
malfunctions and failures have become increasingly frequent in this sector and
have caused significant losses to companies in this sector, which may negatively
impact the Fund.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Financials Sector: Performance
of companies in the financials sector may be adversely impacted by many factors,
including, among others, government regulations, economic conditions, credit
rating downgrades, changes in interest rates, and decreased liquidity in credit
markets. This sector has experienced significant losses in the past, and the
impact of more stringent capital requirements and of current or future
regulation on any individual financial company or on the sector as a whole
cannot be predicted. In recent years, cyber-attacks and technology malfunctions
and failures have become increasingly frequent in this sector and have caused
significant losses to companies in this sector, which may negatively impact the
Fund.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Financial Services Industry: The
performance of stocks in the Financial Services industry may be adversely
impacted by the banking, insurance, mortgage financing, and transaction &
payment processing services activities, government regulations, economic
conditions, credit rating downgrades, and other factors which could adversely
affect financial markets.
Foreign
Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign
securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than
U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers
(including investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global
Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing
in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or
nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S.
securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities
of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic
events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political
or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security
traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other factors, increasing
price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the
security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may
lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities
trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are
listed and trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from
the security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the
Fund’s domestic trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Brazil: Investment
in Brazilian issuers involves risks that are specific to Brazil, including
legal, regulatory, political and economic risks. The Brazilian economy has
historically been exposed to high rates of inflation, debt, corruption, and
violence, each of which may reduce and/or prevent economic
growth.
Risk
of Investing in Chile: Investments
in Chilean issuers involve risks that are specific to Chile, including legal,
regulatory, political, currency, environmental and economic risks. Among other
things, the Chilean economy is heavily dependent on the export of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in China:
Investment exposure to China subjects the Fund to risks specific to China.
Economic,
Political and Social Risk
China
may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social
instability. Concerns about the rising government and household debt levels
could impact the stability of the Chinese economy. China is an emerging market
and demonstrates significantly higher volatility from time to time in comparison
to developed markets. Over the last few decades, the Chinese government has
undertaken reform of economic and market practices, including recent reforms to
liberalize its capital markets and expand the sphere for private ownership of
property in China. However, Chinese markets generally continue to experience
inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies resulting from governmental
influence, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social
instability. Chinese companies are also subject to the risk that Chinese
authorities can intervene in their operations and structure. Internal social
unrest or confrontations with other neighboring countries, including military
conflicts in response to such events, may also disrupt economic development in
China and result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency
convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation.
China
has experienced major health crises. These health crises include, but are not
limited to, the rapid and pandemic spread of novel viruses commonly known as
SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Such health crises could exacerbate
political, social, and economic risks previously mentioned.
Export
growth continues to be a major driver of China’s rapid economic growth. Elevated
trade tensions between China and its trading partners, including the imposition
of U.S. tariffs on certain Chinese goods and increased international pressure
related to Chinese trade policy and forced technology transfers and intellectual
property protections, may have a substantial impact on the Chinese economy.
Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, institution of
additional tariffs or other trade barriers (including as a result of heightened
trade tensions between China and the U.S. or in response to actual or alleged
Chinese cyber activity), or a downturn in any of the economies of China’s key
trading partners may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy. The
continuation or
worsening
of the current political climate between China and the U.S. could result in
additional regulatory restrictions being contemplated or imposed in the U.S. or
in China that could impact the Fund’s ability to invest in certain companies.
Security
Risk
China
has experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Additionally, China is alleged to have participated in
state-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign companies and foreign governments.
Actual and threatened responses to such activity, including purchasing
restrictions, sanctions, tariffs or cyberattacks on the Chinese government or
Chinese companies, may impact China’s economy and Chinese issuers of securities
in which the Fund invests. Incidents involving China’s or the region’s security,
including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may cause uncertainty
in Chinese markets and may adversely affect the Chinese economy and the Fund’s
investments.
Heavy
Government Control and Regulation
Chinese
companies, including Chinese companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges, are
not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting standards
or auditor oversight as companies in more developed countries, and as a result,
information about the Chinese securities in which the Fund invests may be less
reliable or complete. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining
information necessary for investigations into or litigation against Chinese
companies and shareholders may have limited legal remedies. Investments in China
may be subject to loss due to expropriation or nationalization of assets and
property or the imposition of restrictions on foreign investments and
repatriation of capital. Furthermore, government actions against leaders or
other key figures within companies, or speculation about such actions, may lead
to sudden and unpredictable falls in the value of securities within the
Fund.
Tax
Risk
China
has implemented a number of tax reforms in recent years and may amend or revise
its existing tax laws and/or procedures in the future, possibly with retroactive
effect. Changes in applicable Chinese tax law could reduce the after-tax profits
of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits
of companies in China in which the Fund invests. Uncertainties in Chinese tax
rules could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. Should
legislation limit U.S. investors’ ability to invest in specific Chinese
companies through A-shares or other share class listings that are part of the
underlying holdings, these shares may be excluded from Fund
holdings.
Special
Risk Considerations of Investing in China – Variable Interest Entity
Investments
For
purposes of raising capital offshore on exchanges outside of China, including on
U.S. exchanges, many Chinese-based operating companies are structured as
Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). In this structure, the Chinese-based
operating company is the VIE and establishes a shell company in a foreign
jurisdiction, such as the Cayman Islands. The shell company lists on a foreign
exchange and enters into contractual arrangements with the VIE. This structure
allows Chinese companies in which the Chinese government restricts foreign
ownership to raise capital from foreign investors. While the shell company has
no equity ownership of the VIE, these contractual arrangements permit the shell
company to consolidate the VIE’s financial statements with its own for
accounting purposes and provide for economic exposure to the performance of the
underlying Chinese operating company.
Therefore,
an investor in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, will have exposure to
the Chinese-based operating company only through contractual arrangements and
has no ownership in the Chinese-based operating company. Furthermore, because
the shell company only has specific rights provided for in these service
agreements with the VIE, its abilities to control the activities at the
Chinese-based operating company are limited and the operating company may engage
in activities that negatively impact investment value.
While
the VIE structure has been widely adopted, it is not formally recognized under
Chinese law and therefore there is a risk that the Chinese government could
prohibit the existence of such structures or negatively impact the VIE’s
contractual arrangements with the listed shell company by making them invalid.
If these contracts were found to be unenforceable under Chinese law, investors
in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, may suffer significant losses
with little or no recourse available. If the Chinese government determines that
the agreements establishing the VIE structures do not comply with Chinese law
and regulations, including those related to restrictions on foreign ownership,
it could subject a Chinese-based issuer to penalties, revocation of business and
operating licenses, or forfeiture of ownership interest. In addition, the listed
shell company’s control over a VIE may also be jeopardized if a natural person
who holds the equity interest in the VIE breaches the terms of the agreement, is
subject to legal proceedings or if any physical instruments for authenticating
documentation, such as chops and seals, are used without the Chinese-based
issuer’s authorization to enter into contractual arrangements in China. Chops
and seals, which are carved stamps used to sign documents, represent a legally
binding commitment by the company. Moreover, any future regulatory action may
prohibit the ability of the shell company to receive the economic benefits of
the Chinese-based operating company, which may cause the value of the Fund’s
investment in the listed shell company to suffer a significant loss. For
example, in 2021, the Chinese government prohibited use of the VIE structure for
investment in after-school tutoring companies. There is no guarantee that the
Chinese government will not place similar restrictions on other
industries.
Chinese
equities that utilize the VIE structure to list in the U.S. as ADRs face the
risk of regulatory action from U.S. authorities, including the risk of
delisting. This will depend in part on whether U.S. regulatory authorities are
satisfied with their access to mainland China and Hong Kong for the purpose of
conducting inspections on the quality of audits for these companies. Although
the U.S. and China reached an agreement in September 2022 to grant the U.S.
access for such inspections, there is no guarantee that the agreement will be
enforced or that U.S. regulatory authorities will continue to feel satisfied
with their access.
Risk
of Investing in the Czech Republic: Investments
are concentrated in companies in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic’s
economy is heavily dependent on the manufacturing and export of industrial
materials and machinery. The Czech Republic and surrounding regions have a
history of ethnic unrest and conflict. If conflict were to renew in the future,
it could have a significant adverse impact on the
Fund.
Risk
of Investing in Emerging Markets:
Investments in emerging markets may be subject to a greater risk of loss than
investments in developed markets. Securities markets of emerging market
countries are less liquid, subject to greater price volatility, have smaller
market capitalizations, have less government regulation, and are not subject to
as extensive and frequent accounting, financial, and other reporting
requirements as the securities markets of more developed countries, and there
may be greater risk associated with the custody of securities in emerging
markets. It may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to pursue claims against
an emerging market issuer in the courts of an emerging market
country.
There
may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for
investigations into or litigation against emerging market companies and
shareholders may have limited legal rights and remedies. Emerging markets may be
more likely to experience inflation, political turmoil and rapid changes in
economic conditions than more developed markets. Emerging market economies’
exposure to specific industries, such as tourism, and lack of efficient or
sufficient health care systems, could make these economies especially vulnerable
to global crises, including but not limited to, pandemics such as the global
COVID-19 pandemic. Certain emerging market countries may have privatized, or
have begun the process of privatizing, certain entities and industries.
Privatized entities may lose money or be
re-nationalized.
Risk
of Investing in Greece: Investments
are concentrated in companies in Greece. Greece’s economy is heavily dependent
on the services sector and has a large public sector. Greece’s exposure to
specific industries, such as tourism, could also make it especially vulnerable
to global crises, including but not limited to, pandemics such as COVID-19. Key
trading partners include the United Kingdom and member states of the European
Union ("EU"), most notably Germany, Spain and Italy. Decreasing demand for Greek
products and services or changes in governmental regulations on trade may have a
significantly adverse effect on Greece’s economy. The Greek economy may also be
affected by an economic slowdown in Europe generally, by the war in Ukraine and
by challenges to energy security. Greece’s ability to repay its sovereign debt
is in question, and the possibility of default is not unlikely, which could
limit its ability to borrow in the future. Greece has been required to impose
harsh austerity measures on its population in order to receive financial aid
from the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") and EU member countries. The
success of political parties in Greece opposed to austerity measures may
increase the possibility that Greece would rescind these austerity measures in
the future and consequently fail to receive further financial aid from these
institutions. The persistence of these factors may seriously reduce the economic
performance of Greece and pose serious risks for the country’s economy in the
future. There is the possibility that Greece may exit the European Monetary
Union, which would result in immediate devaluation of the euro and potential for
default. If this were to occur, Greece would face significant risks related to
the process of full currency redenomination as well as the resulting instability
of the Euro zone in general, which would have a severe adverse effect on the
value of the securities held by the Fund. Increased volatility in the Greek
market may result in the increased use of fair value pricing. Following the
funding Greece received in 2015 from the IMF and the Eurozone, and its exit from
the IMF bailout program in 2018, Greece has begun to show signs of recovery and
exited the EU's enhanced monitoring program in August 2022. However, political
uncertainty or fiscal instability, including budgetary constraints,
elections, an uptick in social upheaval, an armed conflict with Turkey, or a
global slowdown in growth, could threaten to stymie a domestic recovery. This
may include defaults by the Greek government, the implementation of additional
or extended capital controls (including the closure of the Athens Exchange for
an extended period of time), and the possibility that Greece may exit the
European Monetary Union, which would result in immediate devaluation of the
Greek currency. Each of these scenarios has potential implications to the
markets and may negatively and materially affect the value of the Fund’s
investments. The closure, and any related suspension of clearance and settlement
mechanisms, of the Athens Exchange could prevent the Fund from buying, selling,
or transferring securities traded on the Athens Exchange. During any closure of
the Athens Exchange, the Fund will fair value its security holdings for which
current market valuations are not currently available using fair value pricing
pursuant to the pricing policy and procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of
Trustees. In such a situation, it is possible that the Fund’s market price could
significantly deviate from its
NAV.
In addition, any closure of the Athens Exchange, and the related unavailability
of current market quotations for securities contained in the Underlying Index
could cause the Fund’s NAV to have increased tracking error with respect to the
Fund’s Underlying Index, and could also affect the calculation of the Fund’s
indicative optimized portfolio value.
Risk
of Investing in India: Political and legal uncertainty, greater government control over
the economy, currency fluctuations or blockage, relatively underdeveloped
securities markets and the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets
may result in higher potential for losses for investments in Indian
securities.
Risk
of Investing in Indonesia: Investments
in Indonesian issuers may subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political,
security and economic risk specific to Indonesia. Among other things, the
Indonesian economy is heavily dependent on trading relationships with certain
key trading partners, including China, Japan, Singapore and the United States.
In the past, Indonesia has experienced acts of terrorism, predominantly targeted
at foreigners. Such acts of terrorism have had a negative impact on tourism, an
important sector of the Indonesian economy.
Risk
of Investing in Mexico: Investments
in Mexican issuers involve risks that are specific to Mexico, including legal,
regulatory, political, currency, security and economic risks. In the past,
Mexico has experienced high interest rates, economic volatility and high
unemployment rates. Political developments in the U.S. have potential
implications for the trade arrangements between the U.S. and Mexico, which could
negatively affect the value of securities held by the
Fund.
Risk
of Investing in South Korea: Investments
in South Korean issuers may subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political,
currency, security, and economic risks that are specific to South Korea. In
addition, economic and political developments of South Korea’s neighbors,
including escalated tensions involving North Korea and any outbreak of
hostilities involving North Korea, or even the threat of an outbreak of
hostilities, may have a severe adverse effect on the South Korean
economy.
Risk
of Investing in Taiwan: Investments
in Taiwanese issuers involve risks that are specific to Taiwan, including legal,
regulatory, political and economic risks. Political and economic developments of
Taiwan’s neighbors may have an adverse effect on Taiwan’s economy. Specifically,
Taiwan’s geographic proximity and history of political contention with China
have resulted in ongoing tensions, which may materially affect the Taiwanese
economy and its securities
market.
Risk
of Investing in Turkey: The Turkish economy is heavily
dependent on relationships with certain key trading partners, including European
Union countries, China and Russia. The Turkish economy has certain significant
economic weaknesses, such as its relatively high current account deficit and
currency volatility. Turkey has historically experienced acts of terrorism and
strained relations related to border disputes with certain neighboring
countries. The continuation of the conflict on the Turkish-Syrian border, for
example, could have an adverse impact on the Turkish economy. Turkey may be
subject to considerable degrees of social and political instability.
Unanticipated or sudden political or social developments may cause uncertainty
in the Turkish stock market and as a result adversely affect issuers to which
the Fund has exposure. In February 2023, a severe earthquake struck central and
southern Turkey, causing tens of thousands of fatalities, the collapse of
buildings and infrastructure, disruption of supply chains, and other forms of
immense economic damage.
High
Dividend Yield Stocks Risk: High-yielding stocks are often speculative, high risk investments.
These companies may be paying out more than they can support and may reduce
their dividends or stop paying dividends at any time, which could have a
material adverse effect on the stock price of these companies and the Fund’s
performance. Securities that pay dividends, as a group, can fall out of favor
with the market, potentially during periods of rising interest rates, causing
such companies to underperform companies that do not pay
dividends.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk: To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the
underlying security (i.e., the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market).
These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that
may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds
("ETFs").
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does not. ETFs that track
indices with significant weight in emerging markets issuers may experience
higher tracking error than other ETFs that do not track such
indices.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk:
The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as
Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange. Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because
the Fund invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Risks
Related to Stock Connect Programs: The Stock Connect Programs are subject to daily and aggregate quota
limitations, which could affect the Fund’s ability to enter into and exit Stock
Connect positions on a timely basis. The Shenzen and Shanghai markets may
operate when the Stock Connect Programs are not active, and consequently the
prices of shares held via Stock Connect Programs may fluctuate at times when the
Fund is unable to add to or exit its positions. The Stock Connect Programs are
new, and the effect of the introduction of large numbers of foreign investors on
the market for trading Chinese-listed securities is not well understood.
Regulations, such as limitations on redemptions or suspension of trading, may
adversely impact the value of the Fund’s investments. The Fund's investments in
A-Shares though the Stock Connect Program are held by its custodian in accounts
in Central Clearing and Settlement System ("CCASS") maintained by the Hong Kong
Securities Clearing Company Limited ("HKSCC"), which in turn holds the A-Shares,
as the nominee holder, through an omnibus securities account in its name
registered with the CSDCC. The precise nature and rights of the Fund as the
beneficial owner of the SSE Securities or SZSE Securities through HKSCC as
nominee is not well defined under Chinese law. There is no guarantee that the
Shenzen, Shanghai, and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges will continue to support the
Stock Connect Programs in the future.
Securities
Lending Risk: Securities
lending involves a risk of loss because the borrower may fail to return the
securities in a timely manner or at all. If the Fund is not able to recover the
securities loaned, it may sell the collateral and purchase a replacement
security in the market. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if
and to the extent that the market value of the loaned securities increases and
the collateral is not increased accordingly. Additionally, the Fund will bear
any loss on the investment of cash collateral it receives. These events could
also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund. As securities on loan may
not be voted by the Fund, there is a risk that the Fund may not be able to
recall the securities in sufficient time to vote on material proxy
matters.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance. On
November 16, 2016, the name of the Fund changed from the Global X
SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets ETF to the Global X MSCI SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets ETF to reflect a change in the Fund's Index Provider from
Indxx, LLC to MSCI, Inc. and a change in the Fund's underlying index from the
Indxx SuperDividend® Emerging Markets Index to the MSCI Emerging Markets Top 50 Dividend
Index. The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
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12/31/2020 |
21.42% |
Worst
Quarter: |
3/31/2020 |
-33.34% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2023 |
Since
Inception (03/16/2015) |
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
13.32% |
-1.05% |
0.07% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
11.27% |
-2.66% |
-1.47% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
9.17% |
-0.78% |
0.06% |
Hybrid
MSCI Emerging Markets Top 50 Dividend Index (net)2
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
14.50% |
-0.16% |
1.21% |
MSCI
Emerging Markets Index (net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
9.83% |
3.68% |
3.46% |
1
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
2
Hybrid
index performance reflects the performance of the Indxx
SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets Index through November 15, 2016 and the MSCI Emerging Markets
Top 50 Dividend Index thereafter.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers: The
professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund
are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2018.
Mr. Xie has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019. Ms. Yang
has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales
persons
or other intermediary or its employees or associated persons to recommend the
Fund over another investment. Ask your financial adviser or visit your financial
intermediary’s website for more information.
Global
X SuperDividend®
REIT ETF
Ticker:
SRET Exchange:
NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X SuperDividend®
REIT ETF ("Fund") seeks investment results that correspond generally to the
price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Global
SuperDividend®
REIT
Index ("Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.58% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.01% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.59% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$60 |
$189 |
$329 |
$738 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys
and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher
taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not
reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's
performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover
rate was 92.84% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Solactive
Global SuperDividend®
REIT
Index ("Underlying Index") and in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and
Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on the securities in the Underlying
Index. Moreover, at least 80% of the Fund's total assets are invested in
securities of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs"). The Fund's 80% investment
policies are non-fundamental and require 60 days prior written notice to
shareholders before they can be changed. The Fund may lend securities
representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including
the value of the collateral received).
The
Underlying Index tracks the performance of REITs that rank among the highest
yielding REITs globally, as determined by Solactive AG, the provider of the
Underlying Index ("Index Provider"). The Index Provider screens the highest
yielding REITs to exclude REITs that have historically exhibited the highest
volatility, as determined by the Index Provider. As of December 31, 2023,
the Underlying Index had 30 constituents, 11 of which are foreign companies. The
Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be changed without
shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider
determines
the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes
information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index had significant exposure to the real estate
sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values
may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions.
Mortgage
Real Estate Investment Trusts (Mortgage REITs) Investment
Risk: Mortgage REITs are exposed to the risks specific to the real estate
market as well as credit risk, interest rate risk, leverage risk and prepayment
risk.
Real
Estate Stocks and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Investment
Risk: The Fund may have exposure to
companies that invest in real estate, such as REITs, which exposes investors in
the Fund to the risks of owning real estate directly, as well as to risks that
relate specifically to the way in which real estate companies are organized and
operated. Real estate is highly sensitive to general and local economic
conditions and developments and characterized by intense competition and
periodic overbuilding. Many real estate companies, including REITs, utilize
leverage (and some may be highly leveraged), which increases risk and could
adversely affect a real estate company's operations and market value in periods
of rising interest rates.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have
smaller
revenues, narrower product lines, less management depth and experience, smaller
shares of their product or service markets, fewer financial resources and less
competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Compared to mid- and
large-capitalization companies, small-capitalization companies may be less
stable and more susceptible to adverse developments, and their securities may be
more volatile and less liquid.
Credit
Risk: Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of the
security will not be able to make principal and interest payments when due.
Changes in an issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s
creditworthiness may also affect the value of the Fund’s investment in that
issuer. Securities rated in the four highest categories by the rating agencies
are considered investment grade but they may also have some speculative
characteristics. Investment grade ratings do not guarantee that bonds will not
lose value.
Currency
Risk: The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign
currencies. Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV
could decline if currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the
U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies.
Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and
unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without
warning, which could have a significant negative impact on the
Fund.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Equity Real Estate Investment Industry:
The Fund is concentrated in the Equity Real Estate Investment Industry, which
comprises Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). For more information, see
Asset
Class Risk - Real Estate Stocks and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Investment Risk in
the SUMMARY
OF PRINCIPAL RISKS
and A
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF PRINCIPAL RISKS sections of the Prospectus.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Real Estate
Sector: The real estate sector includes real
estate companies focused on commercial and residential real estate development,
sales, operations, and services, as well as real estate investment trusts
(“REITs”). Real estate is highly sensitive to general and local economic
conditions and developments and characterized by intense competition and
periodic overbuilding. Many real estate companies utilize leverage (and some may
be highly leveraged), which increases risk and could adversely affect a real
estate company's operations and market value in periods of rising interest
rates.
Foreign
Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign
securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than
U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers
(including investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global
Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing
in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or
nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S.
securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities
of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic
events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political
or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security
traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other factors, increasing
price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the
security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may
lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities
trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are
listed and trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from
the security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the
Fund’s domestic trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in
which
the Fund invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks
as a result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in Singapore: Investments
in Singaporean issuers involve risks that are specific to Singapore, including
legal, regulatory, political and economic risks. In addition, because
Singapore’s economy is export-driven, Singapore relies heavily on its trading
partners. Political and economic developments of Singapore's neighbors may have
an adverse effect on Singapore's
economy.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
High
Dividend Yield Stocks Risk: High-yielding stocks are often speculative, high risk investments.
These companies may be paying out more than they can support and may reduce
their dividends or stop paying dividends at any time, which could have a
material adverse effect on the stock price of these companies and the Fund’s
performance. Securities that pay dividends, as a group, can fall out of favor
with the market, potentially during periods of rising interest rates, causing
such companies to underperform companies that do not pay
dividends.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk: To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the
underlying security (i.e., the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market).
These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that
may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds
("ETFs").
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore,
it
would not necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or
removed, respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security
generally is underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying
Index were removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index,
the Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Prepayment
Risk: When interest rates fall, certain obligations will be paid off by
the obligor more quickly than originally anticipated, and the Fund may have to
invest the proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an exchange.
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because the Fund
invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks:
Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which
may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. In stressed market
conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the
deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the
liquidity of the Shares, as well as disruptions to creations and redemptions,
the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the
Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a
significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a
time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time
when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain
losses. The NAV of the Fund is calculated at the end of each business day and
fluctuates with
changes in the market value of the
Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares fluctuates, in some
cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to changes in the Fund’s
NAV.
Securities
Lending Risk: Securities lending involves a risk of loss because the borrower may
fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. If the Fund is not
able to recover the securities loaned, it may sell the collateral and purchase a
replacement security in the market. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to
the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the loaned securities
increases and the collateral is not increased accordingly. Additionally, the
Fund will bear any loss on the investment of cash collateral it receives. These
events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund. As securities
on loan may not be voted by the Fund, there is a risk that the Fund may not be
able to recall the securities in sufficient time to vote on material proxy
matters.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
6/30/2020 |
22.73% |
Worst
Quarter: |
3/31/2020 |
-56.55% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2023 |
Since
Inception (03/16/2015) |
Global
X SuperDividend®
REIT ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
9.63% |
-4.41% |
-0.18% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
6.97% |
-6.62% |
-2.99% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
5.65% |
-4.05% |
-1.15% |
Solactive
Global SuperDividend®
REIT Index
(net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of U.S. and non-U.S. withholding taxes, but reflect
no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
10.35% |
-4.01% |
0.35% |
S&P
500®
Index
(Index returns do not
reflect deduction for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
26.29% |
15.69% |
11.94% |
1
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2018.
Mr. Xie has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019. Ms. Yang
has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global X Renewable
Energy Producers ETF
Ticker:
RNRG Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF ("Fund") seeks to track, before fees and
expenses, the price and yield performance of the Indxx Renewable Energy
Producers Index ("Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.65% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.65% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$66 |
$208 |
$362 |
$810 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the
Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 12.68% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Indxx
Renewable Energy Producers Index ("Underlying Index") and in American Depositary
Receipts ("ADRs") and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on the
securities in the Underlying Index. The Fund's 80% investment policy is
non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders before
it can be changed. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of
the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the value of the collateral
received).
The
Underlying Index is designed to provide exposure to publicly traded companies
that produce energy from renewable sources including wind, solar, hydroelectric,
geothermal, and biofuels (including publicly traded companies that are formed to
own operating assets that produce defined cash flows (“YieldCos”))
(collectively, "Renewable Energy Companies"), as defined by Indxx LLC, the
provider of the Underlying Index ("Index Provider").
In
constructing the Underlying Index, the Index Provider first identifies FactSet
Industries related to renewable energy production. Companies within these
industries, as of the selection date, are further reviewed by the Index Provider
on the basis of revenue related to renewable energy production. To be eligible
for the Underlying Index, a company is considered by the Index Provider to be a
Renewable Energy Company if the company generates at least 50% of its revenues
from renewable energy production, as determined by the Index Provider. The Index
Provider classifies Renewable Energy Companies as those companies that produce
energy from renewable sources, including: wind, solar, hydroelectric,
geothermal, and biofuels (including YieldCos), as determined by the Index
Provider.
The
Underlying Index is weighted according to a modified capitalization weighting
methodology and is reconstituted and re-weighted semi-annually. Modified
capitalization weighting seeks to weight constituents primarily based on market
capitalization, but subject to caps on the weights of the individual securities.
Generally speaking, this approach will limit the amount of concentration in the
largest market capitalization companies and increase company-level
diversification. The Underlying Index may include large-, mid- or
small-capitalization companies, and components may include, but are not limited
to, utilities, industrials and energy companies. The Fund's investment objective
and Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider
determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and
publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying
Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
"outperform" the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive
positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The
Fund concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total
assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the
same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31,
2023, the Underlying Index was concentrated in the electric utilities and
independent power and renewable energy industries and had significant exposure
to the utilities sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in Renewable Energy Companies: Renewable
Energy Companies typically face intense competition, short product lifecycles
and potentially rapid product obsolescence. These companies may be significantly
affected by fluctuations in energy prices and in the supply and demand of
renewable energy, tax incentives, permitting application timelines, availability
of transmission capacity, subsidies, and other governmental regulations and
policies. These companies are also heavily dependent on intellectual property
rights and may be adversely affected by loss or impairment of
those rights. Renewable Energy Companies may be adversely affected
by commodity price volatility, changes in exchange rates, imposition of import
controls, availability of certain inputs and materials required for production,
depletion of resources, technological developments and labor relations. A
decline in the price of conventional energy such as oil and natural gas could
have a materially adverse impact on Renewable Energy Companies. Renewable energy
resources may be highly dependent upon government policies that support
renewable generation and enhance the economic viability of owning renewable
electric generation assets. Investors should additionally take notice of the
distinction between implemented government policy based on legislation and less
guaranteed commitments which may be aspirational, subject to political risk, and
difficult to enforce. Additionally, adverse environmental conditions may cause
fluctuations in renewable electric generation and adversely affect the cash
flows associated with Renewable Energy Companies.
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in YieldCos: Investments
in securities of YieldCos involve risks that differ from investments in
traditional operating companies, including risks related to the relationship
between the YieldCo and the company responsible for the formation of the YieldCo
(the "YieldCo Sponsor”). YieldCos typically remain dependent on the management
and administration services provided by or under the direction of the YieldCo
Sponsor and on the ability of the YieldCo Sponsor to identify and present the
YieldCo with acquisition opportunities, which may often be assets of the YieldCo
Sponsor itself. To the extent that the YieldCo relies on the YieldCo Sponsor for
developing new assets for potential future acquisitions, the YieldCo may be
dependent on the development capabilities and financial health of the YieldCo
Sponsor. YieldCo Sponsors may have interests that conflict with the interests of
the YieldCo, and may retain control of the YieldCo via classes of stock held by
the Yieldco Sponsor. Congress voted not to extend bonus depreciation in
2015 for qualifying capital equipment, meaning new YieldCo assets could be
subject to slower depreciation schedules and less ability to minimize tax
liabilities. Additionally, Congress could vote to eliminate production tax
credits (“PTCs”) for green energy projects, which could reduce the profitability
of companies, including YieldCos that operate in the renewable energy
space. YieldCo securities can be affected by macro-economic and other
factors affecting the stock market in general, expectations of interest rates,
investor sentiment towards YieldCos or the energy sector, changes in a
particular issuer’s financial condition, or unfavorable or unanticipated poor
performance of a particular issuer (in the case of YieldCos, generally measured
in terms of distributable cash flow). A YieldCo’s share price is typically a
multiple of its distributable cash flow. Therefore any event that limits
the YieldCo’s ability to maintain or grow its distributable cash flow would
likely have a negative impact on the YieldCo’s share price. Prices of YieldCo
securities also can be affected by fundamentals unique to the company, including
the robustness and consistency of its earnings and its ability to meet debt
obligations including the payment of interest and principle to creditors.
YieldCos may distribute all or substantially all of the cash available for
distribution, which may limit new acquisitions and future growth. YieldCos may
finance its growth strategy with debt, which may increase the YieldCo’s leverage
and the risks associated with the YieldCo. The ability of a YieldCo to maintain
or grow its dividend distributions may depend on the entity’s ability to
minimize its tax liabilities through the use of accelerated depreciation
schedules, tax loss carryforwards, and tax incentives. Changes to the current
tax code could result in greater tax liabilities, which would reduce the
YieldCo’s distributable cash flow.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Compared
to mid- and large-capitalization companies, small-capitalization companies may
be less stable and more susceptible to adverse developments, and their
securities may be more volatile and less
liquid.
Cash
Transaction Risk: Unlike most exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), the Fund intends to
effect a significant portion of creations and redemptions for cash, rather than
in-kind securities. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less
tax-efficient than an investment in a more conventional ETF. Moreover, cash
transactions may have to be carried out over several days if the securities
market is relatively illiquid and may involve considerable brokerage fees and
taxes. These factors may result in wider spreads between the bid and the offered
prices of the Fund’s Shares than for more conventional ETFs.
Currency
Risk: The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign
currencies. Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV
could decline if currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the
U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies.
Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and
unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without
warning, which could have a significant negative impact on the
Fund.
Custody
Risk: The Fund may hold foreign securities and cash with foreign banks,
agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund's custodian.
Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks
than investments in more developed markets. Less developed markets are more
likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the
holding of securities by local banks, agents and depositories.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Electric Utilities Industry: Companies
in the electric utilities industry may face increased financing costs, decreased
demand resulting from energy conservation, and regulatory changes which have a
material impact on their business.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Independent Power and Renewable Electricity
Producers Industry: Companies in the independent power and renewable electricity
producers industry may be highly dependent upon government subsidies, contracts
with government entities, and the successful development of new and proprietary
technologies. In addition, seasonal weather conditions, fluctuations in the
supply of and demand for energy products, changes in energy prices, and
international political events may cause fluctuations in the performance of
independent power and renewable electricity producers companies and the prices
of their securities.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Utilities Sector:
Companies in the utilities sector may be adversely affected by changes in
exchange rates, domestic and international competition and governmental
regulations on rates charged to customers. Privatization and deregulation in the
utilities sector may subject companies to greater competition and losses in
profitability. Companies in the utilities sector may have difficulty obtaining
an adequate return on invested capital, raising capital, or financing large
construction programs during periods of inflation or unsettled capital markets.
In addition, companies in the utilities sector may be adversely affected due to
increase in fuel and operating costs and the costs of complying with
regulations. Furthermore, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, government
intervention or other factors may render a utility company's equipment unusable
or obsolete and negatively impact
profitability.
Foreign
Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign
securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than
U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers
(including investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global
Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing
in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or
nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S.
securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities
of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic
events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political
or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security
traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other factors, increasing
price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the
security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may
lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities
trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are
listed and trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from
the security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the
Fund’s domestic trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in
which
the Fund invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks
as a result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Brazil: Investment
in Brazilian issuers involves risks that are specific to Brazil, including
legal, regulatory, political and economic risks. The Brazilian economy has
historically been exposed to high rates of inflation, debt, corruption, and
violence, each of which may reduce and/or prevent economic
growth.
Risk
of Investing in Canada: The Canadian economy is highly dependent on the demand for and
price of natural resources. As a result, the Canadian market is relatively
concentrated in issuers involved in the production and distribution of natural
resources and any changes in these sectors could have an adverse impact on the
Canadian economy. The Canadian economy is heavily dependent on relationships
with certain key trading partners, including the United States and China.
Developments in the United States, including renegotiation of the North American
Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) and ratification of the successor United
States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”), which went into effect on July 1,
2020, as well as the imposition of additional tariffs by the United States, may
have implications for the trade arrangements between the United States and
Canada, which could negatively affect the value of securities held by the
Fund.
Risk
of Investing in China:
Investment exposure to China subjects the Fund to risks specific to China.
Economic,
Political and Social Risk
China
may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social
instability. Concerns about the rising government and household debt levels
could impact the stability of the Chinese economy. China is an emerging market
and demonstrates significantly higher volatility from time to time in comparison
to developed markets. Over the last few decades, the Chinese government has
undertaken reform of economic and market practices, including recent reforms to
liberalize its capital markets and expand the sphere for private ownership of
property in China. However, Chinese markets generally continue to experience
inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies resulting from governmental
influence, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social
instability. Chinese companies are also subject to the risk that Chinese
authorities can intervene in their operations and structure. Internal social
unrest or confrontations with other neighboring countries, including military
conflicts in response to such events, may also disrupt economic development in
China and result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency
convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation.
China
has experienced major health crises. These health crises include, but are not
limited to, the rapid and pandemic spread of novel viruses commonly known as
SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Such health crises could exacerbate
political, social, and economic risks previously mentioned.
Export
growth continues to be a major driver of China’s rapid economic growth. Elevated
trade tensions between China and its trading partners, including the imposition
of U.S. tariffs on certain Chinese goods and increased international pressure
related to Chinese trade policy and forced technology transfers and intellectual
property protections, may have a substantial impact on the Chinese economy.
Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, institution of
additional tariffs or other trade barriers (including as a result of heightened
trade tensions between China and the U.S. or in response to actual or alleged
Chinese cyber activity), or a downturn in any of the economies of China’s key
trading partners may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy. The
continuation or worsening of the current political climate between China and the
U.S. could result in additional regulatory restrictions being contemplated or
imposed in the U.S. or in China that could impact the Fund’s ability to invest
in certain companies.
Security
Risk
China
has experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Additionally, China is alleged to have participated in
state-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign companies and foreign governments.
Actual and threatened responses to such activity, including purchasing
restrictions, sanctions, tariffs or cyberattacks on the Chinese government or
Chinese companies, may impact China’s economy and Chinese issuers of securities
in which the Fund invests. Incidents involving China’s or the region’s security,
including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may cause uncertainty
in Chinese markets and may adversely affect the Chinese economy and the Fund’s
investments.
Heavy
Government Control and Regulation
Chinese
companies, including Chinese companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges, are
not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting standards
or auditor oversight as companies in more developed countries, and as a result,
information about the Chinese securities in which the Fund invests may be less
reliable or complete. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining
information necessary for investigations into or litigation against Chinese
companies
and shareholders may have limited legal remedies. Investments in China may be
subject to loss due to expropriation or nationalization of assets and property
or the imposition of restrictions on foreign investments and repatriation of
capital. Furthermore, government actions against leaders or other key figures
within companies, or speculation about such actions, may lead to sudden and
unpredictable falls in the value of securities within the Fund.
Tax
Risk
China
has implemented a number of tax reforms in recent years and may amend or revise
its existing tax laws and/or procedures in the future, possibly with retroactive
effect. Changes in applicable Chinese tax law could reduce the after-tax profits
of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits
of companies in China in which the Fund invests. Uncertainties in Chinese tax
rules could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. Should
legislation limit U.S. investors’ ability to invest in specific Chinese
companies through A-shares or other share class listings that are part of the
underlying holdings, these shares may be excluded from Fund
holdings.
Special
Risk Considerations of Investing in China – Variable Interest Entity
Investments
For
purposes of raising capital offshore on exchanges outside of China, including on
U.S. exchanges, many Chinese-based operating companies are structured as
Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). In this structure, the Chinese-based
operating company is the VIE and establishes a shell company in a foreign
jurisdiction, such as the Cayman Islands. The shell company lists on a foreign
exchange and enters into contractual arrangements with the VIE. This structure
allows Chinese companies in which the Chinese government restricts foreign
ownership to raise capital from foreign investors. While the shell company has
no equity ownership of the VIE, these contractual arrangements permit the shell
company to consolidate the VIE’s financial statements with its own for
accounting purposes and provide for economic exposure to the performance of the
underlying Chinese operating company.
Therefore,
an investor in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, will have exposure to
the Chinese-based operating company only through contractual arrangements and
has no ownership in the Chinese-based operating company. Furthermore, because
the shell company only has specific rights provided for in these service
agreements with the VIE, its abilities to control the activities at the
Chinese-based operating company are limited and the operating company may engage
in activities that negatively impact investment value.
While
the VIE structure has been widely adopted, it is not formally recognized under
Chinese law and therefore there is a risk that the Chinese government could
prohibit the existence of such structures or negatively impact the VIE’s
contractual arrangements with the listed shell company by making them invalid.
If these contracts were found to be unenforceable under Chinese law, investors
in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, may suffer significant losses
with little or no recourse available. If the Chinese government determines that
the agreements establishing the VIE structures do not comply with Chinese law
and regulations, including those related to restrictions on foreign ownership,
it could subject a Chinese-based issuer to penalties, revocation of business and
operating licenses, or forfeiture of ownership interest. In addition, the listed
shell company’s control over a VIE may also be jeopardized if a natural person
who holds the equity interest in the VIE breaches the terms of the agreement, is
subject to legal proceedings or if any physical instruments for authenticating
documentation, such as chops and seals, are used without the Chinese-based
issuer’s authorization to enter into contractual arrangements in China. Chops
and seals, which are carved stamps used to sign documents, represent a legally
binding commitment by the company. Moreover, any future regulatory action may
prohibit the ability of the shell company to receive the economic benefits of
the Chinese-based operating company, which may cause the value of the Fund’s
investment in the listed shell company to suffer a significant loss. For
example, in 2021, the Chinese government prohibited use of the VIE structure for
investment in after-school tutoring companies. There is no guarantee that the
Chinese government will not place similar restrictions on other
industries.
Chinese equities that utilize the VIE structure to list in the U.S.
as ADRs face the risk of regulatory action from U.S. authorities, including the
risk of delisting. This will depend in part on whether U.S. regulatory
authorities are satisfied with their access to mainland China and Hong Kong for
the purpose of conducting inspections on the quality of audits for these
companies. Although the U.S. and China reached an agreement in September 2022 to
grant the U.S. access for such inspections, there is no guarantee that the
agreement will be enforced or that U.S. regulatory authorities will continue to
feel satisfied with their access.
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in Emerging Markets:
The Fund targets Yieldco and Renewable Energy Companies globally and is expected
to invest in securities in emerging market countries. Investments in emerging
markets may be subject to a greater risk of loss than investments in developed
markets. Securities markets of emerging market countries are less liquid,
subject to greater price volatility, have smaller market capitalizations, have
less government regulation, and are not subject to as extensive and frequent
accounting, financial, and other reporting requirements as the securities
markets of more developed countries, and there may be greater risk associated
with the custody of securities in emerging markets. It may be difficult or
impossible for the Fund to pursue claims against an emerging market issuer in
the courts of an emerging market country.
There
may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for
investigations into or litigation against emerging market companies and
shareholders may have limited legal rights and remedies. Emerging markets may be
more likely to experience inflation, political turmoil and rapid changes in
economic conditions than more developed markets. Emerging market economies’
exposure to specific industries, such as tourism, and lack of efficient or
sufficient health care systems, could make these economies especially vulnerable
to global crises, including but not limited to, pandemics such as the global
COVID-19 pandemic. Certain emerging market countries may have privatized, or
have begun the process of privatizing, certain entities and industries.
Privatized entities may lose money or be
re-nationalized.
Risk
of Investing in New Zealand: The
New Zealand economy is heavily dependent on agricultural exports, and as a
result, is susceptible to fluctuations in demand for agricultural products. New
Zealand is also dependent on trade with key trading partners; a reduction in
such trade may cause an adverse impact on its
economy.
Risk
of Investing in Thailand: Investments
in Thai issuers may subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political, currency,
security, and economic risks specific to Thailand. Among other considerations,
Thailand’s economy is heavily dependent on trading relationships with certain
key trading partners, including the United States, China, Japan and other Asian
countries.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk: To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the
underlying security (i.e., the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market).
These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that
may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds
("ETFs").
Investable
Universe of Companies Risk: The investable universe of companies in which the Fund may invest
may be limited. If a company no longer meets the Index Provider’s criteria for
inclusion in the Underlying Index, the Fund may need to reduce or eliminate its
holdings in that company. The reduction or elimination of the Fund’s holdings in
the company may have an adverse impact on the liquidity of the Fund’s overall
portfolio holdings and on Fund performance.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Non-Diversification
Risk:
The Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses
on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and may make
the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does not. ETFs that track
indices with significant weight in emerging markets issuers may experience
higher tracking error than other ETFs that do not track such
indices.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an exchange.
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because the Fund
invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Securities
Lending Risk: Securities lending involves a risk of loss because the borrower may
fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. If the Fund is not
able to recover the securities loaned, it may sell the collateral and purchase a
replacement security in the market. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to
the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the loaned securities
increases and the collateral is not increased accordingly. Additionally, the
Fund will bear any loss on the investment of cash collateral it receives. These
events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund. As securities
on loan may not be voted by the Fund, there is a risk that the Fund may not be
able to recall the securities in sufficient time to vote on material proxy
matters.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance. On
November 19, 2018, the name of the Fund changed from the Global X YieldCo Index
ETF to the Global X YieldCo & Renewable Energy Income ETF to reflect a
change in the Fund's underlying index from the Indxx Global YieldCo Index to the
Indxx YieldCo & Renewable Energy Income Index. The Fund's
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how
the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
12/31/2020 |
24.58% |
Worst
Quarter: |
3/31/2020 |
-18.03% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2023 |
Since
Inception (05/27/2015) |
Global
X Renewable Energy Producers ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
-12.33% |
2.25% |
-0.07% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
-12.45% |
1.75% |
-0.78% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
-6.92% |
1.82% |
-0.11% |
Hybrid
Indxx Renewable Energy Producers Index (net)2
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
-11.98% |
2.61% |
0.31% |
MSCI
ACWI Index (net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
22.20% |
11.72% |
8.02% |
1
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
2
Hybrid
index performance reflects the performance of the Indxx Global YieldCo Index
through November 18, 2018 and the Indxx YieldCo & Renewable Energy Income
Index thereafter. Effective February 1, 2021, the name of the Underlying Index
changed from Indxx YieldCo & Renewable Energy Income Index to the Indxx
Renewable Energy Producers Index.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers: The
professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund
are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2018.
Mr. Xie has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019. Ms. Yang
has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global
X S&P 500®
Catholic Values ETF
Ticker:
CATH Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X S&P 500®
Catholic Values ETF ("Fund") seeks investment results that correspond generally
to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P
500®
Catholic Values Index ("Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.29% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.29% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$30 |
$93 |
$163 |
$368 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the
Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 6.70% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the S&P
500®
Catholic Values Index ("Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80% investment policy is
non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders before
it can be changed.
The
S&P 500®
Catholic Values Index is designed to provide exposure to U.S. equity securities
included in the S&P 500®
Index while maintaining alignment with the moral and social teachings of the
Catholic Church. The Underlying Index is based on the S&P 500®
Index, and generally comprises approximately 500 or less U.S. listed common
stocks. All index constituents are members of the S&P 500®
Index and follow the eligibility criteria for that index. From this starting
universe, constituents are screened to exclude companies involved in activities
which are perceived to be inconsistent with Catholic values as outlined in the
Socially Responsible Investment Guidelines of the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops ("USCCB"). As of September 18th, 2023, the activities screened
for constituents’ exclusion by the S&P 500®
Catholic Values Index included Abortion, Contraceptives, Human Embryonic Stem
Cells, Adult Entertainment, Controversial Weapons, Military Contracting,
Gambling, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Child Labor. The Underlying Index then
reweights the remaining constituents so that the Underlying Index's sector
exposures matches the sector exposures of the S&P 500®
Index. The Underlying Index is sponsored by Standard & Poor's Financial
Services LLC (the "Index Provider"), which is an organization that is
independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management Company
LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider
determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and
publishes information regarding
the
market value of the Underlying Index. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index had 436 constituents. The Fund's investment objective and
Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder approval.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
"outperform" the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive
positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to
shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs
involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying
Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes
temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal
restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that
apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The
Fund concentrates its investments (i.e.,
hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of
industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is
concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index had significant
exposure to the information technology
sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Associated
Risks Related to Socially Responsible Investments: Certain social responsibility investment criteria limit the types
of securities that can be included in the Underlying Index. This could cause the
Underlying Index to underperform other benchmark indices, and could cause the
Fund to underperform other funds that do not have a social responsibility
focus.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Catholic
Values Investing Risk: The
Fund invests in securities that meet the Underlying Index’s investment criteria
by excluding the securities of companies based on such company's involvement in
one or more activities deemed by the investment criteria to be inconsistent with
Catholic teachings. There can be no guarantee that the activities of the
companies included in the Underlying Index will align with the moral and social
teachings of the Catholic Church, or that the Underlying Index’s investment
criteria will align fully with all interpretations of Catholic social teachings.
To the extent an investor intends to
invest
in a manner consistent with his or her interpretation of Catholic social
teachings, an investment in the Fund may fail to achieve such
objective.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector: Companies
in the information technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology
product cycles; rapid product obsolescence; government regulation; and increased
competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology tend to be more volatile
than the overall market and also are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights. In addition, information technology companies may
have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or
personnel.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk:
The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors,
including but not limited to human error, processing and communication errors,
errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties,
failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. Additionally,
cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic systems of the Fund, the
Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market makers, Authorized
Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests have the
ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to
the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these
operational risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do
not address every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they
are intended to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks:
Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which
may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. In stressed market
conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the
deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the
liquidity of the Shares, as well as disruptions to creations and redemptions,
the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the
Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a
significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a
time when the market price
is at a premium to the NAV or sells
Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the
shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is calculated at the end of
each business day and fluctuates with changes in the market value of the Fund’s
holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares fluctuates, in some cases
materially, throughout trading hours in response to changes in the Fund’s
NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
6/30/2020 |
21.14% |
Worst
Quarter: |
3/31/2020 |
-19.60% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2023 |
Since
Inception (04/18/2016)
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Global
X S&P 500®
Catholic Values ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
26.36% |
15.15% |
12.95% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
26.00% |
14.79% |
12.59% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
15.84% |
12.17% |
10.57% |
S&P
500®
Catholic Values Index
(Index returns do not
reflect deduction for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
26.77% |
15.50% |
12.91% |
S&P
500®
Index
(Index returns do not
reflect deduction for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
26.29% |
15.69% |
13.31% |
1
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers: The
professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund
are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund
since
March 1, 2018. Mr. Xie has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1,
2019. Ms. Yang has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr.
Lu has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend®
EAFE ETF
Ticker:
EFAS Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X MSCI SuperDividend®
EAFE ETF ("Fund") seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally
to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE
Top 50 Dividend Index ("Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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0.55% |
Distribution
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None |
Other
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0.01% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.56% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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$179 |
$313 |
$701 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the
Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 37.00% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the MSCI EAFE
Top 50 Dividend Index ("Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80% investment policy is
non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders before
it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index tracks the performance of 50 equally-weighted companies that
rank among the highest dividend yielding equity securities in Europe,
Australasia and the Far East, as defined by MSCI, the provider of the Underlying
Index ("Index Provider"). The Underlying Index begins with the MSCI EAFE Index,
which is a capitalization-weighted index, and then follows a rules-based
methodology that is designed to select among the highest dividend yielding
equity securities of the MSCI EAFE Index. The Underlying Index is equal weighted
and rebalanced annually. As of December 31, 2023, components from the
following 21 developed market countries were eligible for inclusion in the
Underlying Index:Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United
Kingdom. The Underlying Index may include large-, mid- or small-capitalization
companies. As of December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index primarily includes
components from the following sectors: Consumer Discretionary, Energy,
Financials, Materials, Real Estate, Telecommunication Services, and Utilities.
The components of the Underlying Index, and the degree to which these components
represent certain industries, are likely to change over time. The Fund's
investment objective and Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder
approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider
determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and
publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying
Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index had significant exposure to the financials
sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values
may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions.
Real
Estate Stocks and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Investment
Risk: The Fund may have exposure to
companies that invest in real estate, such as REITs, which exposes investors in
the Fund to the risks of owning real estate directly, as well as to risks that
relate specifically to the way in which real estate companies are organized and
operated. Real estate is highly sensitive to general and local economic
conditions and developments and characterized by intense competition and
periodic overbuilding. Many real estate companies, including REITs, utilize
leverage (and some may be highly leveraged), which increases risk and could
adversely affect a real estate company's operations and market value in periods
of rising interest rates.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Currency
Risk: The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign
currencies. Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV
could decline if currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the
U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies.
Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and
unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without
warning, which could have a significant negative impact on the
Fund.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Financials Sector: Performance
of companies in the financials sector may be adversely impacted by many factors,
including, among others, government regulations, economic conditions, credit
rating downgrades, changes in interest rates, and decreased liquidity in credit
markets. This sector has experienced significant losses in the past, and the
impact of more stringent capital requirements and of current or future
regulation on any individual financial company or on the sector as a whole
cannot be predicted. In recent years, cyber-attacks and technology malfunctions
and failures have become increasingly frequent in this sector and have caused
significant losses to companies in this sector, which may negatively impact the
Fund.
Foreign
Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign
securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than
U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers
(including investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global
Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing
in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or
nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S.
securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities
of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic
events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political
or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security
traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other factors, increasing
price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the
security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may
lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities
trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are
listed and trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from
the security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the
Fund’s domestic trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in Japan: The
Japanese economy may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political
and social instability, which could have a negative impact on Japanese
securities. Japan’s economy has suffered from low growth and low inflation for a
prolonged period of time since the collapse of its bubble economy, and that may
continue despite the efforts of the Bank of Japan and policymakers. In addition,
Japan is subject to the risk of natural disasters, such as earthquakes,
volcanoes, typhoons and tsunamis, which could negatively affect the Fund.
Japan’s relations with its neighbors have at times been strained, and strained
relations with its neighbors or trading partners may cause uncertainty in the
Japanese markets and adversely affect the overall Japanese
economy.
Risk
of Investing in the United Kingdom:
Investments in United Kingdom issuers may subject the Fund to regulatory,
political, currency, security, and economic risks specific to the United
Kingdom. The United Kingdom has one of the largest economies in Europe, and the
United States and other European countries are substantial trading partners of
the United Kingdom. As a result, the United Kingdom’s economy may be impacted by
changes to the economic condition of the United States and other European
countries. The United Kingdom’s economy, along with certain other European Union
economies, experienced a significant economic slowdown during the recent
financial crisis; certain United Kingdom financial institutions suffered
significant losses, were severely under-capitalized and required government
intervention to survive. In a referendum held on June 23, 2016, the United
Kingdom resolved to leave the European Union, which departure has become known
as “Brexit”. The United Kingdom officially stopped being a member of the
European Union on January 31, 2020. On December 30, 2020, the United Kingdom and
the European Union signed an agreement on the terms governing certain aspects of
the European Union’s and the United Kingdom’s relationship following the end of
the transition period, the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the “TCA”).
Notwithstanding the TCA, there is likely to be considerable uncertainty as to
the United Kingdom’s post-transition framework, and in particular, as to the
arrangements which will apply to the United Kingdom’s relationships with the
European Union and with other countries, which is likely to continue to develop
and could result in increased volatility and illiquidity and potentially lower
economic growth.
High
Dividend Yield Stocks Risk: High-yielding stocks are often speculative, high risk investments.
These companies may be paying out more than they can support and may reduce
their dividends or stop paying dividends at any time, which could have a
material adverse effect on the stock price of these companies and the Fund’s
performance. Securities that pay dividends, as a group, can fall out of favor
with the market, potentially during periods of rising interest rates, causing
such companies to underperform companies that do not pay
dividends.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk: To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the
underlying security (i.e., the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market).
These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that
may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds
("ETFs").
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk:
The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors,
including but not limited to human error, processing and communication errors,
errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties,
failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. Additionally,
cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic systems of the Fund, the
Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market makers, Authorized
Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests have the
ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's business
operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and its
shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to
reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures.
However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate
for those risks that they are intended to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an exchange.
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because the Fund
invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks:
Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which
may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. In stressed market
conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the
deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the
liquidity of the Shares, as well as disruptions to creations and redemptions,
the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the
Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a
significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a
time when the market price
is at a premium to the NAV or sells
Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the
shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is calculated at the end of
each business day and fluctuates with changes in the market value of the Fund’s
holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares fluctuates, in some cases
materially, throughout trading hours in response to changes in the Fund’s
NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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12/31/2020 |
25.39% |
Worst
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3/31/2020 |
-32.96% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2023 |
Since
Inception (11/14/2016) |
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend®
EAFE ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
14.65% |
5.24% |
5.68% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
12.98% |
3.87% |
4.27% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
9.89% |
3.98% |
4.34% |
MSCI
EAFE Top 50 Dividend Index (net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
15.03% |
5.78% |
6.17% |
MSCI
EAFE Index (net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
18.24% |
8.16% |
7.31% |
1
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2018.
Mr. Xie has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019. Ms. Yang
has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a
Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global X E-commerce
ETF
Ticker:
EBIZ Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X E-commerce ETF ("Fund") seeks to provide investment results that
correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and
expenses, of the Solactive E-commerce Index ("Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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0.50% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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$160 |
$280 |
$628 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the
Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 26.67% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Solactive
E-commerce Index ("Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80% investment policy is
non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders before
it can be changed. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of
the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the value of the collateral
received).
The
Underlying Index is designed to provide exposure to exchange-listed companies
that are positioned to benefit from the increased adoption of e-commerce as a
distribution model, including but not limited to companies whose principal
business is in operating e-commerce platforms, providing e-commerce software and
services, and/or selling goods and services online (collectively, "E-commerce
Companies"), as defined by Solactive AG, the provider of the Underlying Index
("Index Provider").
In
constructing the Underlying Index, the Index Provider first applies a
proprietary natural language processing algorithm to the eligible universe,
which seeks to identify and rank companies with direct exposure to the
e-commerce industry based on filings, disclosures and other public information
(e.g. regulatory filings, earnings transcripts, etc.). Companies identified by
the natural language processing algorithm, as of the selection date, are further
reviewed by the Index Provider on the basis of revenue related to e-commerce
activities. To be eligible for the Underlying Index, a company is considered by
the Index Provider to be an E-commerce Company if the company generates at least
50% of its revenues from e-commerce activities, as determined by the Index
Provider. E-commerce Companies are those companies that (i) operate e-commerce
platforms that connect buyers and sellers of goods and services via online
marketplaces, (ii) provide e-commerce software, analytics or services that
facilitate the
development
and enhancement of e-commerce platforms, and/or (iii) primarily sell goods and
services online and generate the majority of their overall revenue from online
retail, as determined by the Index Provider.
To
be a part of the eligible universe of the Underlying Index, certain minimum
market capitalization and liquidity criteria, as defined by the Index Provider,
must be met. As of December 31, 2023, companies must have a minimum market
capitalization of $200 million and a minimum average daily turnover for the last
6 months greater than or equal to $2 million in order to be eligible for
inclusion in the Underlying Index. As of December 31, 2023, companies
listed in the following countries were eligible for inclusion in the Underlying
Index: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States.
The
Underlying Index is weighted according to a modified capitalization weighting
methodology and is reconstituted and re-weighted semi-annually, with each
included security being allocated a maximum weight of 4% and a minimum weight of
0.3% in connection with each semi-annual rebalance. Modified capitalization
weighting seeks to weight constituents primarily based on market capitalization,
but subject to caps on the weights of the individual securities. Generally
speaking, this approach will limit the amount of concentration in the largest
market capitalization companies and increase company-level diversification. The
Underlying Index may include large-, mid- or small-capitalization companies, and
components primarily include information technology and consumer discretionary
companies. As of December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index had 40
constituents. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be
changed without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider
determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and
publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying
Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
"outperform" the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive
positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to
shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs
involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying
Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes
temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal
restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that
apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The
Fund concentrates its investments (i.e.,
hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of
industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is
concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index was
concentrated in the broadline retail industry and had significant exposure to
the consumer discretionary
sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in E-commerce Companies: E-commerce
companies typically face intense competition and are subject to fluctuating
consumer demand. Many of these companies compete aggressively on price,
potentially affecting their long run profitability. Due to the online nature of
E-commerce companies and their involvement in processing, storing and
transmitting large amounts of data, these companies are particularly vulnerable
to cyber security risk. This includes threats to operational software and
hardware, as well as theft of personal and transaction records and other
customer data. In the event of a cyberattack, E-commerce companies could suffer
serious adverse reputational and operational consequences, including liability
and litigation. E-commerce companies may participate in monopolistic practices
that could make them subject to higher levels of regulatory scrutiny and/or
potential break ups in the future, which could severely impact the viability of
these companies. Chinese E-commerce Companies have been subject to heightened
scrutiny as regulators seek to rein in monopolistic practices and prevent the
‘disorderly expansion of capital’ under the Common Prosperity initiative.
Through its portfolio companies’ customers and suppliers, the Fund is
specifically exposed to Asian
Economic Risk,
European
Economic Risk
and North
American Economic Risk.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Compared
to mid- and large-capitalization companies, small-capitalization companies may
be less stable and more susceptible to adverse developments, and their
securities may be more volatile and less
liquid.
Currency
Risk: The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign
currencies. Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV
could decline if currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the
U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies.
Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and
unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without
warning, which could have a significant negative impact on the
Fund.
Custody
Risk: The Fund may hold foreign securities and cash with foreign banks,
agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund's custodian.
Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks
than investments in more developed markets. Less developed markets are more
likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the
holding of securities by local banks, agents and depositories.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Broadline Retail Industry:
Companies in the internet and direct marketing retail industry are
dependent on internal infrastructure and on the availability, reliability and
security of the internet and related systems. Critical systems and operations
may be vulnerable to damage or interruption from fire, flood, power loss,
telecommunications failure, terrorist attacks, cyber-attacks, acts of war,
break-ins, earthquake and similar events. Any system interruption that results
in the unavailability of a company’s website or mobile app or reduced
performance of transaction systems could interrupt or substantially reduce a
company’s ability to conduct its business. Companies in the internet and direct
marketing retail industry are dependent on paid and unpaid natural search
engines and are therefore dependent on business decisions made by companies that
offer natural search engines. Any business changes by dominant providers of
natural search engines can be detrimental to an internet and direct marketing
retail company’s business while being totally outside of the control of such
company.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Consumer Discretionary Sector: The
consumer discretionary sector may be affected by changes in domestic and
international economies, exchange and interest rates, competition, consumers’
disposable income and consumer preferences, social trends and marketing
campaigns.
Foreign
Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign
securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than
U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers
(including investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global
Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing
in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or
nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S.
securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities
of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic
events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political
or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security
traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other factors, increasing
price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the
security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may
lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities
trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are
listed and trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from
the security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the
Fund’s domestic trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Brazil: Investment
in Brazilian issuers involves risks that are specific to Brazil, including
legal, regulatory, political and economic risks. The Brazilian economy has
historically been exposed to high rates of inflation, debt, corruption, and
violence, each of which may reduce and/or prevent economic
growth.
Risk
of Investing in China:
Investment exposure to China subjects the Fund to risks specific to China.
Economic,
Political and Social Risk
China
may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social
instability. Concerns about the rising government and household debt levels
could impact the stability of the Chinese economy. China is an emerging market
and demonstrates significantly higher volatility from time to time in comparison
to developed markets. Over the last few decades, the Chinese government has
undertaken reform of economic and market practices, including recent reforms to
liberalize its capital markets and expand the sphere for private ownership of
property in China. However, Chinese markets generally continue to experience
inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies resulting from governmental
influence, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social
instability. Chinese companies are also subject to the risk that Chinese
authorities can intervene in their operations and structure. Internal social
unrest or confrontations with other neighboring countries, including military
conflicts in response to such events, may also disrupt economic development in
China and result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency
convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation.
China
has experienced major health crises. These health crises include, but are not
limited to, the rapid and pandemic spread of novel viruses commonly known as
SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Such health crises could exacerbate
political, social, and economic risks previously mentioned.
Export
growth continues to be a major driver of China’s rapid economic growth. Elevated
trade tensions between China and its trading partners, including the imposition
of U.S. tariffs on certain Chinese goods and increased
international
pressure related to Chinese trade policy and forced technology transfers and
intellectual property protections, may have a substantial impact on the Chinese
economy. Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, institution of
additional tariffs or other trade barriers (including as a result of heightened
trade tensions between China and the U.S. or in response to actual or alleged
Chinese cyber activity), or a downturn in any of the economies of China’s key
trading partners may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy. The
continuation or worsening of the current political climate between China and the
U.S. could result in additional regulatory restrictions being contemplated or
imposed in the U.S. or in China that could impact the Fund’s ability to invest
in certain companies.
Security
Risk
China
has experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Additionally, China is alleged to have participated in
state-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign companies and foreign governments.
Actual and threatened responses to such activity, including purchasing
restrictions, sanctions, tariffs or cyberattacks on the Chinese government or
Chinese companies, may impact China’s economy and Chinese issuers of securities
in which the Fund invests. Incidents involving China’s or the region’s security,
including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may cause uncertainty
in Chinese markets and may adversely affect the Chinese economy and the Fund’s
investments.
Heavy
Government Control and Regulation
Chinese
companies, including Chinese companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges, are
not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting standards
or auditor oversight as companies in more developed countries, and as a result,
information about the Chinese securities in which the Fund invests may be less
reliable or complete. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining
information necessary for investigations into or litigation against Chinese
companies and shareholders may have limited legal remedies. Investments in China
may be subject to loss due to expropriation or nationalization of assets and
property or the imposition of restrictions on foreign investments and
repatriation of capital. Furthermore, government actions against leaders or
other key figures within companies, or speculation about such actions, may lead
to sudden and unpredictable falls in the value of securities within the
Fund.
Tax
Risk
China
has implemented a number of tax reforms in recent years and may amend or revise
its existing tax laws and/or procedures in the future, possibly with retroactive
effect. Changes in applicable Chinese tax law could reduce the after-tax profits
of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits
of companies in China in which the Fund invests. Uncertainties in Chinese tax
rules could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. Should
legislation limit U.S. investors’ ability to invest in specific Chinese
companies through A-shares or other share class listings that are part of the
underlying holdings, these shares may be excluded from Fund
holdings.
Special
Risk Considerations of Investing in China – Variable Interest Entity
Investments
For
purposes of raising capital offshore on exchanges outside of China, including on
U.S. exchanges, many Chinese-based operating companies are structured as
Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). In this structure, the Chinese-based
operating company is the VIE and establishes a shell company in a foreign
jurisdiction, such as the Cayman Islands. The shell company lists on a foreign
exchange and enters into contractual arrangements with the VIE. This structure
allows Chinese companies in which the Chinese government restricts foreign
ownership to raise capital from foreign investors. While the shell company has
no equity ownership of the VIE, these contractual arrangements permit the shell
company to consolidate the VIE’s financial statements with its own for
accounting purposes and provide for economic exposure to the performance of the
underlying Chinese operating company.
Therefore,
an investor in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, will have exposure to
the Chinese-based operating company only through contractual arrangements and
has no ownership in the Chinese-based operating company. Furthermore, because
the shell company only has specific rights provided for in these service
agreements with the VIE, its abilities to control the activities at the
Chinese-based operating company are limited and the operating company may engage
in activities that negatively impact investment value.
While
the VIE structure has been widely adopted, it is not formally recognized under
Chinese law and therefore there is a risk that the Chinese government could
prohibit the existence of such structures or negatively impact the VIE’s
contractual arrangements with the listed shell company by making them invalid.
If these contracts were found to be unenforceable under Chinese law, investors
in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, may suffer significant losses
with little or no recourse available. If the Chinese government determines that
the agreements establishing the VIE structures do not comply with Chinese law
and regulations, including those related to restrictions on foreign ownership,
it could subject a Chinese-based issuer to penalties, revocation of business and
operating licenses, or forfeiture of ownership interest. In addition, the listed
shell company’s control over a VIE may also be jeopardized if a natural person
who holds the equity interest in the VIE breaches the terms of the agreement, is
subject to legal proceedings or if any physical instruments for authenticating
documentation, such as chops and seals, are used without the Chinese-based
issuer’s authorization to enter into contractual arrangements in China. Chops
and seals, which are carved stamps used to sign documents, represent a legally
binding commitment by the company. Moreover, any future
regulatory
action may prohibit the ability of the shell company to receive the economic
benefits of the Chinese-based operating company, which may cause the value of
the Fund’s investment in the listed shell company to suffer a significant loss.
For example, in 2021, the Chinese government prohibited use of the VIE structure
for investment in after-school tutoring companies. There is no guarantee that
the Chinese government will not place similar restrictions on other
industries.
Chinese equities that utilize the VIE structure to list in the U.S.
as ADRs face the risk of regulatory action from U.S. authorities, including the
risk of delisting. This will depend in part on whether U.S. regulatory
authorities are satisfied with their access to mainland China and Hong Kong for
the purpose of conducting inspections on the quality of audits for these
companies. Although the U.S. and China reached an agreement in September 2022 to
grant the U.S. access for such inspections, there is no guarantee that the
agreement will be enforced or that U.S. regulatory authorities will continue to
feel satisfied with their access. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund had
significant exposure to VIEs, as defined above.
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets: The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the
Fund to regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks
associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a
significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower
economic growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries
have experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities.
Risk
of Investing in Emerging Markets:
The Fund targets e-commerce companies globally and is expected to invest in
securities in emerging market countries. Investments in emerging markets may be
subject to a greater risk of loss than investments in developed markets.
Securities markets of emerging market countries are less liquid, subject to
greater price volatility, have smaller market capitalizations, have less
government regulation, and are not subject to as extensive and frequent
accounting, financial, and other reporting requirements as the securities
markets of more developed countries, and there may be greater risk associated
with the custody of securities in emerging markets. It may be difficult or
impossible for the Fund to pursue claims against an emerging market issuer in
the courts of an emerging market country.
There
may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for
investigations into or litigation against emerging market companies and
shareholders may have limited legal rights and remedies. Emerging markets may be
more likely to experience inflation, political turmoil and rapid changes in
economic conditions than more developed markets. Emerging market economies’
exposure to specific industries, such as tourism, and lack of efficient or
sufficient health care systems, could make these economies especially vulnerable
to global crises, including but not limited to, pandemics such as the global
COVID-19 pandemic. Certain emerging market countries may have privatized, or
have begun the process of privatizing, certain entities and industries.
Privatized entities may lose money or be
re-nationalized.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A
decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations and/or an economic
recession in the U.S. may have a material adverse effect on the U.S.
economy.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk: To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the
underlying security (i.e., the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market).
These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that
may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds
("ETFs").
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk:
Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may negatively affect
issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If the securities held
by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be unable to transact at
advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the Fund’s returns. In
addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central governments and
governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the European
Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could cause
increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of Fund
redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative impact on
the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Additionally, China’s shift
away from a zero-COVID policy creates both opportunities and risks,
causing uncertainty for global economic growth. Market risk factors may result
in increased volatility and/or decreased liquidity in the securities markets.
The Fund’s NAV could decline over short periods due to short-term market
movements and over longer periods during market downturns.
Non-Diversification
Risk:
The Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses
on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and may make
the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does not. ETFs that track
indices with significant weight in emerging markets issuers may experience
higher tracking error than other ETFs that do not track such
indices.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an exchange.
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because the Fund
invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Securities
Lending Risk: Securities lending involves a risk of loss because the borrower may
fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. If the Fund is not
able to recover the securities loaned, it may sell the collateral and purchase a
replacement security in the market. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to
the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the loaned securities
increases and the collateral is not increased accordingly. Additionally, the
Fund will bear any loss on the investment of cash collateral it receives. These
events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund. As securities
on loan may not be voted by the Fund, there is a risk that the Fund may not be
able to recall the securities in sufficient time to vote on material proxy
matters.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
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6/30/2020 |
55.92% |
Worst
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6/30/2022 |
-24.25% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2023 |
Since
Inception (11/27/2018) |
Global
X E-commerce ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
30.50% |
9.19% |
7.40% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
30.50% |
9.10% |
7.30% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
18.06% |
7.29% |
5.83% |
Solactive
E-commerce Index (net)
(Index returns reflects
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
31.13% |
9.68% |
7.86% |
MSCI
ACWI Index (net)
(Index returns reflects
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
22.20% |
11.72% |
10.33% |
1
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers: The
professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund
are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since the Fund's
inception. Mr. Xie has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019.
Ms. Yang has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu
has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global X S&P
Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF
Ticker:
CEFA Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF ("Fund") seeks to provide
investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance,
before fees and expenses, of the S&P Developed ex-U.S. Catholic Values Index
("Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.35% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.35% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$36 |
$113 |
$197 |
$443 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the
Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 13.64% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets, plus borrowings for investment
purposes (if any), in the securities of the S&P Developed ex-U.S. Catholic
Values Index ("Underlying Index") and in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs")
and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on the securities in the
Underlying Index. The Fund's 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and
requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders before it can be
changed.
The
Underlying Index is designed to provide exposure to developed market equity
securities outside the U.S. while maintaining alignment with the moral and
social teachings of the Catholic Church. The Underlying Index is based on the
S&P EPAC ex-Korea Large Cap Index, a benchmark index that provides exposure
to the large capitalization segment of developed markets within the Europe and
Asia Pacific regions, excluding Korea. The S&P EPAC ex-Korea Large Cap Index
does not target any specific sector exposure. All index constituents are members
of the S&P EPAC ex-Korea Large Cap Index and follow the eligibility criteria
for that index. From this starting universe, constituents are screened to
exclude companies involved in activities which are perceived to be inconsistent
with Catholic values as outlined in the Socially Responsible Investment
Guidelines of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ("USCCB"). As of
September 18th, 2023, the activities screened for constituents’ exclusion by the
S&P EPAC ex-Korea Large Cap Index included Abortion, Contraceptives, Human
Embryonic Stem Cells, Adult Entertainment, Controversial Weapons, Military
Contracting, Gambling, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Child Labor. The Underlying Index
then reweights the remaining constituents so that the Underlying Index’s sector
exposures match the current sector exposures of the S&P EPAC ex-Korea Large
Cap Index. The Underlying Index is sponsored by Standard & Poor’s Financial
Services LLC (the "Index Provider"), which is an organization that is
independent of, and
unaffiliated
with, the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for
the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider determines the relative weightings of
the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the
market value of the Underlying Index. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index had 406 constituents. The Fund's investment objective and
Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder approval.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index was not concentrated in any
industry.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Associated
Risks Related to Socially Responsible Investments: Certain social responsibility investment criteria limit the types
of securities that can be included in the Underlying Index. This could cause the
Underlying Index to underperform other benchmark indices, and could cause the
Fund to underperform other funds that do not have a social responsibility
focus.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Catholic
Values Investing Risk: The
Fund invests in securities that meet the Underlying Index’s investment criteria
by excluding the securities of companies based on such company's involvement in
one or more activities deemed by the investment criteria to be inconsistent with
Catholic teachings. There can be no guarantee that the activities of the
companies included in the Underlying Index will align with the moral and social
teachings of the Catholic Church, or that the Underlying Index’s
investment
criteria will align fully with all interpretations of Catholic social teachings.
To the extent an investor intends to invest in a manner consistent with his or
her interpretation of Catholic social teachings, an investment in the Fund may
fail to achieve such objective.
Currency
Risk: The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign
currencies. Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV
could decline if currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the
U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies.
Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and
unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without
warning, which could have a significant negative impact on the
Fund.
Focus
Risk: To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments
related to a particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also
focus its investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the
Underlying Index has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s
investments will likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such
event, the Fund’s performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events
impacting such industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to,
the following: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that
could negatively affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse
labor relations; political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and
increased competition or new product introductions that may affect the
profitability or viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a
result, the value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the
value of shares of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader
range of industries or sectors.
Foreign
Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign
securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than
U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers
(including investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global
Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing
in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or
nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S.
securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities
of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic
events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political
or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security
traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other factors, increasing
price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the
security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may
lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities
trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are
listed and trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from
the security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the
Fund’s domestic trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Europe: The Fund is more exposed to the economic and political risks of
Europe and of the European countries in which it invests than funds whose
investments are more geographically diversified. Adverse economic and political
events in Europe may cause the Fund’s investments to decline in value. The
economies and markets of European countries are often closely connected and
interdependent, and events in one country in Europe can have an adverse impact
on other European countries. The Fund makes investments in securities of issuers
that are domiciled in, or have significant operations in, member states of the
European Union that are subject to economic and monetary controls that can
adversely affect the Fund’s investments. The European financial markets have
experienced volatility and adverse trends in recent years and these events have
adversely affected the exchange rate of the euro and may continue to
significantly affect other European countries.
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in France: The
Fund’s investment in French issuers subjects the Fund to legal, regulatory,
political, currency, security, and economic risks specific to France. Ongoing
concerns in relation to the economic health of the European Union (the “EU”)
continue to constrain the economic resilience of certain EU member states,
including France. External demand for French exports may be negatively impacted
by the United Kingdom’s (the “U.K.”) exit from the EU. As a result, the French
economy may experience adverse trends due to concerns about a prolonged economic
downturn, potential weakness in exports, high rates of unemployment and rising
government debt levels. The French economy is dependent on agricultural exports,
and as a result, is susceptible to fluctuations in demand for agricultural
products. France has experienced several terrorist attacks over the past several
years, creating a climate of insecurity that has been detrimental to tourism and
that could adversely affect growth.
Risk
of Investing in Japan: The Japanese economy may be subject to
considerable degrees of economic, political and social instability, which could
have a negative impact on Japanese securities. Japan’s economy has suffered from
low growth and low inflation for a prolonged period of time since the collapse
of its bubble economy, and that may continue despite the efforts of the Bank of
Japan and policymakers. In addition, Japan is subject to the risk of natural
disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, typhoons and tsunamis, which could
negatively affect the Fund. Japan’s relations with its neighbors have at times
been strained, and strained relations with its neighbors or trading partners may
cause uncertainty in the Japanese markets and adversely affect the overall
Japanese economy.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk: To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the
underlying security (i.e., the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market).
These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that
may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds
("ETFs").
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk:
There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to
the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market
disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an
adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the
required levels in order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data,
index computations and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance
with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and
corrected by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have
an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Reliance
on Trading Partners Risk:
The Fund may invest in economies that are heavily dependent upon trading with
key partners. Any reduction in this trading, institution of tariffs or other
trade barriers or a slowdown in the economies of any of its key trading partners
may cause an adverse impact on the economies of the markets in which the Fund
invests. Through its portfolio companies' trading partners, the Fund is
specifically exposed to African
Economic Risk,
Asian Economic Risk,
Australasian Economic Risk, European Economic Risk,
Latin American Economic Risk,
Middle East Economic Risk,
and North
American Economic Risk.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an exchange.
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because the Fund
invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
12/31/2022 |
16.17% |
Worst
Quarter: |
6/30/2022 |
-15.72% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Since
Inception (06/22/2020)
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Global
X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
17.74% |
7.55% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
17.19% |
6.94% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
11.07% |
5.89% |
S&P
Developed ex-U.S. Catholic Values Index
(net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
18.12% |
7.89% |
MSCI
EAFE Index (net)
(Index returns reflect
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
18.24% |
8.97% |
1 After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Messrs. To and Xie have been Portfolio Managers of the Fund since
the Fund's inception. Ms. Yang has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since
December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March
2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global
X NASDAQ 100® Collar 95-110 ETF
Ticker:
QCLR Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF ("Fund") seeks to provide investment results that correspond
generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the
Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index ("Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares ("Shares") of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.25% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses:1 |
0.01% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.26% |
1
"Other Expenses" information has
been restated from fiscal year amounts to reflect estimated fees and expenses
for the upcoming fiscal year.
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$27 |
$84 |
$146 |
$331 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the
Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 18.56% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the
Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index ("Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80%
investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice
to shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a risk management strategy that
holds the underlying stocks of the NASDAQ 100®
Index and applies an options collar strategy (i.e., a mix of short (sold) call
options and long (purchased) put options) on the NASDAQ 100®
Index.
The Underlying Index specifically reflects the performance of the component
securities of the NASDAQ 100®
Index, combined with a long position in 5% out-of-the money (“OTM”) put options
and a short position in 10% OTM call options, each corresponding to the value of
the portfolio of stocks in the NASDAQ 100®
Index.
The implications of the long put option and short call option are described in
more detail here:
Put
Options
- When an investor purchases a put option, the investor pays an amount (premium)
to acquire the right (but not the obligation) to sell shares of a reference
asset at a specified exercise (“strike”) price on the expiration date. If the
reference asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date and the
investor exercises the put option, the investor will be entitled to receive the
difference between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the
reference asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date, the put
option may end up worthless and the investor’s loss is limited to the amount of
premium it paid.
Call
Options
– When an investor sells a call option, the investor receives a premium in
exchange for an obligation to sell shares of a reference asset at a strike price
on the expiration date if the buyer of the call option exercises it. If the
reference asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date and the
buyer exercises the call option, the investor will have to pay the difference
between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the reference
asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date, the call option
may end up worthless and the investor retains the premium.
On
a quarterly basis, the Underlying Index will take long positions in quarterly
put options with an exercise price generally at 5% below the prevailing market
price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index
and take short positions in quarterly call options with an exercise price
generally at 10% above the prevailing market price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index. However, if put and/or call options with those precise strike prices are
unavailable, the Underlying Index will instead select the put option with the
strike price closest to 5% below the prevailing market price of the NASDAQ
100®
Index, and call options with the strike price closest to 10% above the
prevailing market price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index. Each option position will (i) be traded on a national securities
exchange; (ii) be held until the expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of
maturity (in the next calendar quarter); (iv) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
NASDAQ 100®
Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index containing equity
securities of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ Stock
Market. Modified capitalization weighting seeks to weight constituents primarily
based on market capitalization, but subject to caps on the weights of the
individual securities. Generally speaking, this approach will limit the amount
of concentration in the largest market capitalization companies and increase
company-level diversification. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying
Index may be changed without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by Nasdaq, Inc. (the "Index Provider"), which is
an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and
Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund
("Adviser"). In addition, any determinations related to the constituents of the
Underlying Index are made independent of the Fund's portfolio managers. The
Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the securities in the
Underlying Index and publishes or designates a third-party index calculation
agent to publish information regarding the market value of the Underlying
Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
"outperform" the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive
positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. The call options sold by
the Fund will be collateralized by the Fund's equity holdings at the time the
Fund sells the options. By purchasing put options and selling call options on
the value of the portfolio of stocks in the NASDAQ 100®
Index, the Fund's collar strategy may generate some income, which may offset
some of the cost of purchasing the put option, while protecting the Fund from a
significant decline in the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index, if the put options become in the money. If the value of the NASDAQ
100®
Index is below the strike price of the Fund’s put options positions upon the
expiration of the put option, then at expiration the put will be worth the
difference between the strike price and the value of the NASDAQ 100®
Index, so the value of the put option would protect the Fund from further losses
below the strike price of the put. For example, if the NASDAQ 100®
Index were to fall by 15% from the time the put option was purchased to the time
the put option expired, then the put option would be expected to have a value
equal to approximately 10% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the
put option was purchased, which would limit the Fund’s loss from the decrease in
the NASDAQ 100®
Index over the relevant period to 5%. The level of protection the Fund provides
from declines in the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index during the period a given put option contract is held will vary depending
on the relative difference between the strike price of the Fund’s put options
positions and the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index. Similarly, if the value of the NASDAQ 100®
Index is above the strike price of the Fund’s call options positions upon the
expiration of the call option, then at expiration the Fund would owe the
purchaser of the call option the difference between the strike price and the
value of the NASDAQ 100®
Index,
so the amount owed with respect to the call option offset any gains the Fund may
experience from the securities held. For example, if the NASDAQ 100®
Index were to increase by 15% from the time the call option was sold to the time
the call option expired, then the call option would be expected to have a value
equal to approximately 5% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the
call option was purchased, which limit the Fund’s gains from the increase in the
NASDAQ 100®
Index over the relevant period to 10%. An investor that purchases Fund shares
other than on the day that the Fund takes long positions in quarterly put
options and short positions in quarterly call options, or who sells shares other
than on the day that the put options and call options expire, may experience
different investment returns, depending on the relative difference between the
strike price of the Fund’s put options positions and call options positions, and
the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental
to
shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs
involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying
Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes
temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal
restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that
apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund concentrates its investments
(i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group
of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is
concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index had significant
exposure to the information technology sector. The Fund is
classified as "non-diversified," which means it may invest a larger percentage
of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified
fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Collar
Option Risk: The
Fund’s collar strategy will consist of a mix of short call options positions and
long put options positions. By selling call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the NASDAQ 100®
Index above the exercise prices of such options. By purchasing put options in
return for the payment of premiums, the Fund may be protected from a significant
decline in the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index if the put options become in the money, but during periods where the
NASDAQ 100®
Index appreciates, the Fund will underperform due to the cost of the premiums
paid. Investors who purchase shares of the Fund outside of when the Fund’s short
call options positions and long put options positions are put on may experience
different levels of downside protection and upside participation depending on
market performance. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the securities
underlying the options will be limited while the options are in effect unless
the Fund cancels out the options positions through the purchase or sale of
offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the options. Exchanges
may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is suspended,
the Fund may be unable to purchase or sell options at times that may be
desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Derivatives
Risk: The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument.
Derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden
fluctuations in market prices than conventional securities, which can result in
greater losses for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative
instruments and the prices of underlying securities, interest rates or
currencies they are designed to reflect may not move together as expected. A
risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values
may not correlate perfectly with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are
usually traded on margin, which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin
calls may force the Fund to liquidate assets.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector: Companies
in the information technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology
product cycles; rapid product obsolescence; government regulation; and increased
competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology tend to be more volatile
than the overall market and also are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights. In addition, information technology companies may
have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or
personnel.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Non-Diversification
Risk: The
Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As
a
result, the gains and losses on a single investment may have a greater impact on
the Fund’s NAV and may make the Fund more volatile than more diversified
funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk:
The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute dividends
eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for non-corporate
shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to 20%. The Fund’s
investment strategy may also limit its ability to distribute dividends eligible
for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders. For these
reasons, a significant portion of distributions received by Fund shareholders
may be subject to tax at effective tax rates that are higher than the rates that
would apply if the Fund were to engage in a different investment strategy. You
should consult your tax advisor as to the tax consequences of acquiring, owning
and disposing of Shares in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able
to
maintain sufficient assets to continue operations in which case the Board of
Trustees may determine to liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large
shareholders may account for a large percentage of the trading volume on a
national securities exchange and may, therefore, have a material upward or
downward effect on the market price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
3/31/2023 |
11.77% |
Worst
Quarter: |
6/30/2022 |
-8.34% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Since
Inception (8/25/2021) |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Collar
95-110 ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
27.91% |
3.06% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
27.66% |
2.64% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
16.52% |
2.16% |
NASDAQ
-100 Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index
(Index returns reflects
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
27.59% |
3.55% |
NASDAQ-100®
Index
(Index returns reflects
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
55.13% |
4.79% |
1
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Messrs. To and Xie and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio Managers of the
Fund since the Fund's inception. Mr. Lu has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund
since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk ETF
Ticker:
QTR Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk ETF ("Fund") seeks to provide investment results that correspond
generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the
Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Protective Put 90 Index ("Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and
sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.25% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.25% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$26 |
$80 |
$141 |
$318 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the
Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 19.43% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the
Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Protective Put 90 Index ("Underlying Index"). The Fund's
80% investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written
notice to shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a risk management strategy that
holds the underlying stocks of the NASDAQ 100®
Index
and applies a protective put strategy (i.e. long (purchased) put options) on the
NASDAQ 100®
Index. The Underlying Index specifically reflects the performance of the
component securities of the NASDAQ 100®
Index, combined with a long position in 10% out-of-the-money (“OTM”) put options
that correspond to the value of the portfolio of stocks in the NASDAQ
100®
Index. The implications of the long put option are described in more detail
here:
Put
Options -
When an investor purchases a put option, the investor pays an amount (premium)
to acquire the right (but not the obligation) to sell shares of a reference
asset at a specified exercise (“strike”) price on the expiration date. If the
reference asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date and the
investor exercises the put option, the investor will be entitled to receive the
difference between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the
reference asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date, the put
option may end up worthless and the investor’s loss is limited to the amount of
premium it paid.
On
a quarterly basis, the Underlying Index will take long positions in quarterly
put options with an exercise price generally at 10% below the prevailing market
price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index. However, if put options with that precise strike price are
unavailable,
the Underlying Index will instead select the put option with the strike price
closest to but greater than 10% below the prevailing market price of the NASDAQ
100®
Index. Each option position will (i) be traded on a national securities
exchange; (ii) be held until the expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of
maturity (in the next calendar quarter); (iv) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
NASDAQ 100®
Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index containing equity
securities of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ Stock
Market. Modified capitalization weighting seeks to weight constituents primarily
based on market capitalization, but subject to caps on the weights of the
individual securities. Generally speaking, this approach will limit the amount
of concentration in the largest market capitalization companies and increase
company-level diversification. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying
Index may be changed without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by Nasdaq, Inc. (the "Index Provider"), which is
an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and
Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund
("Adviser"). In addition, any determinations related to the constituents of the
Underlying Index are made independent of the Fund's portfolio managers. The
Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the securities in the
Underlying Index and publishes or designates a third-party index calculation
agent to publish information regarding the market value of the Underlying
Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
"outperform" the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive
positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. By purchasing put options
on the value of the portfolio of stocks in the NASDAQ 100®
Index,
the Fund’s protective put strategy may protect the Fund from a significant
decline in the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index, if the put options become in the money. If the value of the NASDAQ
100®
Index
is below the strike price of the Fund’s put options positions upon the
expiration of the put option, then at expiration the put will be worth the
difference between the strike price and the value of the NASDAQ 100®
Index,
so the value of the put option would protect the Fund from further losses below
the strike price of the put. For example, if the NASDAQ 100®
Index
were to fall by 15% from the time the put option was purchased to the time the
put option expired, then the put option would be expected to have a value equal
to approximately 5% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the put
option was purchased, which would limit the Fund’s loss from the decrease in the
NASDAQ 100®
Index
over the relevant period to 10%. The level of protection the Fund provides from
declines in the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index
during the period a given put option contract is held will vary depending on the
relative difference between the strike price of the Fund’s put option position
and the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index.
However, if the NASDAQ 100®
Index does not fall below the strike price of the purchased put option during
the time the put option is held, then the put option will expire worthless, and
the Fund’s strategy will underperform the NASDAQ 100®
Index during this time period due to the cost of purchasing the put options. An
investor that purchases Fund shares other than on the day that the Fund takes
long positions in quarterly put options, or who sells shares other than on the
day that the put option expires, may experience different investment returns,
depending on the relative difference between the strike price of the Fund’s put
options positions and the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to
shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs
involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying
Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes
temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal
restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that
apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund concentrates its investments
(i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group
of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is
concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index had significant
exposure to the information technology sector. The Fund is
classified as "non-diversified," which means it may invest a larger percentage
of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified
fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not
a bank deposit and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency, the Adviser or any
of its affiliates. The Fund is subject to the principal risks
noted below, any of which may adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value
(“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return and ability to meet its investment
objective, as well as other risks that are described in greater detail in the
Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Derivatives
Risk: The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument.
Derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden
fluctuations in market prices than conventional securities, which can result in
greater losses for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative
instruments and the prices of underlying securities, interest rates or
currencies they are designed to reflect may not move together as expected. A
risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values
may not correlate perfectly with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are
usually traded on margin, which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin
calls may force the Fund to liquidate assets.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values
may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions.
Protective
Put Options Risk: By
purchasing put options in return for the payment of premiums, the Fund may be
protected from a significant decline in the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index if the put options become in the money, but during periods where the
NASDAQ 100®
Index appreciates, the Fund will underperform due to the cost of the premiums
paid. Investors who purchase shares of the Fund outside of when the Fund’s long
put options positions are put on may experience different levels of downside
protection depending on market performance. In addition, the Fund’s ability to
sell the securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are
in effect unless the Fund cancels out the options positions through the sale of
offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the options. Exchanges
may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is suspended,
the Fund may be unable to purchase options at times that may be desirable or
advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector: Companies
in the information technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology
product cycles; rapid product obsolescence; government regulation; and increased
competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology tend to be more volatile
than the overall market and also are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights. In addition, information technology companies may
have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or
personnel.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact
on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region economically
tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund invests and,
consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a result of their
business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Non-Diversification
Risk: The
Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses
on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and may make
the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk:
The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute dividends
eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for non-corporate
shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to 20%. The Fund’s
investment strategy may also limit its ability to distribute dividends eligible
for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders. For these
reasons, a significant portion of distributions received by Fund shareholders
may be subject to tax at effective tax rates that are higher than the rates that
would apply if the Fund were to engage in a different investment strategy. You
should consult your tax advisor as to the tax consequences of acquiring, owning
and disposing of Shares in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even
outside
of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the Adviser anticipates that the
Fund would sell such security. Maintaining investments in securities regardless
of market conditions or the performance of individual securities could cause the
Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund employed an active
strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities
or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be unable to
rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its investments
and/or may incur substantial trading losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
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3/31/2023 |
16.37% |
Worst
Quarter: |
6/30/2022 |
-14.00% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Since
Inception (8/25/2021) |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
45.14% |
2.83% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
44.82% |
2.34% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
26.72% |
1.95% |
NASDAQ
100 Quarterly Protective Put 90 Index
(Index returns reflects
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
45.65% |
3.25% |
NASDAQ-100®
Index
(Index returns reflects
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
55.13% |
4.79% |
1
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Messrs. To and Xie and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio Managers of the
Fund since the Fund's inception. Mr. Lu has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund
since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called "Creation Units". The Fund will issue or redeem Creation
Units in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies
any day that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business
Day”). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the
highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and
the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global
X S&P 500® Collar 95-110 ETF
Ticker:
XCLR Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X S&P 500®
Collar 95-110 ETF ("Fund") seeks to provide investment results that correspond
generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the
Cboe S&P 500 3-Month Collar 95-110 Index ("Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares ("Shares") of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.25% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses:1 |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.25% |
1
"Other Expenses" information has
been restated from fiscal year amounts to reflect estimated fees and expenses
for the upcoming fiscal year.
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$26 |
$80 |
$141 |
$318 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the
Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 3.09% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Cboe
S&P 500 3-Month Collar 95-110 Index ("Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80%
investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice
to shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a risk management strategy that
holds the underlying stocks of the S&P 500®
Index and applies an options collar strategy (i.e., a mix of short (sold) call
options and long (purchased) put options) on the S&P 500®
Index. The Underlying Index specifically reflects the performance of the
component securities of the S&P 500®
Index,
combined with a long position in 5% out-of-the money (“OTM”) put options and a
short position in 10% OTM call options, each corresponding to the value of the
portfolio of stocks in the S&P 500®
Index. The implications of the long put option and short call option are
described in more detail here:
Put
Options
- When an investor purchases a put option, the investor pays an amount (premium)
to acquire the right (but not the obligation) to sell shares of a reference
asset at a specified exercise (“strike”) price on the expiration date. If the
reference asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date and the
investor exercises the put option, the investor will be entitled to receive the
difference between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the
reference
asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date, the put option
may end up worthless and the investor’s loss is limited to the amount of premium
it paid.
Call
Options
– When an investor sells a call option, the investor receives a premium in
exchange for an obligation to sell shares of a reference asset at a strike price
on the expiration date if the buyer of the call option exercises it. If the
reference asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date and the
buyer exercises the call option, the investor will have to pay the difference
between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the reference
asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date, the call option
may end up worthless and the investor retains the premium.
On
a quarterly basis, the Underlying Index will take long positions in quarterly
put options with an exercise price generally at 5% below the prevailing market
price of the S&P 500®
Index and take short positions in quarterly call options with an exercise price
generally at 10% above the prevailing market price of the S&P
500®
Index. However, if put and/or call options with those precise strike prices are
unavailable, the Underlying Index will instead select the put option with the
strike price closest to but greater than 5% below the prevailing market price of
the S&P 500®
Index, and call options with the strike price closest to but greater than 10%
above the prevailing market price of the S&P 500®
Index. Each option position will (i) be traded on a national securities
exchange; (ii) be held until the expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of
maturity (in the next calendar quarter); (iv) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
S&P 500®
Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index containing equity
securities of 500 industrial, information technology, utility and financial
companies amongst other GICS®
sectors, regarded as generally representative of the U.S. stock market. A
float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index weights each index component
according to its market capitalization, using the number of shares that are
readily available for purchase on the open market. The Fund's investment
objective and Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder
approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the "Index
Provider"), which is an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated
with, the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for
the Fund ("Adviser"). In addition, any determinations related to the
constituents of the Underlying Index are made independent of the Fund's
portfolio managers. The Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the
securities in the Underlying Index and publishes or designates a third-party
index calculation agent to publish information regarding the market value of the
Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
"outperform" the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive
positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. The call options sold by
the Fund will be collateralized by the Fund's equity holdings at the time the
Fund sells the options. By purchasing put options and selling call options on
the value of the portfolio of stocks in the S&P 500®
Index, the Fund's collar strategy may generate some income, which may offset
some of the cost of purchasing the put option, while protecting the Fund from a
significant decline in the price of the S&P 500®
Index, if the put options become in the money. If the value of the S&P 500®
Index is below the strike price of the Fund’s put options positions upon the
expiration of the put option, then at expiration the put will be worth the
difference between the strike price and the value of the S&P 500® Index, so
the value of the put option would protect the Fund from further losses below the
strike price of the put. For example, if the S&P 500® Index were to fall by
15% from the time the put option was purchased to the time the put option
expired, then the put option would be expected to have a value equal to
approximately 10% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the put option
was purchased, which would limit the Fund’s loss from the decrease in the
S&P 500®
Index over the relevant period to 5%. The level of protection the Fund provides
from declines in the price of the S&P 500®
Index
during the period a given put option contract is held will vary depending on the
relative difference between the strike price of the Fund’s put options positions
and the price of the S&P 500®
Index.
Similarly, if the value of the S&P 500® Index is above the strike price of
the Fund’s call options positions upon the expiration of the call option, then
at expiration the Fund would owe the purchaser of the call option the difference
between the strike price and the value of the S&P 500® Index, so the amount
owed with respect to the call option offset any gains the Fund may experience
from the securities held. For example, if the S&P 500®
Index were to increase by 15% from the time the call option was sold to the time
the call option expired, then the call option would be expected to have a value
equal to approximately 5% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the
call option was purchased, which limit the Fund’s gains from the increase in the
S&P 500® Index over the relevant period to 10%. An investor that purchases
Fund shares other than on the day that the Fund takes long positions in
quarterly put options and short positions in quarterly call options, or who
sells shares other than on the day that the put options and call options expire,
may experience different investment returns, depending on the relative
difference between the strike price of the Fund’s put options positions and call
options positions, and the price of the S&P 500®
Index.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to
shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs
involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying
Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes
temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal
restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that
apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index had significant exposure to the information technology
sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Collar
Option Risk: The
Fund’s collar strategy will consist of a mix of short call options positions and
long put options positions. By selling call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the S&P 500®
Index above the exercise prices of such options. By purchasing put options in
return for the payment of premiums, the Fund may be protected from a significant
decline in the price of the S&P 500®
Index if the put options become in the money, but during periods where the
S&P 500®
Index appreciates, the Fund will underperform due to the cost of the premiums
paid. Investors who purchase shares of the Fund outside of when the Fund’s short
call options positions and long put options positions are put on may experience
different levels of downside protection and upside participation depending on
market performance. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the securities
underlying the options will be limited while the options are in effect unless
the Fund cancels out the options positions through the purchase or sale of
offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the options. Exchanges
may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is suspended,
the Fund may be unable to purchase or sell options at times that may be
desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Derivatives
Risk: The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument.
Derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden
fluctuations in market prices than conventional securities, which can result in
greater losses for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative
instruments and the prices of underlying securities, interest rates or
currencies they are designed to reflect may not move together as expected. A
risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values
may not correlate perfectly with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are
usually traded on margin, which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin
calls may force the Fund to liquidate assets.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector: Companies
in the information technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology
product cycles; rapid product obsolescence; government regulation; and increased
competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology tend to be more volatile
than the overall market and also are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights. In addition, information technology companies may
have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or
personnel.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk:
The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors,
including but not limited to human error, processing and communication errors,
errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties,
failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. Additionally,
cyber security failures or breaches of the
electronic systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other
service providers, market makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of
securities in which the Fund invests have the ability to cause disruptions and
negatively impact the Fund's business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses to the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek
to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures. However,
these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate for
those risks that they are intended to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk:
The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute dividends
eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for non-corporate
shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to 20%. The Fund’s
investment strategy may also limit its ability to distribute dividends eligible
for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders. For these
reasons, a significant portion of distributions received by Fund shareholders
may be subject to tax at effective tax rates that are higher than the rates that
would apply if the Fund were to engage in a different investment strategy. You
should consult your tax advisor as to the tax consequences of acquiring, owning
and disposing of Shares in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
12/31/2023 |
9.17% |
Worst
Quarter: |
6/30/2022 |
-6.82% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Since
Inception (8/25/2021) |
Global
X S&P 500®
Collar 95-110 ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
15.54% |
1.64% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
14.87% |
0.92% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
9.19% |
0.94% |
Cboe
S&P 500 3-Month Collar 95-110 Index
(Index returns reflects
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
16.09% |
2.08% |
S&P
500®
Index
(Index returns reflects
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
26.29% |
4.20% |
1
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Messrs. To and Xie and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio Managers of the
Fund since the Fund's inception. Mr. Lu has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund
since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global
X S&P 500®
Tail
Risk ETF
Ticker:
XTR Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X S&P 500®
Tail
Risk ETF ("Fund") seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally
to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Cboe
S&P 500 Tail Risk Index ("Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and
sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.25% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.25% |
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$26 |
$80 |
$141 |
$318 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the
Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 2.71% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Cboe
S&P 500 Tail Risk Index ("Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80% investment
policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to
shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a risk management strategy that
holds the underlying stocks of the S&P 500®
Index and applies a protective put strategy (i.e. long (purchased) put options)
on the S&P 500®
Index. The Underlying Index specifically reflects the performance of the
component securities of the S&P 500®
Index, combined with a long position in 10% out-of-the-money (“OTM”) put options
that correspond to the value of the portfolio of stocks in the S&P
500®
Index. The implications of the long put option are described in more detail
here:
Put
Options
- When an investor purchases a put option, the investor pays an amount (premium)
to acquire the right (but not the obligation) to sell shares of a reference
asset at a specified exercise (“strike”) price on the expiration date. If the
reference asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date and the
investor exercises the put option, the investor will be entitled to receive the
difference between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the
reference asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date, the put
option may end up worthless and the investor’s loss is limited to the amount of
premium it paid.
On
a quarterly basis, the Underlying Index will take long positions in quarterly
put options with an exercise price generally at 10% below the prevailing market
price of the S&P 500®
Index. However, if put options with that precise strike price are unavailable,
the Underlying Index will instead select the put option with the strike price
closest to but greater than 10% below the prevailing market price of the S&P
500®
Index. Each option position will (i) be traded on a national securities
exchange; (ii) be held until the expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of
maturity (in the next calendar quarter); (iv) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
S&P 500®
Index
is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index containing equity
securities of 500 industrial, information technology, utility and financial
companies amongst other GICS®
sectors, regarded as generally representative of the U.S. stock market. A
float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index weights each index component
according to its market capitalization, using the number of shares that are
readily available for purchase on the open market. The Fund's investment
objective and Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder
approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the "Index
Provider"), which is an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated
with, the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for
the Fund ("Adviser"). In addition, any determinations related to the
constituents of the Underlying Index are made independent of the Fund's
portfolio managers. The Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the
securities in the Underlying Index and publishes or designates a third-party
index calculation agent to publish information regarding the market value of the
Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
"outperform" the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive
positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. By purchasing put options
on the value of the portfolio of stocks in the S&P 500®
Index, the Fund’s protective put strategy may protect the Fund from a
significant decline in the price of the S&P 500®
Index, if the put options become in the money. If the value of the S&P
500®
Index
is below the strike price of the Fund’s put options positions upon the
expiration of the put option, then at expiration the put will be worth the
difference between the strike price and the value of the S&P 500®
Index,
so the value of the put option would protect the Fund from further losses below
the strike price of the put. For example, if the S&P 500®
Index
were to fall by 15% from the time the put option was purchased to the time the
put option expired, then the put option would be expected to have a value equal
to approximately 5% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the put
option was purchased, which would limit the Fund’s loss from the decrease in the
S&P 500®
Index
over the relevant period to 10%. The level of protection the Fund provides from
declines in the price of the S&P 500®
Index
during the period a given put option contract is held will vary depending on the
relative difference between the strike price of the Fund’s put option position
and the price of the S&P 500®
Index.
However, if the S&P 500®
Index does not fall below the strike price of the purchased put option during
the time the put option is held, then the put option will expire worthless, and
the Fund’s strategy will underperform the S&P 500®
Index during this time period due to the cost of purchasing the put options. An
investor that purchases Fund shares other than on the day that the Fund takes
long positions in quarterly put options, or who sells shares other than on the
day that the put option expires, may experience different investment returns,
depending on the relative difference between the strike price of the Fund’s put
options positions and the price of the S&P 500®
Index.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to
shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs
involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying
Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes
temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal
restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that
apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index had significant exposure to the information technology
sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Derivatives
Risk: The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument.
Derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden
fluctuations in market prices than conventional securities, which can result in
greater losses for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative
instruments and the prices of underlying securities, interest rates or
currencies they are designed to reflect may not move together as expected. A
risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values
may not correlate perfectly with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are
usually traded on margin, which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin
calls may force the Fund to liquidate assets.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values
may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions.
Protective
Put Options Risk: By
purchasing put options in return for the payment of premiums, the Fund may be
protected from a significant decline in the price of the S&P 500®
Index if the put options become in the money, but during periods where the
S&P 500®
Index appreciates, the Fund will underperform due to the cost of the premiums
paid. Investors who purchase shares of the Fund outside of when the Fund’s long
put options positions are put on may experience different levels of downside
protection depending on market performance. In addition, the Fund’s ability to
sell the securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are
in effect unless the Fund cancels out the options positions through the sale of
offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the options. Exchanges
may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is suspended,
the Fund may be unable to purchase options at times that may be desirable or
advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector: Companies
in the information technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology
product cycles; rapid product obsolescence; government regulation; and increased
competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology tend to be more volatile
than the overall market and also are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights. In addition, information technology companies may
have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or
personnel.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk:
The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute dividends
eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for non-corporate
shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to 20%. The Fund’s
investment strategy may also limit its ability to distribute dividends eligible
for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders. For these
reasons, a significant portion of distributions received by Fund shareholders
may be subject to tax at effective tax rates that are higher than the rates that
would apply if the Fund were to engage in a different investment strategy. You
should consult your tax advisor as to the tax consequences of acquiring, owning
and disposing of Shares in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio
turnover
rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
12/31/2023 |
10.34% |
Worst
Quarter: |
6/30/2022 |
-10.91% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Since
Inception (8/25/2021) |
Global
X S&P 500®
Tail Risk ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
21.06% |
1.62% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
20.51% |
0.84% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
12.46% |
0.91% |
Cboe
S&P 500 Tail Risk Index
(Index returns reflects
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
21.65% |
2.25% |
S&P
500®
Index
(Index returns reflects
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
26.29% |
4.20% |
1
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Messrs. To and Xie and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio Managers of the
Fund since the Fund's inception. Mr. Lu has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund
since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called "Creation Units". The Fund will issue or redeem Creation
Units in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies
any day that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business
Day”). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the
highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and
the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global X Disruptive
Materials ETF
Ticker:
DMAT Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X Disruptive Materials ETF ("Fund") seeks to provide investment results
that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and
expenses, of the Solactive Disruptive Materials Index ("Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and
sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.59% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses:1 |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.59% |
1
"Other Expenses" information has
been restated from fiscal year amounts to reflect estimated fees and expenses
for the upcoming fiscal year.
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$60 |
$189 |
$329 |
$738 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the
Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 36.55% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets, plus borrowings for investment
purposes (if any), in the securities of the Solactive Disruptive Materials Index
(the "Underlying Index") and in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and Global
Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on the securities in the Underlying Index.
The Fund's 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior
written notice to shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index is designed to provide exposure to companies that produce
metals and other raw or composite materials that have been identified as being
essential to disruptive technologies such as lithium batteries, solar panels,
wind turbines, fuel cells, robotics, and 3D printers. Each material has been
determined by Solactive AG, the provider of the Underlying Index (the “Index
Provider”) to be instrumental to the development and materialization of one or
more disruptive technologies. Disruptive technologies refer to those
technologies that are essential to the development and materialization of
long-term, structural changes to existing products, services, industries, or
sectors. Specifically, the Underlying Index will include securities issued by
“Disruptive Materials Companies” as defined by the Index Provider. Disruptive
Materials Companies are those companies that derive at least 50% of their
revenues in aggregate from the exploration, mining, production and/or
enhancement of one or more of the following ten materials categories: Carbon
Fiber, Cobalt, Copper, Graphene & Graphite, Lithium, Manganese, Nickel,
Platinum & Palladium, Rare Earth Elements, and Zinc (collectively,
“Disruptive Materials Categories”). Companies engaged in
exploration
and mining include those companies involved in locating and extracting
disruptive materials. Companies engaged in production include those companies
involved in manufacturing, processing, and trading disruptive materials for
primary usage. Companies engaged in enhancement include those companies involved
in refining, developing, and/or smelting materials to extract and purify
disruptive materials. As of December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index had 50
constituents.
For
the Lithium category, companies that derive greater than 25% but less than 50%
of revenue from the production and/or processing of lithium are also eligible
for inclusion (collectively, “Diversified Lithium Companies”). In addition,
companies with primary business operations in the exploration, mining,
production and/or enhancement of one or more of the Disruptive Materials
Categories, but which are not currently generating revenue, are also eligible
for inclusion (collectively, “Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials Companies”). To
determine whether a company has primary business operations in the exploration,
mining, production and/or enhancement of one or more of the Disruptive Materials
Categories, the Index Provider reviews the public financial disclosures and
filings of the company, and identifies the products and business segments
disclosed therein. The Index Provider then reviews the management discussion and
analysis, as well as the level of investment the company allocates to those
products and segments, to determine whether those business operations are the
primary operations of the company.
In
constructing the Underlying Index, the Index Provider applies a proprietary
natural language processing algorithm to the eligible universe, which seeks to
identify and rank companies involved in each of the Disruptive Materials
Categories based on filings, disclosures, and other public information (e.g.,
regulatory filings, earnings transcripts, etc.). The highest-ranking companies
identified by the natural language processing algorithm in each Disruptive
Materials Category, as of the selection date, are further reviewed by the Index
Provider to confirm they derive at least 50% of their revenues from one of the
Disruptive Materials Categories as described above, derive between 25% and 50%
of their revenues from the Lithium category in the case of Diversified Lithium
Companies, or
have
primary business operations in the exploration, mining, production and/or
enhancement of one or more of the Disruptive Materials Categories but do not
currently generate revenues in the case of Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials
Companies. The five highest-ranking Disruptive Materials Companies and
Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials Companies according to free float market
capitalization from each Disruptive Materials Category are included in the
Underlying Index. For the Lithium category, the five highest-ranking Disruptive
Materials Companies, Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials Companies and Diversified
Lithium Companies according to free float market capitalization are
included.
If
fewer than five companies are identified that satisfy the above criteria within
a Disruptive Materials Category, all eligible companies are selected, and the
category consists of fewer than five companies.
To
be a part of the eligible universe of the Underlying Index, companies must be
classified in one of the following Economies according to FactSet (a leading
financial data provider that maintains a comprehensive structured taxonomy
designed to offer precise classification of global companies and their
individual business units): Basic Materials, Industrials, or Technology. In
addition, certain minimum market capitalization and liquidity criteria, as
defined by the Index Provider, must be met. As of December 31, 2023,
companies must have a minimum market capitalization of $100 million and a
minimum average daily turnover for the last 6 months greater than or equal to $1
million in order to be eligible for inclusion in the Underlying Index. As of
December 31, 2023, companies listed in the following countries were
eligible for inclusion in the Underlying Index: Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines,
Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United
States, and the United Arab Emirates. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index had significant exposure to Chinese issuers. The Fund may
invest in China A-Shares, which are issued by companies incorporated in mainland
China and traded on Chinese exchanges. The Fund may invest in securities of
issuers located in emerging markets.
The
Underlying Index is weighted according to a modified capitalization weighting
methodology and is reconstituted and re-weighted semi-annually. Modified
capitalization weighting seeks to weight constituents primarily based on market
capitalization, but subject to caps on the weights of the individual securities.
During each rebalance, the maximum weight of a company is capped at 4%, and all
constituents are subject to a minimum weight of 0.3%. In addition, Diversified
Lithium Companies and Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials Companies are subject to
an aggregate weight cap of 10% at each semi-annual rebalance. Generally
speaking, modified capitalization weighting will limit the amount of
concentration in the largest market capitalization companies and increase
company-level diversification. The Underlying Index may include large-, mid-,
small-, or micro-capitalization companies, and components primarily include
materials companies. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be
changed without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). In addition, any
determinations related to the constituents of the Underlying Index are made
independent of the Fund's portfolio managers. The
Index
Provider determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying
Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying
Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index was concentrated in the metals and mining industry and had
significant exposure to the materials sector. The Fund is
classified as “non-diversified,” which means it may invest a larger percentage
of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified
fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
China
A-Shares Risk: A-Shares are issued by companies incorporated in mainland China and
are traded on Chinese exchanges. Foreign investors can access A-Shares by
obtaining a Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor ("QFII") or a Renminbi
Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor ("RQFII") license, as well as through
the Stock Connect Program, which is a securities trading and clearing program
with an aim to achieve mutual stock market access between the China and Hong
Kong markets. Stock Connect was developed by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
Limited, the Shanghai Stock Exchange ("SSE") (in the case of Shanghai Connect)
or the Shenzhen Stock Exchange ("SZSE") (in the case of Shenzhen Connect), and
the China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (“CSDCC”). The
Fund currently intends to gain exposure to A-Shares through the Stock Connect
Programs. Investments in A-Shares are subject to various regulations and limits,
and the recoupment or repatriation of assets invested in A-Shares is subject to
restrictions by the Chinese government. In addition, investors from outside
mainland China may face difficulties or prohibitions accessing certain A-Shares
that are part of a restricted list in countries such as the U.S. A-Shares may be
subject to frequent and widespread trading halts and may become illiquid.
Trading suspensions in certain stock could lead to greater market execution risk
and costs for the Fund, and the creation and redemption of Creation Units (as
defined below) may also be disrupted. These risks, among others, could adversely
affect the value of the Fund’s investments.
Depositary
Receipts Risk: The
Fund may invest in depositary receipts, such as ADRs and GDRs. Depositary
receipts may be subject to certain of the risks associated with direct
investments in the securities of foreign companies. For additional details on
these risks, please see Foreign
Securities Risk.
Moreover, depositary receipts may not track the
price of the underlying foreign securities on which they are
based. A holder of depositary receipts may also be subject to fees and the
credit risk of the financial institution acting as depositary.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in Disruptive Materials Companies:
Disruptive Materials Companies engage in the exploration, mining, production
and/or enhancement of metals and other raw or composite materials that have been
identified as being essential to many of the world’s most disruptive
technologies. There is no guarantee that demand for these technologies will
continue, or that the raw materials currently used in the production of these
materials will continue to be utilized. A reduction of demand for the
technologies that utilize these disruptive materials, or of the materials
themselves, would have an adverse impact on the Fund. Companies involved in the
various activities that are related to the exploration, mining, production
and/or enhancement of disruptive materials may be medium-, small-, or
micro-capitalization companies. These companies tend to have volatile share
prices and are highly dependent on the price of the underlying disruptive
materials, which may fluctuate substantially over short periods of time. The
value of such companies may be significantly affected by the success of
exploration projects, political and economic conditions in geographies where the
companies operate, government royalties, energy conservation, environmental
policies, commodity price volatility, changes in exchange rates, imposition of
import/export controls, increased competition, depletion of resources and labor
relations, and other world events. The exploration, mining, production and/or
enhancement of disruptive materials can require large amounts of capital and, if
companies involved in such activities are mismanaged, the share prices of such
companies could decline even as prices for the underlying materials rise. In
addition, companies involved in the various activities that are related to the
exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of disruptive materials may
be at risk for environmental damage allegations and potentially punitive claims.
Exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of disruptive materials may
involve environmentally intensive processes, and Disruptive Materials Companies
may be at risk for environmental damage liabilities, as well as mandated
expenditures for safety, pollution control, and environment
remediation.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Compared to mid- and
large-capitalization companies, small-capitalization companies may be less
stable and more susceptible to adverse developments, and their securities may be
more volatile and less liquid.
Cash
Transaction Risk: Unlike most exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), the Fund intends to
effect a significant portion of creations and redemptions for cash, rather than
in-kind securities. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less
tax-efficient than an investment in a more conventional ETF. Moreover, cash
transactions may have to be carried out over several days if the securities
market is relatively illiquid and may involve considerable brokerage fees and
taxes. These factors may result in wider spreads between the bid and the offered
prices of the Fund’s Shares than for more conventional ETFs.
Commodity
Exposure Risk: The Fund will hold securities that are dependent on a single
commodity, or are concentrated on a single commodity sector, that typically
exhibit even higher volatility attributable to commodity prices. Any negative
changes in commodity markets could have a great impact on the Fund. Commodity
prices may be influenced or characterized by unpredictable factors, including,
where applicable, high volatility, changes in supply and demand relationships,
weather, agriculture, trade, changes in interest rates and monetary and other
governmental policies, action and inaction.
Commodity
Price Relationship Risk: The
Underlying Index measures the performance of companies engaged in a particular
industry and not the performance of commodities prices themselves. Companies may
under- or over-perform commodities prices over the short-term or the
long-term.
Currency
Risk:
The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign currencies. Because the
Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV could decline if
currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the U.S. dollar or if
there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies. Currency exchange
rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably. As a
result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without warning, which could have
a significant negative impact on the Fund. Additionally, the Chinese government
heavily regulates the domestic exchange of foreign currencies and yuan exchange
rates in China, which may adversely affect the operations and financial results
of the Fund’s investments in China. Shares purchased through the Stock Connect
Programs will be purchased using offshore yuan, the value of which may differ
from and experience greater volatility than the value of onshore yuan. Offshore
yuan cannot be freely remitted into or transferred out of China, and there is no
assurance that there will always be sufficient amounts of offshore yuan
available for the Fund to invest in all components of the Underlying
Index.
Custody
Risk: The Fund may hold foreign securities and cash with foreign banks,
agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund's custodian.
Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks
than investments in more developed markets. Less developed markets are more
likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the
holding of securities by local banks, agents and depositories.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Materials Sector:
Companies in the materials sector are affected by commodity price volatility,
exchange rates, import controls and worldwide competition. At times, worldwide
production of industrial materials has exceeded demand, leading to poor
investment returns or outright losses. Issuers in the materials sector are at
risk of depletion of resources, technological progress, labor relations,
governmental regulations and environmental damage and product liability
claims.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Metals and Mining Industry: Securities
in the Fund's portfolio may be significantly subject to the effects of
competitive pressures in the mining industry and commodity prices generally.
Commodity prices may be affected by changes in inflation rates, interest rates,
monetary policy, economic conditions, and political stability. Commodity prices
may fluctuate substantially over short periods of time; therefore, the Fund’s
Share price may be more volatile than other types of investments. In addition,
metals and mining companies may also be significantly affected by import
controls, worldwide competition, liability for environmental damage, depletion
of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control
devices. Metals and mining companies may have significant operations in areas at
risk for social and political unrest, security concerns and environmental
damage. These companies may also be at risk for increased government regulation
and intervention. Such risks may adversely affect the issuers to which the Fund
has exposure.
Foreign
Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign
securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than
U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers
(including investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global
Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing
in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or
nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S.
securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities
of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic
events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political
or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security
traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other factors, increasing
price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the
security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may
lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities
trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are
listed and trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from
the security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the
Fund’s domestic trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact
on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region economically
tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund invests and,
consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a result of their
business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Australia: Investments
in Australian issuers may subject the Fund to regulatory, political, currency,
security, and economic risk specific to Australia. The Australian economy is
heavily dependent on exports from the energy, agricultural and mining sectors.
This makes the Australian economy susceptible to fluctuations in the commodity
markets. Australia is also dependent on trading with key trading
partners.
Risk
of Investing in Chile: Investments
in Chilean issuers involve risks that are specific to Chile, including legal,
regulatory, political, currency, environmental and economic risks. Among other
things, the Chilean economy is heavily dependent on the export of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in China:
Investment exposure to China subjects the Fund to risks specific to China.
Economic,
Political and Social Risk
China
may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social
instability. Concerns about the rising government and household debt levels
could impact the stability of the Chinese economy. China is an emerging market
and demonstrates significantly higher volatility from time to time in comparison
to developed markets. Over the last few decades, the Chinese government has
undertaken reform of economic and market practices, including recent reforms to
liberalize its capital markets and expand the sphere for private ownership of
property in China. However, Chinese markets generally continue to experience
inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies resulting from governmental
influence, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social
instability. Chinese companies are also subject to the risk that Chinese
authorities can intervene in their operations and structure. Internal social
unrest or confrontations with other neighboring countries, including military
conflicts in response to such events, may also disrupt economic development in
China and result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency
convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation.
China
has experienced major health crises. These health crises include, but are not
limited to, the rapid and pandemic spread of novel viruses commonly known as
SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Such health crises could exacerbate
political, social, and economic risks previously mentioned.
Export
growth continues to be a major driver of China’s rapid economic growth. Elevated
trade tensions between China and its trading partners, including the imposition
of U.S. tariffs on certain Chinese goods and increased international pressure
related to Chinese trade policy and forced technology transfers and intellectual
property protections, may have a substantial impact on the Chinese economy.
Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, institution of
additional tariffs or other trade barriers (including as a result of heightened
trade tensions between China and the U.S. or in response to actual or alleged
Chinese cyber activity), or a downturn in any of the economies of China’s key
trading partners may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy. The
continuation or worsening of the current political climate between China and the
U.S. could result in additional regulatory restrictions being contemplated or
imposed in the U.S. or in China that could impact the Fund’s ability to invest
in certain companies.
Security
Risk
China
has experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Additionally, China is alleged to have participated in
state-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign companies and foreign governments.
Actual and threatened responses to such activity, including purchasing
restrictions, sanctions, tariffs or cyberattacks on the Chinese government or
Chinese companies, may impact China’s economy and Chinese issuers of securities
in which the Fund invests. Incidents involving China’s or the region’s security,
including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may cause uncertainty
in Chinese markets and may adversely affect the Chinese economy and the Fund’s
investments.
Heavy
Government Control and Regulation
Chinese
companies, including Chinese companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges, are
not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting standards
or auditor oversight as companies in more developed countries, and as a result,
information about the Chinese securities in which the Fund invests may be less
reliable or complete. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining
information necessary for investigations into or litigation against Chinese
companies and shareholders may have limited legal remedies. Investments in China
may be subject to loss due to expropriation or nationalization of assets and
property or the imposition of restrictions on foreign investments and
repatriation of capital. Furthermore, government actions against leaders or
other key figures within companies, or speculation about such actions, may lead
to sudden and unpredictable falls in the value of securities within the
Fund.
Tax
Risk
China
has implemented a number of tax reforms in recent years and may amend or revise
its existing tax laws and/or procedures in the future, possibly with retroactive
effect. Changes in applicable Chinese tax law could reduce the after-tax profits
of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits
of companies in China in which the Fund invests. Uncertainties in Chinese tax
rules could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. Should
legislation limit U.S. investors’ ability to invest in specific Chinese
companies through A-shares or other share class listings that are part of the
underlying holdings, these shares may be excluded from Fund
holdings.
Special
Risk Considerations of Investing in China – Variable Interest Entity
Investments
For
purposes of raising capital offshore on exchanges outside of China, including on
U.S. exchanges, many Chinese-based operating companies are structured as
Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). In this structure, the Chinese-based
operating company is the VIE and establishes a shell company in a foreign
jurisdiction, such as the Cayman Islands. The shell company lists on a foreign
exchange and enters into contractual arrangements with the VIE. This structure
allows Chinese companies in which the Chinese government restricts foreign
ownership to raise capital from foreign investors. While the shell company has
no equity ownership of the VIE, these contractual arrangements permit the shell
company to consolidate the VIE’s financial statements with its own for
accounting purposes and provide for economic exposure to the performance of the
underlying Chinese operating company.
Therefore,
an investor in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, will have exposure to
the Chinese-based operating company only through contractual arrangements and
has no ownership in the Chinese-based operating company. Furthermore, because
the shell company only has specific rights provided for in these service
agreements with the VIE, its abilities to control the activities at the
Chinese-based operating company are limited and the operating company may engage
in activities that negatively impact investment value.
While
the VIE structure has been widely adopted, it is not formally recognized under
Chinese law and therefore there is a risk that the Chinese government could
prohibit the existence of such structures or negatively impact the VIE’s
contractual arrangements with the listed shell company by making them invalid.
If these contracts were found to be unenforceable under Chinese law, investors
in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, may suffer significant losses
with little or no recourse available. If the Chinese government determines that
the agreements establishing the VIE structures do not comply with Chinese law
and regulations, including those related to restrictions on foreign ownership,
it could subject a Chinese-based issuer to penalties, revocation of business and
operating licenses, or forfeiture of ownership interest. In addition, the listed
shell company’s control over a VIE may also be jeopardized if a natural person
who holds the equity interest in the VIE breaches the terms of the agreement, is
subject to legal proceedings or if any physical instruments for authenticating
documentation, such as chops and seals, are used without the Chinese-based
issuer’s authorization to enter into contractual arrangements in China. Chops
and seals, which are carved stamps used to sign documents, represent a legally
binding commitment by the company. Moreover, any future regulatory action may
prohibit the ability of the shell company to receive the economic benefits of
the Chinese-based operating company, which may cause the value of the Fund’s
investment in the listed shell company to suffer a significant loss. For
example, in 2021, the Chinese government prohibited use of the VIE structure for
investment in after-school tutoring companies. There is no guarantee that the
Chinese government will not place similar restrictions on other
industries.
Chinese equities that utilize the VIE structure to list in the U.S.
as ADRs face the risk of regulatory action from U.S. authorities, including the
risk of delisting. This will depend in part on whether U.S. regulatory
authorities are satisfied with their access to mainland China and Hong Kong for
the purpose of conducting inspections on the quality of audits for these
companies. Although the U.S. and China reached an agreement in September 2022 to
grant the U.S. access for such inspections, there is no guarantee that the
agreement will be enforced or that U.S. regulatory authorities will continue to
feel satisfied with their access.
Risk
of Investing in Emerging Markets:
Investments in emerging markets may be subject to a greater risk of loss than
investments in developed markets. Securities markets of emerging market
countries are less liquid, subject to greater price volatility, have smaller
market capitalizations, have less government regulation, and are not subject to
as extensive and frequent accounting, financial, and other reporting
requirements as the securities markets of more developed countries, and there
may be greater risk associated with the custody of securities in emerging
markets. It may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to pursue claims against
an emerging market issuer in the courts of an emerging market country. There may
be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for investigations
into or litigation against emerging market companies and shareholders may have
limited legal rights and remedies. Emerging markets may be more likely to
experience inflation, political turmoil and rapid changes in economic conditions
than more developed markets. Emerging market economies’ exposure to specific
industries, such as tourism, and lack of efficient or sufficient health care
systems, could make these economies especially vulnerable to global crises,
including but not limited to, pandemics such as the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Certain emerging market countries may have privatized, or have begun the process
of privatizing, certain entities and industries. Privatized entities may lose
money or be re-nationalized.
Risk
of Investing in Mexico: Investments
in Mexican issuers involve risks that are specific to Mexico, including legal,
regulatory, political, currency, security and economic risks. In the past,
Mexico has experienced high interest rates, economic volatility and high
unemployment rates. Political developments in the U.S. have potential
implications for the trade arrangements between the U.S. and Mexico, which could
negatively affect the value of securities held by the
Fund.
Risk
of Investing in South Africa: Investing
in South African securities involves significant risks, including legal,
regulatory and economic risks specific to South Africa. Among other
considerations, South Africa’s economy is heavily dependent on its agriculture
and mining sectors, and, thus, susceptible to fluctuations in the commodity
markets.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk: To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the
underlying security (i.e., the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market).
These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that
may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds
("ETFs").
Investable
Universe of Companies Risk: The investable universe of companies in which the Fund may invest
may be limited. If a company no longer meets the Index Provider’s criteria for
inclusion in the Underlying Index, the Fund may need to reduce or eliminate its
holdings in that company. The reduction or elimination of the Fund’s holdings in
the company may have an adverse impact on the liquidity of the Fund’s overall
portfolio holdings and on Fund performance.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
New
Fund Risk: The
Fund is a new fund, with a limited operating history, which may result in
additional risks for investors in the Fund. There can be no assurance that the
Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size, in which case the
Board of Trustees may determine to liquidate the Fund. While shareholder
interests will be the paramount consideration, the timing of any liquidation may
not be favorable to certain individual shareholders. New funds are also subject
to Large Shareholder Risk.
Non-Diversification
Risk: The Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is
subject to the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because
the Fund may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a
larger proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and
losses on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and
may make the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk:
There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to
the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market
disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the
Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track
the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the
construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may
occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index
Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the
Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk:
Tracking error may occur because of differences between the instruments held in
the Fund's portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing
differences, transaction costs incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of
uninvested cash, size of the Fund, differences in timing of the accrual of or
the valuation of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the
Underlying Index or the costs to the Fund of complying with various new or
existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of
increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error
also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying
Index does not. ETFs that track indices with significant weight in emerging
markets issuers may experience higher tracking error than other ETFs that do not
track such indices.
Reliance
on Trading Partners Risk:
The Fund invests in economies which are heavily dependent upon trading with key
partners. Any reduction in this trading, including as a result of adverse
economic conditions in a trading partner’s economy, may cause an adverse impact
on the economies and on the companies in which the Fund invests. Because of this
interdependence and the economies in which the Fund invests, the Fund is
specifically exposed to Asian
Economic Risk.
Economies in emerging market countries generally are dependent heavily upon
commodity prices and international trade and, accordingly, may be affected
adversely by the economies of their trading partners, trade barriers, exchange
or capital controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values, and may
suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation
rates.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an exchange.
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because the Fund
invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Risks
Related to Stock Connect Programs:
The Stock Connect Programs are subject to daily and aggregate quota limitations,
which could affect the Fund’s ability to enter into and exit Stock Connect
positions on a timely basis. The Shenzen and Shanghai markets may operate when
the Stock Connect Programs are not active, and consequently the prices of shares
held via Stock Connect Programs may fluctuate at times when the Fund is unable
to add to or exit its positions. The Stock Connect Programs are new, and the
effect of the introduction of large numbers of foreign investors on the market
for trading Chinese-listed securities is not well understood. Regulations, such
as limitations on redemptions or suspension of trading, may adversely impact the
value of the Fund’s investments. The Fund's investments in A-Shares though the
Stock Connect Program are held by its custodian in accounts in Central Clearing
and Settlement System ("CCASS") maintained by the Hong Kong Securities Clearing
Company Limited ("HKSCC"), which in turn holds the A-Shares, as the nominee
holder, through an omnibus securities account in its name registered with the
CSDCC. The precise nature and rights of the Fund as the beneficial owner of the
SSE Securities or SZSE Securities through HKSCC as nominee is not well defined
under Chinese law. There is no guarantee that the Shenzen, Shanghai, and Hong
Kong Stock Exchanges will continue to support the Stock Connect Programs in the
future.
Tax
Status Risk: The
Fund intends to pay dividends each taxable year to enable it to continue to
satisfy the distribution requirements necessary to qualify for treatment as a
regulated investment company ("RIC"). If the Fund were to distribute to its
shareholders less than the minimum amount required for any year, the Fund would
become subject to federal income tax for that year on all of its taxable income
and recognized gains, even those distributed to its shareholders. In addition,
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the Fund may
not earn more than 10% of its annual gross income from gains resulting from the
sale of commodities and precious metals. This could make it more difficult for
the Fund to pursue its investment strategy and maintain qualification as a RIC.
In lieu of potential disqualification as a RIC, the Fund is permitted to pay a
tax for certain failures to satisfy this income requirement, which, in general,
are limited to those due to reasonable cause and not willful
neglect.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The bar chart
and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and
provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes
in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's
average annual returns for the indicated periods compare with the Fund's
benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance.
The Fund's past performance
(before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
3/31/2023 |
(1.22)% |
Worst
Quarter: |
9/30/2023 |
(11.34)% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2023)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
Since
Inception (01/04/2022) |
Global
X Disruptive Materials ETF: |
| |
·Return
before taxes |
-19.67% |
-18.27% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
-19.90% |
-18.66% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
-11.30% |
-13.57% |
Solactive
Disruptive Materials Index
(Index returns reflects
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
-19.35% |
-17.92% |
MSCI
ACWI (Net)
(Index returns reflects
invested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for
fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
22.20% |
3.28% |
1
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your actual after-tax returns
will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown
above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the
Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Messrs. To and Xie and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio Managers of the
Fund since the Fund's inception. Mr. Lu has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund
since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called "Creation Units". The Fund will issue or redeem Creation
Units in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies
any day that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business
Day”). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the
highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and
the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global X S&P
Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Ticker:
CAGG Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ("Fund") seeks to
provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield
performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P U.S. Catholic Values
Aggregate Bond Capped Index ("Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.25% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses:1 |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.25% |
1 Other Expenses reflect estimated
expenses for the Fund's first fiscal year of
operations.
Example:
The following example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost
of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary
brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund
in the secondary market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
$26 |
$80 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction
costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over"
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction
costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
example, affect the Fund's performance. This Fund has not commenced operations
and does not yet have a portfolio turnover rate to
disclose.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets, plus borrowings for investment
purposes (if any), in the securities of the S&P U.S. Catholic Values
Aggregate Bond Capped Index ("Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80% investment
policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to
shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index is designed to provide exposure to U.S. investment grade bonds
while maintaining alignment with the moral and social teachings of the Catholic
Church. The Underlying Index includes investment grade U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S.
government-related bonds, U.S. corporate bonds, and U.S. mortgage backed
securities. All corporate bonds included in the Underlying Index are investment
grade bonds issued by constituents of the S&P 500 Index, and the issuers
follow the eligibility criteria for that index. Investment grade corporate bonds
are those rated BBB- or better by S&P Global Ratings, Baa3 or better by
Moody's Investors Service, and BBB- or better by Fitch Ratings. From this
starting universe, corporate bond issuers are screened to exclude companies
involved in activities which are perceived to be inconsistent with Catholic
values as outlined in the Socially Responsible Investment Guidelines of the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ("USCCB"). The Underlying Index
reweights the remaining corporate bonds so that the Underlying Index’s exposure
to corporate bonds matches the aggregate exposure to corporate bonds of the
S&P U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Underlying Index then reweights the
sector exposure of the qualifying corporate bonds to match the sector exposure
of corporate bonds of the S&P U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The S&P U.S.
Aggregate Bond Index is designed to measure the performance of publicly issued
U.S. dollar denominated investment-grade debt and is weighted based on market
value. The S&P U.S. Aggregate Bond Index includes U.S.
treasuries,
quasi-governments, corporates, taxable municipal bonds, foreign agency,
supranational, federal agency, and non-U.S. debentures, covered bonds, and
residential mortgage pass-throughs. The Underlying Index is sponsored by
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (the "Index Provider"), which is an
organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global
X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The
Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the securities in the
Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the
Underlying Index. As of December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index had 6,216
constituents. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be
changed without shareholder approval.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index. "Representative sampling" is an indexing strategy that
involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively
has an investment profile similar to the Underlying Index in terms of key risk
factors, performance attributes and other characteristics. These include country
weightings, market capitalization and other financial characteristics of
securities. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Underlying
Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2023, the
Underlying Index was not concentrated in any
industry.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor.
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Bond
Investment Risk: Investments in debt securities are generally affected by changes in
prevailing interest rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer. Prices of debt
securities fall when prevailing interest rates rise. The Fund’s yield on
investments in debt securities will fluctuate as the securities in the Fund are
rebalanced and reinvested in securities with different interest rates.
Investments in bonds are also subject to credit risk. Credit risk is the risk
that an issuer of debt securities will be unable to pay principal and interest
when due, or that the value of the security will suffer because investors
believe the issuer is less able to make required principal and interest
payments. This is broadly gauged by the credit ratings of the debt securities in
which the Fund invests. However, credit ratings are only the opinions of the
rating agencies issuing them, do not purport to reflect the risk of fluctuations
in market value and are not absolute guarantees as to the payment of interest
and the repayment of principal.
Callable
Debt Risk: During periods of falling interest rates, an issuer of a callable
bond held by the Fund may “call” or repay the security before its stated
maturity, and the Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds in securities with
lower yields, which would result in a decline in the Fund’s income, or in
securities with greater risks or with other less favorable
features.
U.S.
Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk: The
Fund invests in mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
government or one of its agencies or sponsored entities, some of which may not
be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Mortgage-backed
securities represent interests in “pools” of mortgages
and
are subject to interest rate, prepayment, and extension risk. Mortgage-backed
securities react differently to changes in interest rates than other bonds, and
the prices of mortgage-backed securities may reflect adverse economic and market
conditions. Small movements in interest rates (both increases and decreases) may
quickly and significantly reduce the value of certain mortgage-backed
securities. Mortgage-backed securities are also subject to the risk of default
on the underlying mortgage loans, particularly during periods of economic
downturn. Default or bankruptcy of a counterparty to a “to be announced” (“TBA”)
transaction would expose the Fund to possible
losses.
U.S.
Treasury Obligations Risk: U.S. Treasury obligations may differ
in their interest rates, maturities, times of issuance and other
characteristics. U.S. Treasury obligations are subject to inflation risk, as the
price of short term U.S. Treasury obligations tends to fall during inflationary
periods as investors seek higher yielding investments. Similar to other issuers,
changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S. government may
cause the value of the Fund's investments in U.S. Treasury obligations to
decline. In addition, uncertainty in regard to the U.S. debt ceiling may
increase the volatility in U.S. Treasury obligations and can heighten the
potential for a credit rating downgrade, which could have an adverse effect on
the value of the Fund’s U.S. Treasury
obligations.
Associated
Risks Related to Socially Responsible Investments: Certain social responsibility investment criteria limit the types
of securities that can be included in the Underlying Index. This could cause the
Underlying Index to underperform other benchmark indices, and could cause the
Fund to underperform other funds that do not have a social responsibility
focus.
Catholic
Values Investing Risk: The
Fund invests in securities that meet the Underlying Index’s investment criteria
by excluding the securities of companies based on such company's involvement in
one or more activities deemed by the investment criteria to be inconsistent with
Catholic teachings. There can be no guarantee that the activities of the
companies included in the Underlying Index will align with the moral and social
teachings of the Catholic Church, or that the Underlying Index’s investment
criteria will align fully with all interpretations of Catholic social teachings.
To the extent an investor intends to invest in a manner consistent with his or
her interpretation of Catholic social teachings, an investment in the Fund may
fail to achieve such objective.
Credit
Risk: Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of the
security will not be able to make principal and interest payments when due.
Changes in an issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s
creditworthiness may also affect the value of the Fund’s investment in that
issuer. Securities rated in the four highest categories by the rating agencies
are considered investment grade but they may also have some speculative
characteristics. Investment grade ratings do not guarantee that bonds will not
lose value.
Extension
Risk: Extension risk is the risk that, when interest rates rise, certain
obligations will be paid off by the issuer (or other obligated party) more
slowly than anticipated, causing the value of these debt securities to fall.
Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of debt securities, making
their market value more sensitive to changes in interest rates. The value of
longer-term debt securities generally changes more in response to changes in
interest rates than shorter-term debt securities. As a result, in a period of
rising interest rates, securities may exhibit additional volatility and may lose
value.
Focus
Risk: To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments
related to a particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also
focus its investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the
Underlying Index has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s
investments will likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such
event, the Fund’s performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events
impacting such industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to,
the following: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that
could negatively affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse
labor relations; political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and
increased competition or new product introductions that may affect the
profitability or viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a
result, the value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the
value of shares of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader
range of industries or sectors.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns,
such
as terrorism and strained international relations. Incidents involving a
country’s or region’s security may cause uncertainty in its markets and may
adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s investments. In addition, developed
countries may be impacted by changes to the economic conditions of certain key
trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt burdens and the price or availability
of certain commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Income
Risk:
Income risk is the risk that the Fund’s income will decline because
of falling interest rates.
Interest
Rate Risk: Interest
rate risk is the risk that prices of fixed income securities generally increase
when interest rates decline and decrease when interest rates increase. The Fund
may lose money if short-term or long-term interest rates rise
sharply.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from a zero-COVID policy
creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for global economic
growth. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
New
Fund Risk: The
Fund is a new fund, with no operating history, which may result in additional
risks for investors in the Fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund will
grow to or maintain an economically viable size, in which case the Board of
Trustees may determine to liquidate the Fund. While shareholder interests will
be the paramount consideration, the timing of any liquidation may not be
favorable to certain individual shareholders. New funds are also subject to
Large Shareholder Risk.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Prepayment
Risk: When interest rates fall, certain obligations will be paid off by
the obligor more quickly than originally anticipated, and the Fund may have to
invest the proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION
The Fund has
not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus.
Once the Fund
has completed a full calendar year of operations, a bar chart and table will be
included that will provide some indication of the risk of investing in the Fund
by showing the variability of the Fund's returns and comparing the Fund's
performance to the index. The Fund's
performance is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will perform in the
future.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”).
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS
This
Prospectus contains information about investing in a Fund. Please read this
Prospectus carefully before you make any investment decisions. Shares of a Fund
are listed for trading on a national securities exchange. The market price for a
Share of a Fund may be different from the Fund's most recent NAV. ETFs are funds
that trade like other publicly-traded securities. A Fund is designed to track an
Underlying Index. Similar to shares of an index mutual fund, each Share of a
Fund represents an ownership interest in an underlying portfolio of securities.
Unlike shares of a mutual fund, which can be bought and redeemed from the
issuing fund by all shareholders at a price based on NAV, Shares of a Fund may
be purchased or redeemed directly from the Fund at NAV solely by Authorized
Participants and only in Creation Unit increments. Also, unlike shares of a
mutual fund, Shares of a Fund are listed on a national securities exchange and
trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day. A
Fund is designed to be used as part of broader asset allocation strategies.
Accordingly, an investment in a Fund should not constitute a complete investment
program. An index is a financial calculation, based on a grouping of financial
instruments, and is not an investment product, while a Fund is an actual
investment portfolio. The performance of a Fund and its Underlying Index may
vary for a number of reasons, including transaction costs, non-U.S. currency
valuations, asset valuations, corporate actions (such as mergers and spin-offs),
timing variances and differences between a Fund’s portfolio and the Underlying
Index resulting from the Fund's legal restrictions (such as diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not to the Underlying Index.
Each
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the
Underlying Index, other than the Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate
Bond ETF, which will invest at least 80% of its total assets in a representative
sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to the
Underlying Index. Each Fund’s 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and
requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders before it can be changed.
The Adviser anticipates that, generally, each Fund (other than the Global X
S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, which may invest in a
representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile
similar to the Underlying Index) will hold all of the securities that comprise
its Underlying Index in proportion to their weightings in such Underlying Index.
However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to
purchase all of those securities in those weightings. In these circumstances, a
Fund may purchase a sample of securities in its Underlying Index. There also may
be instances in which the Adviser may choose to underweight or overweight a
security in a Fund’s Underlying Index, purchase securities not in the Fund’s
Underlying Index that the Adviser believes are appropriate to substitute for
certain securities in such Underlying Index or utilize various combinations of
other available investment techniques in seeking to replicate as closely as
possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of a Fund’s
Underlying Index. In addition, each Fund may also invest in equity index futures
for cash flow management purposes and as a portfolio management technique. Each
Fund may sell securities that are represented in its Underlying Index in
anticipation of their removal from such Underlying Index or purchase securities
not represented in its Index in anticipation of their addition to such
Underlying Index. Each Fund’s investment objective and its Underlying Index may
be changed without shareholder approval upon at least 60 days prior written
notice to shareholders.
A
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF PRINCIPAL RISKS
Each
Fund is subject to various risks, including the principal risks noted below, any
of which may adversely affect the Fund’s NAV, trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective. You could lose all or part of your
investment in the Fund, and the Fund could underperform other investments.
Affiliated
Index Provider Risk
Affiliated
Index Provider Risk applies to the Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF
The
Adviser also serves as the Fund’s Index Provider, which may present the
appearance of a conflict of interest. For example, a potential conflict could
arise if the Adviser were to exercise undue influence with respect to regular
and/or extraordinary updates to the methodology or composition of the Underlying
Index, including in a manner that might improve the apparent performance of the
Fund relative to the performance of the Underlying Index. Additionally,
potential conflicts could arise to the extent that portfolio managers of the
Adviser become aware of contemplated methodology changes or rebalance activity
prior to disclosure to the public, which could facilitate “front running” on
behalf of other funds managed by the Adviser with similar exposure. Although the
Adviser has taken steps designed to ensure that these potential conflicts are
mitigated (e.g., via the adoption of policies and procedures that are designed
to minimize potential conflicts of interest and ensure independence with respect
to the operation of the Underlying Index, as well as the implementation of
informational barriers designed to minimize the potential for the misuse of
information about the Underlying Index), there can be no assurance that such
measures will be successful.
Asset
Class Risk
Asset
Class Risk applies to each Fund
The
returns from the types of securities and/or assets in which the Fund invests may
under-perform returns from the various general securities markets or different
asset classes. The assets in the Underlying Index may under-perform investments
that track other markets, segments, sectors or assets. Different types of assets
tend to go through cycles of out-performance and under-performance in comparison
to the general securities markets.
Bond
Investment Risk
Bond
Investment Risk applies to the Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate
Bond ETF
Investments
in debt securities are generally affected by changes in prevailing interest
rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer. Prices of debt securities fall
when prevailing interest rates rise. The Fund’s yield on investments in debt
securities will fluctuate as the securities in the Fund are rebalanced and
reinvested in securities with different interest rates. Investments in bonds are
also subject to credit risk. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer of debt
securities will be unable to pay principal and interest when due, or that the
value of the security will suffer because investors believe the issuer is less
able to make required principal and interest payments. This is broadly gauged by
the credit ratings of the debt securities in which the Fund invests. However,
credit ratings are only the opinions of the rating agencies issuing them, do not
purport to reflect the risk of fluctuations in market value and are not absolute
guarantees as to the payment of interest and the repayment of
principal.
Callable
Debt Risk
Callable
Debt Risk applies to the Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond
ETF
Some
debt securities may be redeemed at the option of the issuer, or “called,” before
their stated maturity date. In general, an issuer will call its debt securities
if they can be refinanced by issuing new debt securities which bear a lower
interest rate. The Fund is subject to the possibility that during periods of
falling interest rates an issuer will call its high yielding debt securities.
The Fund would then be forced to invest the unanticipated proceeds at lower
interest rates, likely resulting in a decline in the Fund’s income, or in
securities with greater risks or with other less favorable features. Such
redemptions and subsequent reinvestments would also increase the Fund’s
portfolio turnover. If a called debt security was purchased by the Fund at a
premium, the value of the premium may be lost in the event of a
redemption.
China
A-Shares Risk
China
A-Shares Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, Global X
MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF and Global X Disruptive Materials
ETF
A-Shares
are issued by companies incorporated in mainland China and are traded on Chinese
exchanges. Foreign investors can access A-Shares by obtaining a QFII or a RQFII
license, as well as through the Stock Connect Programs. The Fund currently
intends to gain exposure to A-Shares through the Stock Connect Programs. Trading
suspensions in certain stocks could lead to greater market execution risk,
valuation risks, liquidity risks and costs for the Fund, as well as for
Authorized Participants that create and redeem Creation Units of the Fund. The
SSE and SZSE currently apply a daily limit of the amount of fluctuation
permitted in the prices of A-shares during a single trading day. The daily limit
refers to price movements only and does not restrict trading within the relevant
limit. There can be no assurance that a liquid market on an exchange will exist
for any particular A-share or for any particular time. Additionally, during
instances where aggregate limits on foreign ownership are exceeded. the Fund may
be unable to purchase additional equity securities of a particular company. This
could increase the Fund’s tracking error and/or cause the Fund to trade in the
market at greater bid-ask spreads or greater premiums or discounts to the Fund’s
NAV. Given that the A-share market is considered volatile and unstable (with the
risk of widespread trading suspensions or government intervention), the creation
and redemption of Creation Units (as defined below) may also be disrupted. These
risks, among others, could adversely affect the value of the Fund’s
investments.
Collar
Option Risk
Collar
Option Risk applies to the Global X Nasdaq 100 Collar 95-110 ETF and Global X
S&P 500 Collar 95-110 ETF
The
Fund’s collar strategy will consist of a mix of short call options positions and
long put options positions. By selling call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the NASDAQ 100® Index above the exercise prices of
such options. By purchasing put options in return for the payment of premiums,
the Fund may be protected from a significant decline in the price of the NASDAQ
100® Index if the put options become in the money, but during periods where the
NASDAQ 100® Index appreciates, the Fund will underperform due to the cost of the
premiums paid. Investors who purchase shares of the Fund outside of when the
Fund’s short call options positions and long put options positions are put on
may experience different levels of downside protection and upside participation
depending on market performance. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the
securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are in
effect unless the Fund cancels out the options positions through the purchase or
sale of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the options.
Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is
suspended, the Fund may be unable to purchase or sell options at times that may
be desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
The
Fund’s collar strategy will consist of a mix of short call options positions and
long put options positions. By selling call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the S&P 500® Index above the exercise prices of
such options. By purchasing put options in return for the payment of premiums,
the Fund may be protected from a significant decline in the price of the S&P
500® Index if the put options become in the money, but during periods where the
S&P 500® Index appreciates, the Fund will underperform due to the cost of
the premiums paid. Investors who purchase shares of the Fund outside of when the
Fund’s short call options positions and long put options positions are put on
may experience different levels of downside protection and upside participation
depending on market performance. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the
securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are in
effect unless the Fund cancels out the options positions through the purchase or
sale of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the options.
Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is
suspended, the Fund may be unable to purchase or sell options at times that may
be desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Depositary
Receipts Risk
Depositary
Receipts Risk applies to the Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
The
Fund may invest in depositary receipts, such as ADRs and GDRs. ADRs are
certificates that evidence ownership of shares of a foreign issuer and are
alternatives to purchasing the underlying foreign securities directly in their
national markets and currencies. GDRs are certificates issued by an
international bank that generally are traded and denominated in the currencies
of countries other than the home country of the issuer of the underlying
shares. Depositary receipts may be subject to certain of the risks
associated with direct investments in the securities of foreign companies. For
additional details on these risks, please see Foreign Securities Risk.
Moreover, depositary receipts may not track the price of the underlying foreign
securities on which they are based. Certain countries may limit the ability
to convert depositary receipts into the underlying foreign securities and vice
versa, which may cause the securities of the foreign company to trade at a
discount or premium to the market price of the related depositary receipts. A
holder of depositary receipts may also be subject to fees and the credit risk of
the financial institution acting as depositary.
Derivatives
Risk
Derivatives
Risk applies to the Global X Nasdaq 100 Collar 95-110 ETF, Global X Nasdaq 100
Tail Risk ETF, Global X S&P 500 Collar 95-110 ETF and Global X S&P 500
Tail Risk ETF
The
Fund will invest in options, which are a type of derivative instrument. There is
no assurance that sufficient trading interest to create a liquid secondary
market on a securities exchange will exist for any particular option or at any
particular time, and, for some options, no such secondary market may exist. The
possible absence of a liquid secondary market for options and/or possible
exchange-imposed price fluctuation limits, may make it difficult or impossible
to close out a position when desired. Options are subject to the risk that the
counterparty will not perform its obligations, which could leave the Fund worse
off than if it had not entered into the position. The value of an option
position will reflect, among other things, the current market value of the
underlying instrument, the time remaining until expiration, the relationship of
the strike price to the market price of the underlying instrument, the
historical price volatility of the underlying instrument and general market
conditions. Options can be more sensitive to sudden fluctuations in market
prices than conventional securities, which can result in greater losses for the
Fund.
Derivatives
risk is the risk that loss may result from the Fund’s investments in options,
futures and swap contracts, which may be leveraged and are types of derivatives.
Investments in leveraged instruments may result in losses exceeding the amounts
invested. The Fund may use these instruments to help it track its Underlying
Index. Compared to conventional securities, derivatives can be more sensitive to
changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in market prices and thus
the Fund’s losses may be greater if it invests in derivatives than if it invests
only in conventional securities.
Derivative
instruments may be leveraged, which may result in losses exceeding the amounts
invested. Risks of these instruments include:
•That
prices of the instruments and the prices of underlying securities, interest
rates or currencies they are designed to reflect do not move together as
expected; a risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in
their values may not correlate perfectly with its Underlying Index;
•The
possible absence of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument and,
for exchange traded instruments, possible exchange-imposed price fluctuation
limits, either of which may make it difficult or impossible to close out a
position when desired;
•That
adverse price movements in an instrument can result in a loss substantially
greater than the Fund’s initial investment in that instrument (in some cases,
the potential loss is unlimited);
•Particularly
in the case of privately-negotiated instruments, that the counterparty will not
perform its obligations, which could leave the Fund worse off than if it had not
entered into the position;
•The
inability to close out certain hedged positions to avoid adverse tax
consequences, and the fact that some of these instruments may have uncertain tax
implications for the Fund;
•The
fact that “speculative position limits” imposed by the CFTC and certain futures
exchanges on net long and short positions may require the Fund to limit or
unravel positions in certain types of instruments; and
The
high levels of volatility some of these instruments may exhibit, in some cases
due to the high levels of leverage an investor may achieve with
them.
Equity
Securities Risk
Equity
Securities Risk applies to each Fund
The
Fund may invest in equity securities, which are subject to changes in value that
may be attributable to market perception of a particular issuer, general stock
market fluctuations that affect all issuers, or as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions. Investments in equity securities may be more
volatile than investments in other asset classes.
Hybrid
Securities Investment Risk
Hybrid
Securities Investment Risk applies to the Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF
Hybrid
securities are securities which contain characteristics of both a debt security
and an equity security. Therefore, hybrid securities are subject to the risks of
equity securities and risks of debt securities. The terms of hybrid instruments
may vary substantially, and certain hybrid securities may be subject to similar
risks as preferred stocks, such as interest rate risk, issuer risk, dividend
risk, call risk, and extension risk. The claims of holders of hybrid securities
of an issuer are generally subordinated to those of holders of traditional debt
securities in bankruptcy, and thus hybrid securities may be more volatile and
subject to greater risk than traditional debt securities, and may in certain
circumstances even be more volatile than traditional equity securities. At the
same time, hybrid securities may not fully participate in gains of their issuer
and thus potential returns of such securities are generally more limited than
traditional equity securities, which would participate in such gains. Hybrid
securities may also be more limited in their rights to participate in management
decisions of an issuer (such as voting for the board of directors). Certain
hybrid securities may be more thinly traded and less liquid than either publicly
issued equity securities or debt securities, especially hybrid securities that
are “customized” to meet the needs of particular investors, potentially making
it
difficult
for the Fund to sell such securities at a favorable price or at all. Any of
these features could cause a loss in market value of hybrid securities held by
the Fund or otherwise adversely affect the Fund.
LIBOR
Transition Risk
LIBOR
Transition Risk applies to the Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF
The
Funds may be exposed to financial instruments that are tied to the London
Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) to determine payment obligations, financing
terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The Funds' investments may pay
interest at floating rates based on LIBOR or may be subject to interest caps or
floors based on LIBOR. The Funds may also obtain financing at floating rates
based on LIBOR. Derivative instruments utilized by the Funds may also reference
LIBOR. The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), which regulates
LIBOR, has ceased publishing all LIBOR settings. In April 2023, however, the FCA
announced that some USD LIBOR settings will continue to be published under a
synthetic methodology until September 30, 2024 for certain legacy contracts.
Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative
reference rates in most major currencies. The U.S. Federal Reserve, based on the
recommendations of Alternative Reference Rates Committee, has begun publishing
the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) that is intended to replace U.S.
dollar LIBOR. Proposals for alternative reference rates for other currencies
have also been announced or have already begun publication. Markets are slowly
developing in response to these new reference rates. Neither the effect of the
LIBOR transition process nor its ultimate success can yet be known. The
transition process might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets
for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments
whose terms currently include LIBOR. While some existing LIBOR-based instruments
may contemplate a scenario where LIBOR is no longer available by providing for
an alternative rate-setting methodology, there may be significant uncertainty
regarding the effectiveness of any such alternative methodologies to replicate
LIBOR. Not all existing LIBOR-based instruments may have alternative
rate-setting provisions and there remains uncertainty regarding the willingness
and ability of issuers to add alternative rate-setting provisions in certain
existing instruments. In addition, a liquid market for newly-issued instruments
that use a reference rate other than LIBOR still may be developing. There may
also be challenges for the Funds to enter into hedging transactions against such
newly-issued instruments until a market for such hedging transactions develops.
All of the aforementioned may adversely affect the Funds' performance or net
asset value.
Master
Limited Partnerships Investment Risk
Master
Limited Partnerships Investment Risk applies to the Global X SuperDividend® U.S.
ETF
Investments
in securities of MLPs involve risks that differ from an investment in common
stock.
Holders
of units of MLPs have more limited control rights and limited rights to vote on
matters affecting such MLP as compared to holders of stock of a corporation. For
example, MLP unit holders may not elect the general partner or the directors of
the general partner and the MLP unit holders have limited ability to remove an
MLP’s general partner. MLPs are controlled by their general partners, which
generally have conflicts of interest and limited fiduciary duties to the MLPs,
which may permit the general partners to favor their own interests over the
MLPs. The amount of cash that the Fund will have available to pay or distribute
to you depends entirely on the ability of the MLPs that the Fund owns to make
distributions to their partners and the tax character of those distributions.
Neither the Fund nor the Adviser has control over the actions of underlying
MLPs. The amount of cash that each individual MLP can distribute to its partners
will depend on the amount of cash it generates from operations, which will vary
from quarter to quarter depending on factors affecting the energy infrastructure
market generally and on factors affecting the particular business lines of the
MLP. Available cash will also depend on the MLPs’ level of operating costs
(including incentive distributions to the general partner), level of capital
expenditures, debt service requirements, acquisition costs (if any),
fluctuations in working capital needs, and other factors. The Fund expects to
generate significant investment income, and the Fund’s investments may not
distribute the expected or anticipated levels of cash, resulting in the risk
that the Fund may not have the ability to make cash distributions as investors
expect from MLP-focused investments.
Certain
MLPs in which the Fund may invest depend upon their parent or sponsor entities
for a majority of their revenues. If their parent or sponsor entities fail to
make such payments or satisfy their obligations, the revenues and cash flows of
such MLPs and ability of such MLPs to make distributions to unit holders, such
as the Fund, would be adversely affected.
MLPs
are subject to various federal, state and local environmental laws and health
and safety laws as well as laws and regulations specific to their particular
activities. These laws and regulations address: health and safety standards for
the
operation
of facilities, transportation systems and the handling of materials; air and
water pollution requirements and standards; solid waste disposal requirements;
land reclamation requirements; and requirements relating to the handling and
disposition of hazardous materials. MLPs are subject to the costs of compliance
with such laws applicable to them, and changes in such laws and regulations may
adversely affect their results of operations.
MLPs
are subject to numerous business related risks, including: deterioration of
business fundamentals reducing profitability due to development of alternative
energy sources, among other things, consumer sentiment, changing demographics in
the markets served, unexpectedly prolonged and precipitous changes in commodity
prices and increased competition that reduces an MLP’s market share; the lack of
growth of markets requiring growth through acquisitions; disruptions in
transportation systems; the dependence of certain MLPs upon unrelated third
parties; availability of capital for expansion and construction of needed
facilities; a significant decrease in production due to depressed commodity
prices or otherwise; the inability of MLPs to successfully integrate recent or
future acquisitions; and the general level of the economy.
Mortgage
Real Estate Investment Trusts (Mortgage REITs) Investment Risk
Mortgage
Real Estate Investment Trusts (Mortgage REITs) Investment Risk applies to the
Global X SuperDividend® U.S. ETF and Global X SuperDividend® REIT
ETF
Mortgage
REITs are exposed to the risks specific to the real estate market as well as the
risks that relate specifically to the way in which Mortgage REITs are organized
and operated. Mortgage REITs are subject to the credit risk of the borrowers to
whom they extend credit. Mortgage REITs are subject to significant interest rate
risk. Interest rate risk refers to fluctuations in the value of a Mortgage
REIT’s investment in fixed rate obligations resulting from changes in the
general level of interest rates. When the general level of interest rates goes
up, the value of a Mortgage REIT’s investment in fixed rate obligations goes
down. When the general level of interest rates goes down, the value of a
Mortgage REIT’s investment in fixed rate obligations goes up.
Mortgage
REITs typically use leverage and many are highly leveraged, which exposes them
to leverage risk. Leverage risk refers to the risk that leverage created from
borrowing may impair a Mortgage REIT’s liquidity, cause it to liquidate
positions at an unfavorable time, increase the volatility of the values of
securities issued by the Mortgage REIT and incur substantial losses if its
borrowing costs increase.
Mortgage
REITs are subject to prepayment risk, which is the risk that borrowers may
prepay their mortgage loans at faster than expected rates. Prepayment rates
generally increase when interest rates fall and decrease when interest rates
rise. These faster than expected payments may adversely affect a Mortgage REIT’s
profitability because the Mortgage REIT may be forced to replace investments
that have been redeemed or repaid early with other investments having a lower
yield. Additionally, rising interest rates may cause the duration of a Mortgage
REIT’s investments to be longer than anticipated and increase such investments’
interest rate sensitivity.
Real
estate investment trusts are subject to special U.S. federal tax requirements. A
real estate investment trust’s failure to comply with these requirements may
negatively affect its performance.
Mortgage
REITs may be dependent upon their management skills and may have limited
financial resources. Mortgage REITs are generally not diversified and may be
subject to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers and
self-liquidation. In addition, transactions between Mortgage REITs and their
affiliates may be subject to conflicts of interest which may adversely affect a
Mortgage REIT’s shareholders.
Preferred
Stock Investment Risk
Preferred
Stock Investment Risk applies to the Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred
ETF
Unlike
interest payments on debt securities, dividend payments on a preferred stock
typically must be declared by the issuer’s board of directors. An issuer’s board
of directors is generally not under any obligation to pay a dividend (even if
such dividends have accrued), and may suspend payment of dividends on preferred
stock at any time. In the event an issuer of preferred stock experiences
economic difficulties, the issuer’s preferred stock may lose substantial value
due to the reduced likelihood that the issuer’s board of directors will declare
a dividend and the fact that the preferred stock may be subordinated to other
securities of the same issuer. Preferred stock may be less liquid than many
other types of securities, such as common stock, and generally provides no
voting rights with respect to the issuer. Certain additional risks associated
with preferred stock could adversely affect investments in the Fund.
Interest
Rate Risk
Because
many preferred stocks pay dividends at a fixed rate, their market price can be
sensitive to changes in interest rates in a manner similar to bonds - that is,
as interest rates rise, the value of the preferred stocks held by the Fund are
likely to decline. To the extent that the Fund invests a substantial portion of
its assets in fixed rate preferred stocks, rising interest rates may cause the
value of the Fund’s investments to decline significantly.
Issuer
Risk
Because
many preferred stocks allow holders to convert the preferred stock into common
stock of the issuer, their market price can be sensitive to changes in the value
of the issuer’s common stock. To the extent that the Fund invests a substantial
portion of its assets in convertible preferred stocks, declining common stock
values may also cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decline.
Dividend
Risk
There
is a chance that the issuer of any of the Fund’s holdings will have its ability
to pay dividends deteriorate or will default (fail to make scheduled dividend
payments on the preferred stock or scheduled interest payments on other
obligations of the issuer not held by the Fund), which would negatively affect
the value of any such holding.
Call
Risk
Preferred
stocks are subject to market volatility and the prices of preferred stocks will
fluctuate based on market demand. Preferred stocks often have call features
which allow the issuer to redeem the security at its discretion. If a preferred
stock is redeemed by the issuer, it will be removed from the Underlying Index.
The redemption of preferred stocks having a higher than average yield may cause
a decrease in the yield of the Underlying Index and the Fund.
Protective
Put Options Risk
Protective
Put Options Risk applies to Global X Nasdaq 100 Tail Risk ETF
By
purchasing put options in return for the payment of premiums, the Fund may be
protected from a significant decline in the price of the NASDAQ 100® Index if
the put options become in the money, but during periods where the NASDAQ 100®
Index appreciates, the Fund will underperform due to the cost of the premiums
paid. Investors who purchase shares of the Fund outside of when the Fund’s long
put options positions are put on may experience different levels of downside
protection depending on market performance. In addition, the Fund’s ability to
sell the securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are
in effect unless the Fund cancels out the options positions through the sale of
offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the options. Exchanges
may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is suspended,
the Fund may be unable to purchase options at times that may be desirable or
advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Protective
Put Options Risk applies to the Global X S&P 500 Tail Risk ETF
By
purchasing put options in return for the payment of premiums, the Fund may be
protected from a significant decline in the price of the S&P 500® Index if
the put options become in the money, but during periods where the S&P 500®
Index appreciates, the Fund will underperform due to the cost of the premiums
paid. Investors who purchase shares of the Fund outside of when the Fund’s long
put options positions are put on may experience different levels of downside
protection depending on market performance. In addition, the Fund’s ability to
sell the securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are
in effect unless the Fund cancels out the options positions through the sale of
offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the options. Exchanges
may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is suspended,
the Fund may be unable to purchase options at times that may be desirable or
advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Real
Estate Stocks and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Investment
Risk
Real
Estate Stocks and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Investment Risk applies
to the Global X SuperDividend® ETF, Global X SuperDividend® U.S. ETF, Global X
SuperDividend® REIT ETF and Global X MSCI SuperDividend® EAFE ETF
The
Fund invests in companies or underlying funds that invest in real estate, such
as REITs, which exposes investors in the Fund to the risks of owning real estate
directly, as well as to risks that relate specifically to the way in which real
estate companies are organized and operated. Real estate is highly sensitive to
general and local economic conditions and developments, and characterized by
intense competition and periodic overbuilding. Many real estate companies,
including REITs, utilize leverage (and some may be highly leveraged), which
increases risk and could adversely affect a real estate company's operations and
market value in periods of rising interest rates.
Concentration
Risk
Real
estate companies may own a limited number of properties and concentrate their
investments in a particular geographic region or property type.
Equity
REITs Risk
Certain
REITs may make direct investments in real estate. These REITs are often referred
to as "Equity REITs." Equity REITs invest primarily in real properties and earn
rental income from leasing those properties. Equity REITs may also realize gains
or losses from the sale of the properties. Equity REITs will be affected by
conditions in the real estate rental market and by changes in the value of the
properties they own. A decline in rental income may occur because of extended
vacancies, limitations on rents, the failure to collect rents, increased
competition from other properties or poor management. Equity REITs also can be
affected by rising interest rates. Rising interest rates may cause investors to
demand a high annual yield from future distributions that, in turn, could
decrease the market prices for such REITs. In addition, rising interest rates
also increase the costs of obtaining financing for real estate projects. Because
many real estate projects are dependent upon receiving financing, this could
cause the value of the Equity REITs in which the Fund invests to decline.
Interest
Rate Risk
Rising
interest rate could result in higher costs of capital for real estate companies,
which could negatively affect a real estate company's ability to meet its
payment obligations.
Leverage
Risk
Real
estate companies may use leverage (and some may be highly leveraged), which
increases investment risk and the risks normally associated with debt financing,
and could adversely affect a real estate company's operations and market value
in periods of rising interest rates. Financing covenants related to a real
estate company's leveraging may affect the ability of the real estate company to
operate effectively. In addition, real property may be subject to quality of
credit extended and defaults by borrowers and tenants. Leveraging may also
increase repayment risk.
Liquidity
Risk
Investing
in real estate companies may involve risks similar to those associated with
investing in small-capitalization companies. Real estate company securities may
be volatile. There may be less trading in real estate company shares, which
means that buy and sell transactions in those shares could have a magnified
impact on share price, resulting in abrupt or erratic price fluctuations. In
addition, real estate is relatively illiquid and, therefore, a real estate
company may have a limited ability to vary or liquidate its investments in
properties in response to changes in economic or other conditions.
Operational
Risk
Real
estate companies are dependent upon management skills and may have limited
financial resources. Real estate companies are generally not diversified and may
be subject to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers and
self-liquidation. In addition, transactions between real estate companies and
their affiliates may be subject to conflicts of interest, which may adversely
affect a real estate company's shareholders. A real estate company may also have
joint ventures in certain of its properties and, consequently, its ability to
control decisions relating to such properties may be limited.
Property
Risk
Real
estate companies may be subject to risks relating to functional obsolescence or
reduced desirability of properties; extended vacancies due to economic
conditions and tenant bankruptcies; catastrophic events such as earthquakes,
hurricanes, tornadoes and terrorist acts; and casualty or condemnation losses.
Real estate income and values also may be greatly affected by demographic
trends, such as population shifts, changing tastes and values, or increasing
vacancies or declining rents resulting from legal, cultural, technological,
global or local developments.
Regulatory
Risk
Real
estate income and values may be adversely affected by applicable domestic and
foreign laws (including tax laws). Government actions, such as tax increases,
zoning law changes or environmental regulations also may have a major impact on
real estate.
Repayment
Risk
The
prices of real estate company securities may drop because of the failure of
borrowers to repay their loans, poor management, or the inability to obtain
financing either on favorable terms or at all. If the properties do not generate
sufficient income to meet operating expenses, including, where applicable, debt
service, ground lease payments, tenant improvements, third-party leasing
commissions and other capital expenditures, the income and ability of the real
estate companies to make payments of interest and principal on their loans will
be adversely affected.
U.S.
Tax Risk
Certain
U.S. real estate companies are subject to special U.S. federal tax requirements.
A REIT that fails to comply with such tax requirements may be subject to U.S.
federal income taxation, which may affect the value of the REIT and the
characterization of the REIT's distributions. The U.S. federal tax requirement
that a REIT distributes substantially all of its net income to its shareholders
may result in the REIT having insufficient capital for future
expenditures.
U.S.
Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk
U.S.
Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk applies to the Global X S&P Catholic
Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
The
Fund invests in securities backed by pools of mortgages issued or guaranteed by
the U.S. government or one of its agencies or sponsored entities, including
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae. While securities guaranteed by Ginnie Mae
are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, securities
issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not backed by the full faith and credit
of the U.S. government, and there can be no assurance that the U.S. government
would provide financial support to its agencies or sponsored entities where it
is not obligated to do so. Any actual or potential disruption to these agencies
or sponsored, or the financial condition or credit of the U.S. government, could
cause the value of mortgage-backed securities held by the Fund to decline.
Mortgage-backed securities represent interests in “pools” of mortgages and, due
to the nature of these loans they represent, are subject to prepayment and
extension risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that, during periods of falling
interest rates, an issuer of mortgages and other fixed-income securities may be
able to repay principal prior to the security’s maturity. This may cause the
Fund to have to reinvest in securities with a lower yield or higher risk of
default, resulting in a decline in the Fund’s income or return potential.
Mortgage-backed securities are also subject to extension risk, which is the risk
that when interest rates rise, certain mortgage-backed securities will be paid
off substantially more slowly than originally anticipated and the value of those
securities may fall sharply, resulting in a decline in income and potentially in
the value of the investment. Because of prepayment and extension risks,
mortgage-backed securities react differently to changes in interest rates than
other bonds. Small movements in interest rates (both increases and decreases)
may quickly and significantly reduce the value of certain mortgage-backed
securities. These securities are also subject to the risk of default on the
underlying mortgage loans, particularly during periods of economic downturn. The
Fund seeks to obtain exposure to the fixed-rate portion of U.S. agency
mortgage-pass through securities primarily through “to be announced” (“TBA”)
securities, or TBA transactions. TBAs refer to a commonly used mechanism for the
forward settlement of U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities, and not to a
separate type of mortgage-backed securities. Default or bankruptcy of a
counterparty to a TBA transaction would expose the Fund to possible losses
because of adverse market action, expenses or delays in connection with the
purchase or sale of the pools of mortgage pass-through securities specified in
the TBA transaction.
U.S.
Treasury Obligations Risk
U.S.
Treasury Obligations Risk applies to the Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S.
Aggregate Bond ETF
Investments
in debt securities are generally affected by changes in prevailing interest
rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer. Prices of U.S. Treasury securities
fall when prevailing interest rates rise. Price fluctuations of longer-term U.S.
Treasury securities are greater than price fluctuations of shorter-term U.S.
Treasury securities and may be as great as price fluctuations of common stock.
The Fund’s yield on investments in U.S. Treasury securities will fluctuate as
the Fund is invested in U.S. Treasury securities with different interest rates.
Similar to other issuers, changes to the financial condition or credit rating of
the U.S. government may cause the value of the Fund's investments in U.S.
Treasury obligations to decline. In addition, uncertainty in regard to the U.S.
debt ceiling may increase the volatility in U.S. Treasury obligations and can
heighten the potential for a credit rating downgrade, which could have an
adverse effect on the value of the Fund’s U.S. Treasury
obligations.
Associated
Risks Related to Form 13F Data
Associated
Risks Related to Form 13F Data applies to the Global X Guru® Index
ETF
The
Form 13F filings used to select the securities in the Underlying Index are filed
up to 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter. Therefore, a given
investor may have already sold its position by the time the security is added to
the Underlying Index. Furthermore, the Form 13F filing may only disclose a
subset of a particular investor's holdings, as not all securities are required
to be reported on the Form 13F. As a result, the Form 13F may not provide a
complete picture of the holdings of a given investor. Because the Form 13F
filing is publicly available information, it is possible that other investors
are also monitoring these filings and investing accordingly. This may result in
inflation of the share price of securities in which the Fund invests. Should
there be any changes to the Form 13F requirements, including but not limited to
reducing the number of firms required to file a Form 13F, or changing the
timeline for reporting, could impact the efficacy of relying on 13F data.
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in Disruptive Materials Companies
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in Disruptive Materials Companies applies to the
Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
Disruptive
Materials Companies engage in the exploration, mining, production and/or
enhancement of metals and other raw or composite materials that have been
identified as being essential to many of the world’s most disruptive
technologies. There is no guarantee that demand for these technologies will
continue, or that the raw materials currently used in the production of these
materials will continue to be utilized. A reduction of demand for the
technologies that utilize these disruptive materials, or of the materials
themselves, would have an adverse impact on the Fund. Companies involved in the
various activities that are related to the exploration, mining, production
and/or enhancement of disruptive materials may be medium-, small-, or
micro-capitalization companies. These companies tend to have volatile share
prices and are highly dependent on the price of the underlying disruptive
materials, which may fluctuate substantially over short periods of time. The
value of such companies may be significantly affected by the success of
exploration projects, political and economic conditions in geographies where the
companies operate, government royalties, energy conservation, environmental
policies, commodity price volatility, changes in exchange rates, imposition of
import/export controls, increased competition, depletion of resources and labor
relations, and other world events. The exploration, mining, production and/or
enhancement of disruptive materials can require large amounts of capital and, if
companies involved in such activities are mismanaged, the share prices of such
companies could decline even as prices for the underlying materials rise. In
addition, companies involved in the various activities that are related to the
exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of disruptive materials may
be at risk for environmental damage allegations and potentially punitive claims.
Exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of disruptive materials may
involve environmentally intensive processes, and Disruptive Materials Companies
may be at risk for environmental damage liabilities, as well as mandated
expenditures for safety, pollution control, and environment
remediation.
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in E-commerce Companies
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in E-commerce Companies applies to the Global X
E-commerce ETF
E-commerce
companies typically face intense competition and are subject to fluctuating
consumer demand. Many of these companies compete aggressively on price,
potentially affecting their long run profitability. Due to the online nature of
E-commerce companies and their involvement in processing, storing and
transmitting large amounts of data, these companies are particularly vulnerable
to cyber security risk. This includes threats to operational software and
hardware, as well as theft of personal and transaction records and other
customer data. In the event of a cyberattack, E-commerce companies could suffer
serious adverse reputational and operational consequences, including liability
and litigation. E-commerce companies may participate in monopolistic practices
that could make them subject to higher levels of regulatory scrutiny and/or
potential break
ups
in the future, which could severely impact the viability of these companies.
E-commerce companies are exposed to macroeconomic risks of consumer recessionary
fears, potentially resulting in lower consumer spending. Chinese E-commerce
Companies have been subject to heightened scrutiny as regulators seek to rein in
monopolistic practices and sudden regulatory moves could have unpredictable and
adverse impacts on relevant securities. Through its portfolio companies’
customers and suppliers, the Fund is specifically exposed to Asian Economic
Risk, European Economic Risk and North American Economic Risk.
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in Emerging Markets Internet & E-commerce
Companies
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in Emerging Markets Internet & E-commerce
Companies applies to the Global X E-commerce ETF
Emerging
Markets Internet & E-commerce Companies typically face intense competition
and are subject to fluctuating consumer demand. Many of these companies compete
aggressively on price, potentially affecting their long run profitability. Due
to the online nature of Emerging Markets Internet & E-commerce Companies and
their involvement in processing, storing and transmitting large amounts of data,
these companies are particularly vulnerable to cyber security risk. This
includes threats to operational software and hardware, as well as theft of
personal and transaction records and other customer data. In the event of a
cyberattack, Emerging Markets Internet & E-commerce Companies could suffer
serious adverse reputational and operational consequences, including liability
and litigation. E-commerce Companies may participate in monopolistic practices
that could make them subject to higher levels of regulatory scrutiny and/or
potential break ups in the future, which could severely impact the viability of
these companies. Chinese E-commerce Companies have been subject to heightened
scrutiny as regulators seek to rein in monopolistic practices and prevent the
‘disorderly expansion of capital’ under the Common Prosperity initiative.
Through its portfolio companies’ customers and suppliers, the Fund is
specifically exposed to Asian Economic Risk, European Economic Risk and North
American Economic Risk. Please see "Reliance
on Trading Partners Risk"
in this Prospectus.
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in Renewable Energy Companies
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in Renewable Energy Companies applies to the Global X
Renewable Energy Producers ETF
Renewable
Energy Companies typically face intense competition, short product lifecycles
and potentially rapid product obsolescence. These companies may be significantly
affected by fluctuations in energy prices and in the supply and demand of
renewable energy, tax incentives, permitting application timelines, availability
of transmission capacity, subsidies and other governmental regulations and
policies. These companies are also heavily dependent on intellectual property
rights and may be adversely affected by loss or impairment of those rights.
Renewable Energy Companies may be adversely affected by commodity price
volatility, changes in exchange rates, imposition of import controls,
availability of certain inputs and materials required for production, depletion
of resources, technological developments and labor relations. A decline in the
price of conventional energy such as oil and natural gas could have a materially
adverse impact on Renewable Energy Companies. Renewable energy resources may be
highly dependent upon government policies that support renewable generation and
enhance the economic viability of owning renewable electric generation assets.
Such policies can include tax credits, offshore wind renewable energy
certificates (“ORECs”), accelerated cost-recovery systems of depreciation, and
renewable portfolio standard (“RPS”) programs, which mandate that a specified
percentage of electricity sales come from eligible sources of renewable energy.
Any failure to extend such policies could materially and adversely affect the
business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow of Renewable
Energy Companies. Additionally, investors should take notice of the distinction
between implemented government policy based on legislation and less guaranteed
commitments which may be aspirational, subject to political risk, and difficult
to enforce.
The
electricity produced and revenues generated by variable renewable energy
generation facilities, including solar electric or wind energy, is highly
dependent on suitable environmental conditions. Furthermore, components used in
the generation of renewable energy could be damaged by severe weather events,
such as hailstorms or tornadoes. In addition, replacement and spare parts for
key components may be difficult or costly to acquire or may be unavailable.
Unfavorable environmental conditions could impair the effectiveness of assets or
reduce their output beneath their rated capacity or require shutdown of key
equipment, impeding operation of renewable assets. Actual climatic conditions at
a facility site, particularly wind conditions, may not conform to the historical
findings and, therefore, renewable energy facilities may not meet anticipated
production levels or the rated capacity of the generation assets, which could
adversely affect the business, financial condition and results of operations and
cash flows of Renewable Energy Companies.
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in Social Media Companies
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in Social Media Companies applies to the Global X
Social Media ETF
The
Fund invests in securities of companies engaged in the social media industry,
including companies that provide social networking, file sharing, and other
web-based media applications. The risks related to investing in such companies
include disruption in service caused by hardware or software failure,
interruptions or delays in service by third-party data center hosting facilities
and maintenance providers, security breaches involving certain private,
sensitive, proprietary and confidential information managed and transmitted by
social media companies, privacy concerns and laws, evolving Internet regulation
and other foreign or domestic regulations that may limit or otherwise affect the
operations of such companies. Furthermore, the business models employed by the
companies in the social media industry may not prove to be successful.
Social
Media companies face risks related to the technology industry. Technology
companies are generally subject to the risks of rapidly changing technologies,
short product life cycles, fierce competition, aggressive pricing and reduced
profit margins, loss of patent, copyright and trademark protections, cyclical
market patterns, evolving industry standards and frequent new product
introductions. Social Media companies may be smaller and less experienced
companies, with limited product lines, markets or financial resources and fewer
experienced management or marketing personnel. Technology company stocks,
particularly those involved with the internet, have experienced extreme price
and volume fluctuations that often have been unrelated to their operating
performance.
Many
social media companies utilize the internet for key parts of their business
models. Internet companies are subject to rapid changes in technology, worldwide
competition, rapid obsolescence of products and services, loss of patent
protections, cyclical market patterns, evolving industry standards, frequent new
product introductions and the considerable risk of owning small capitalization
companies that have recently begun operations. Through its portfolio companies’
customers and suppliers, the Fund is exposed to Asian
Economic Risk and
European
Economic Risk.
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in YieldCos
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in YieldCos applies to the Global X Renewable Energy
Producers ETF
Investments
in securities of YieldCos involve risks that differ from investments in
traditional operating companies, including risks related to the relationship
between the YieldCo and the company responsible for the formation of the YieldCo
(the “Yieldco Sponsor”). YieldCos typically remain dependent on the management
and administration services provided by or under the direction of the Yieldco
Sponsor and on the ability of the Yieldco Sponsor to identify and present the
YieldCo with acquisition opportunities, which may often be assets of the Yieldco
Sponsor itself. Yieldco Sponsors may have interests that conflict with the
interests of the YieldCo, and may retain control of the YieldCo via classes of
stock held by the Yieldco Sponsor.
YieldCo
securities can be affected by macro-economic and other factors affecting the
stock market in general, expectations of interest rates, investor sentiment
towards YieldCos or the energy sector, changes in a particular issuer’s
financial condition, or unfavorable or unanticipated poor performance of a
particular issuer (in the case of YieldCos, generally measured in terms of
distributable cash flow). Prices of YieldCo securities also can be affected by
fundamentals unique to the company, including earnings power and coverage
ratios.
YieldCos
may distribute all or substantially all of the cash available for distribution
each quarter and rely primarily upon external financing sources, including via
new debt and/or equity, to fund acquisitions and growth capital expenditures.
YieldCos may be precluded from pursuing otherwise attractive acquisitions if the
projected short-term cash flow from the acquisition or investment is not
adequate to service the capital raised to fund the acquisition or investment.
YieldCo growth may not be as fast as that of businesses that reinvest their
available cash to expand ongoing operations. To the extent YieldCos issue
additional equity securities in connection with any acquisitions or growth
capital expenditures, the payment of dividends on these additional equity
securities may increase the risk that the YieldCo will be unable to maintain or
increase its per share dividend. The incurrence of debt to finance the YieldCo’s
growth strategy will result in increased interest expense and the imposition of
additional or more restrictive covenants, which, in turn, may impact the cash
distributions by the YieldCo. The ability of a YieldCo to maintain or grow its
dividend distributions may depend on the entity’s ability to minimize its tax
liabilities through the use of accelerated depreciation schedules, tax loss
carryforwards, and tax incentives.
Associated
Risks Related to Socially Responsible Investments
Associated
Risks Related to Socially Responsible Investments applies to the Global X
S&P 500® Catholic Values ETF, Global X S&P Catholic Values Developed
ex-U.S. ETF and Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond
ETF
Certain
social responsibility investment criteria limit the types of securities that can
be included in the Underlying Index. In order to comply with its social
responsibility investment criteria, the Underlying Index may be required to
exclude advantageous investment opportunities or reduce exposure at
inappropriate times. This could cause the Underlying Index to underperform other
benchmark indices. The Fund’s social responsibility investment criteria could
therefore cause it to underperform funds that do not maintain social
responsibility investment criteria by limiting the Fund’s exposure to certain
types of profitable activity.
Capitalization
Risk
Investing
in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the risk that
the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or investor
sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, Global X
Social Media ETF, Global X Guru® Index ETF, Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF,
Global X SuperDividend® U.S. ETF, Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets
ETF, Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF, Global X S&P 500® Catholic
Values ETF, Global X MSCI SuperDividend® EAFE ETF, Global X E-commerce ETF,
Global X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF, Global X Nasdaq 100
Collar 95-110 ETF, Global X Nasdaq 100 Tail Risk ETF, Global X S&P 500
Collar 95-110 ETF, Global X S&P 500 Tail Risk ETF and Global X Disruptive
Materials ETF
Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, Global X
SuperDividend® ETF, Global X Social Media ETF, Global X Guru® Index ETF, Global
X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF, Global X SuperDividend® U.S. ETF, Global X MSCI
SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF, Global X SuperDividend® REIT ETF, Global X
Renewable Energy Producers ETF, Global X MSCI SuperDividend® EAFE ETF, Global X
E-commerce ETF and Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk applies to the Global X SuperDividend® ETF, Global X
SuperDividend® U.S. ETF, Global X SuperDividend® REIT ETF, Global X Renewable
Energy Producers ETF, Global X E-commerce ETF and Global X Disruptive Materials
ETF
The
Fund may invest a significant percentage of its assets in small-capitalization
companies. If it does so, it may be subject to certain risks associated with
small-capitalization companies. These companies often have greater price
volatility, lower trading volume and less liquidity than larger, more
established companies. In addition, these companies are often subject to less
analyst coverage and may be in early and less predictable periods of their
corporate existences. These companies tend to have smaller revenues, narrower
product lines, less management depth and experience, smaller shares of their
product or service markets, fewer financial resources and less competitive
strength than larger companies.
Cash
Transaction Risk
Cash
Transaction Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, Global
X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF, Global X Renewable Energy Producers
ETF and Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
Unlike
most ETFs, the Fund intends to effect a significant portion of creations and
redemptions for cash, rather than in-kind securities. As a result, an investment
in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in a more conventional
ETF. ETFs generally are able to make in-kind redemptions and avoid being taxed
on gain on the distributed portfolio securities at the Fund level. Because the
Fund currently intends to effect redemptions for cash, rather than in-kind
distributions, it may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to
obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. If the Fund recognizes
gain on these sales, this generally will cause the Fund to recognize gain it
might not otherwise have recognized, or to recognize such gain sooner than would
otherwise be required if it were to distribute portfolio securities in-kind. The
Fund generally intends to distribute these gains to shareholders to avoid being
taxed on this gain at the Fund level and otherwise comply with the special tax
rules that apply to it. This strategy may cause shareholders to be subject to
tax on gains they would not otherwise be subject to, or at an earlier date than,
if they had made an investment in a different ETF. Moreover, cash transactions
may have to be carried out over several days if the securities market is
relatively illiquid and may involve considerable brokerage fees and taxes. These
factors may result in wider spreads between the bid and the offered prices of
the Fund’s Shares than for more conventional ETFs. To the extent that the
maximum additional variable charge for cash creation or cash redemption
transactions is insufficient to cover the transaction costs of purchasing or
selling portfolio securities, the Fund’s performance could be negatively
impacted.
Catholic
Values Investing Risk
Catholic
Values Investing Risk applies to the Global X S&P 500® Catholic Values ETF,
Global X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF and Global X S&P
Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
The
Fund invests in securities that meet the Underlying Index’s investment criteria
by excluding the securities of companies based on such company's involvement in
one or more activities deemed by the investment criteria to be inconsistent with
Catholic teachings. There can be no guarantee that the activities of the
companies included in the Underlying Index will align with the moral and social
teachings of the Catholic Church, or that the Underlying Index’s investment
criteria will align fully with all interpretations of Catholic social teachings.
To the extent an investor intends to invest in a manner consistent with his or
her interpretation of Catholic social teachings, an investment in the Fund may
fail to achieve such objective.
Commodity
Exposure Risk
Commodity
Exposure Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF and Global
X Disruptive Materials ETF
To
the extent that its Underlying Index invests in, or otherwise has exposure to,
securities and markets that are susceptible to fluctuations in certain commodity
markets, any negative changes in commodity markets could have a great impact on
the Fund. Commodity prices may be influenced or characterized by unpredictable
factors, including, where applicable, high volatility, changes in supply and
demand relationships, weather, agriculture, trade, changes in interest rates and
monetary and other governmental policies, action and inaction. Securities of
companies held by the Fund that are dependent on a single commodity, or are
concentrated on a single commodity sector, may typically exhibit even higher
volatility attributable to commodity prices.
Commodity
Price Relationship Risk
Commodity
Price Relationship Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF
and Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of companies engaged in a particular
industry and not the performance of commodities prices themselves. Companies may
under- or over-perform commodities prices over the short-term or the long-term.
Credit
Risk
Credit
Risk applies to the Global X SuperDividend® ETF, Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred
ETF, Global X SuperDividend® U.S. ETF, Global X SuperDividend® REIT ETF and
Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Credit
risk is the risk that the issuer of the security will not be able to make
principal and interest payments when due. Changes in an issuer’s credit rating
or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may also affect the
value of the Fund’s investment in that issuer. Securities rated in the four
highest categories by the rating agencies are considered investment grade, but
they may also have some speculative characteristics. Investment grade ratings do
not guarantee that bonds will not lose value.
Currency
Risk
Currency
Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, Global X
SuperDividend® ETF, Global X Social Media ETF, Global X Guru® Index ETF, Global
X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF, Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF,
Global X SuperDividend® REIT ETF, Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF,
Global X MSCI SuperDividend® EAFE ETF, Global X E-commerce ETF, Global X S&P
Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF and Global X Disruptive Materials
ETF
Foreign
currencies are subject to risks, which include changes in the debt level and
trade deficit of the country issuing the foreign currency; inflation rates of
the United States and the country issuing the foreign currency; investors’
expectations concerning inflation rates; interest rates of the United States and
the country issuing the foreign currency; investors’ expectations concerning
interest rates; investment and trading activities of mutual funds, hedge funds
and currency funds; and global or regional political, economic or financial
events and situations.
In
addition, a foreign currency in which the Fund invests may not maintain its
long-term value in terms of purchasing power in the future. When the price of a
foreign currency in which the Fund invests declines, it may have an adverse
impact on the Fund.
Foreign
exchange rates are influenced by the factors identified above and may also be
influenced by: changing supply and demand for a particular currency; monetary
policies of governments (including exchange control programs, restrictions on
local exchanges or markets and limitations on foreign investment in a country or
on investment by residents of a country in other countries); changes in balances
of payments and trade; trade restrictions; and currency devaluations and
revaluations. Also, governments from time to time intervene in the currency
markets, directly and by regulation, in order to influence prices directly.
These events and actions are unpredictable. The resulting volatility in the
USD/foreign currency exchange rate could materially and adversely affect the
performance of the Fund.
Custody
Risk
Custody
Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, Global X
SuperDividend® ETF, Global X Social Media ETF, Global X MSCI SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets ETF, Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF, Global X
E-commerce ETF and Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
Custody
risk refers to risks in the process of clearing and settling trades and in the
holding of securities by local banks, agents and depositories. Low trading
volumes and volatile prices in less developed markets make trades harder to
complete and settle. Local agents are held only to the standard of care of the
local markets. Governments or trade groups may compel local agents to hold
securities in designated depositories that are subject to independent
evaluation. Generally, the less developed a country’s securities market, the
greater the likelihood of custody problems occurring.
Exposure
to Non-Lithium Markets Risk
Exposure
to Non-Lithium Markets Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech
ETF
Although
the Fund invests a large percentage of its assets in the securities of companies
that are active in the exploration and/or mining of lithium, these
companies may derive a significant percentage of their profits from other
business activities including, for example, the production of fertilizers and/or
specialty and industrial chemicals. As a result, the performance of these
markets and the profits of these companies from such activities may
significantly impact the Fund’s performance.
Extension
Risk
Extension
Risk applies to the Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond
ETF
Extension
risk is the risk that, when interest rates rise, certain obligations will be
paid off by the issuer (or other obligated party) more slowly than anticipated,
causing the value of these debt securities to fall. Rising interest rates tend
to extend the duration of debt securities, making them more sensitive to changes
in interest rates. The value of longer-term debt securities generally changes
more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term debt securities.
As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, securities may exhibit
additional volatility and may lose value. Extension risk is particularly
prevalent for a callable debt security where an increase in interest rates could
result in the issuer of that security choosing not to redeem the debt security
as anticipated on the security’s call date. Such a decision by the issuer could
have the effect of lengthening the debt security’s expected maturity, making it
more vulnerable to interest rate risk and reducing its market
value.
Focus
Risk
Focus
Risk applies to each Fund
In
following its methodology, the Underlying Index may be focused to a significant
degree in securities of issuers in a particular industry or group of industries
and/or may have significant exposure to one or more sectors. To the extent that
the Underlying Index focuses in the securities of issuers in such an area, the
Fund will also focus its investments to approximately the same extent. In such
event, the Fund’s performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events
impacting such industry or sector, and the Fund will face greater risk than if
it were diversified broadly over numerous such areas. Such heightened risks, any
of which may adversely affect the companies in which the Fund invests, may
include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions or
cyclical market patterns that could negatively affect supply and demand;
competition for resources; adverse labor relations; political or world events;
obsolescence of technologies; and increased competition or new product
introductions that may affect the profitability or viability of companies in a
particular industry or sector. In addition, at times, such industry, group of
industries or sector may be out of favor and underperform other such categories
or the market as a whole.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Banking Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Banking Industry applies to the Global X
SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF and Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets
ETF
Companies
in the banking sector of an economy are subject to extensive governmental
regulation and intervention, which may adversely affect the scope of their
activities, the prices they can charge, the amount of capital they must maintain
and, potentially, their size. The extent to which the Fund may invest in a
company that engages in securities-related activities or banking is limited by
applicable law. Extensive governmental regulation may limit the amounts and
types of loans and other financial commitments companies in the banking sector
can make, the interest rates and fees they can charge, the scope of their
activities, the prices they can charge and the amount of capital they must
maintain. Such governmental regulation may change frequently and may have
significant adverse consequences for companies in the banking sector, including
effects not intended by such regulation. Legislation enacted in 2018 in the U.S.
relaxed capital requirements and other regulatory burdens on certain U.S. banks.
While the effect of the legislation may benefit certain companies in the
financials sector, increased risk taking by affected banks may also result in
greater overall risk in the U.S. and global financials sector. The impact of
changes in capital requirements, or recent or future regulation in various
countries, on any individual financial company or on the financials sector as a
whole cannot be predicted. Certain risks may impact the value of investments in
the financials sector more severely than those of investments outside this
sector, including the risks associated with companies that operate with
substantial financial leverage. Banking companies may also be adversely affected
by increases in interest rates and loan losses, decreases in the availability of
money or asset valuations, credit rating downgrades and adverse conditions in
other related markets. Their profitability is heavily dependent on the
availability and cost of capital funds and can fluctuate significantly when
interest rates change or due to increased competition. Credit losses resulting
from financial difficulties of borrowers can negatively impact banking
companies. The banking sector is particularly sensitive to fluctuations in
interest rates. The banking sector is also a target for cyberattacks, and may
experience technology malfunctions and disruptions. In recent years,
cyberattacks and technology malfunctions and failures have become increasingly
frequent in this sector and have reportedly caused losses to companies in this
sector, which may negatively impact the Fund.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Broadline Retail Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Broadline Retail Industry applies to the Global X
E-commerce ETF
Companies
in the internet and direct marketing retail industry are dependent on internal
infrastructure and on the availability, reliability and security of the internet
and related systems. Critical systems and operations may be vulnerable to damage
or interruption from fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications failure,
terrorist attacks, cyber-attacks, acts of war, break-ins, earthquake and similar
events. Any system interruption that results in the unavailability of a
company’s website or mobile app or reduced performance of transaction systems
could interrupt or substantially reduce a company’s ability to conduct its
business. Companies in the internet and direct marketing retail industry are
dependent on paid and unpaid natural search engines and are therefore dependent
on business decisions made by companies that offer natural search engines. Any
business changes by dominant providers of natural search engines can be
detrimental to an internet and direct marketing retail company’s business while
being totally outside of the control of such company.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Chemicals Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Chemicals Industry applies to the Global X Lithium
& Battery Tech ETF
The chemicals industry
can be significantly affected by competition, product obsolescence, raw
materials prices, and government regulation. As regulations are developed and
enforced, chemical companies could be required to alter or cease production of a
product, to pay fines, to pay for cleaning up a disposal site, or to agree to
restrictions on their operations. Some of the materials and processes used by
these companies involve hazardous components and there can be risks associated
with their production, handling, and disposal.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Communication Services Sector
Risks
Related to Investing in the Communication Services Sector applies to the Global
X Social Media ETF
The
communication services sector consists of both companies in the
telecommunication services industry as well as those in the media and
entertainment industry. Examples of companies in the telecommunication services
industry group include providers of fiber-optic, fixed-line, cellular and
wireless telecommunications networks. Companies in the media and entertainment
industry group encompass a variety of services and products including television
broadcasting, gaming products, social media, networking platforms, online
classifieds, online review websites, and Internet search engines. Companies in
the communication services sector may be affected by industry competition,
substantial capital requirements, government regulation, and obsolescence of
communications products and services due to technological advancement.
Fluctuating domestic and international demand, shifting demographics and often
unpredictable changes in consumer tastes can drastically affect a communication
services company's profitability. In addition, while all companies may be
susceptible to network security breaches, certain companies in the communication
services sector may be particular targets of hacking and potential theft of
proprietary or consumer information or disruptions in service, which could have
a material adverse effect on their businesses.
The
communication services sector of a country’s economy is often subject to
extensive government regulation. The costs of complying with governmental
regulations, delays or failure to receive required regulatory approvals, or the
enactment of new regulatory requirements may negatively affect the business of
communications companies. Government actions around the world, specifically in
the area of pre-marketing clearance of products and prices, can be arbitrary and
unpredictable. Companies in the communication services sector may encounter
distressed cash flows due to the need to commit substantial capital to meet
increasing competition, particularly in developing new products and services
using new technology. Technological innovations may make the products and
services of certain communications companies obsolete.
In
the U.S., the communication services sector is characterized by increasing
competition and regulation by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and
various state regulatory authorities. Companies in the communication services
sector are generally required to obtain franchises or licenses in order to
provide services in a given location. Licensing and franchise rights in the
communication services sector are limited, which may provide an advantage to
certain participants. Limited availability of such rights, high barriers to
market entry and regulatory oversight, among other factors, have led to
consolidation of companies within the sector, which could lead to further
regulation or other negative effects in the future. Furthermore, operations of
foreign communication services sector companies may be perceived by domestic
regulators as national security risks, resulting in restrictions or even bans on
such operations.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Consumer Discretionary Sector
Risks
Related to Investing in the Consumer Discretionary Sector applies to the Global
X E-commerce ETF
The
success of consumer product manufacturers and retailers is tied closely to the
performance of the overall domestic and international economy, interest rates,
competition and consumer confidence. Success depends heavily on disposable
household income and consumer spending and may be strongly affected by social
trends and marketing campaigns. Moreover, the consumer discretionary sector can
be significantly affected by several factors, including, without limitation, the
performance of domestic and international economies, exchange rates, changing
consumer preferences, demographics, marketing campaigns, cyclical revenue
generation, consumer confidence, commodity price volatility, labor relations,
interest rates, import and export controls, intense competition, technological
developments and government regulation. Consumer recessionary fears could impact
discretionary spending due to rising interest rates and a high inflationary
environment.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Electric Utilities Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Electric Utilities Industry applies to the Global X
Renewable Energy Producers ETF
Companies
in the electric utilities industry may face large capital expenditures in
connection with their operations and may therefore be subject to the risk
associated with any increase in the cost of borrowing to finance capital
construction. Reliance on capital construction projects may increase the risks
associated with natural disasters, terrorist attacks, government intervention or
other factors that may render an electric utility company’s equipment unusable
or obsolete and negatively impact profitability. Electric utilities may face
decreased demand resulting from energy conservation, shifts in manufacturing
activity, milder weather conditions, localized power generation and storage, and
regulatory changes, which have a material impact on their business. Deregulation
may subject companies in the electric utilities industry to greater competition
and may adversely affect their profitability.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Equity Real Estate Investment Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Equity Real Estate Investment Industry applies to
the Global X SuperDividend® REIT ETF
The
Fund is concentrated in the Equity Real Estate Investment Industry, which
comprises Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). For more information, see
Asset
Class Risk - Real Estate Stocks and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Investment Risk in
the SUMMARY
OF PRINCIPAL RISKS
and A
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF PRINCIPAL RISKS
sections of the Prospectus.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Exploration Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Exploration Industry applies to the Global X Lithium
& Battery Tech ETF
Companies
that are only in the exploration stage are typically unable to adopt specific
strategies for controlling the impact of the price of commodities. If a natural
disaster or other event with a significant economic impact occurs in a region
where the companies in which the Fund invests operate, such disaster or event
could negatively affect the profitability of such companies and, in turn, the
Fund’s investment in them. The Fund may invest in early stage mining companies
that are in the exploration stage only or that hold properties that might not
ultimately produce physical commodities. The exploration and development of
mineral deposits involve significant financial risks over a significant period
of time, which even a combination of careful evaluation, experience and
knowledge may not eliminate. Few properties which are explored are ultimately
developed into producing mines. Major expenditures may be required to establish
reserves by drilling and to construct mining and processing facilities at a
site. In addition, many early stage miners operate at a loss and are dependent
on securing equity and/or debt financing, which might be more difficult to
secure for an early stage mining company than for a more.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Financials Sector
Risks
Related to Investing in the Financials Sector applies to the Global X
SuperDividend® ETF, Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF, Global X MSCI
SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF and Global X MSCI SuperDividend® EAFE
ETF
Companies
in the financials sector are subject to government intervention and extensive
governmental regulation, which may adversely affect the scope of their
activities, the prices they can charge, the amount of capital they must maintain
and, potentially, their size. Governmental regulation may change frequently and
may have significant adverse consequences for companies in the financials
sector, including effects not intended by such regulation. Recently enacted
legislation in the U.S. has relaxed capital requirements and other regulatory
burdens on certain U.S. banks. While the effect of the legislation may benefit
certain companies in the financials sector, increased risk taking by affected
banks may also result in greater overall risk in the financials sector. The
impact of changes in capital requirements, or recent or future regulation in
various countries, on any individual financial company or on the financials
sector as a whole cannot be predicted. The financials sector is exposed to risks
that may impact the value of investments in the financials sector more severely
than investments outside this sector, including operating with substantial
financial leverage. The financials sector may also be adversely affected by
increases in interest rates and loan losses, decreases in the availability of
money or asset valuations and adverse conditions in other related markets.
Additionally, the deterioration of the credit markets during the 2008-2009
global financial crisis caused an adverse
impact
in a broad range of mortgage, asset-backed, auction rate and other markets,
including U.S. and international credit and interbank money markets generally,
thereby affecting a wide range of financial services institutions and markets.
This situation created instability in the financial services markets and caused
certain financial services companies to incur large losses or even become
insolvent or bankrupt. Some financial services companies experienced downgrades
in their credit ratings, declines in the valuations of their assets, took action
to raise capital (such as the issuance of debt or equity securities), or even
ceased operations. These actions caused the securities of many financial
services companies to decline in value and could occur again if credit markets
were substantially affected once more. Insurance companies may be subject to
severe price competition. The financials sector is also a target for
cyber-attacks and may experience technology malfunctions and disruptions. In
recent years, cyber-attacks and technology malfunctions and failures have become
increasingly frequent in this sector and have reportedly caused losses to
companies in this sector, which may negatively impact the Fund.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Financial Services Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Financial Services Industry applies to the Global X
MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF
The
performance of stocks in the Financial Services industry may be adversely
impacted by the banking, insurance, mortgage financing, and transaction &
payment processing services activities, government regulations, economic
conditions, credit rating downgrades, and other factors which could adversely
affect financial markets.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Independent Power and Renewable Electricity
Producers Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Independent Power and Renewable Electricity
Producers Industry applies to the Global X Renewable Energy Producers
ETF
Companies
in the independent power and renewable electricity producers industry may be
highly dependent upon government subsidies, contracts with government entities,
and the successful development of new and proprietary technologies. In addition,
seasonal weather conditions, fluctuations in the supply of and demand for energy
products, changes in energy prices, and international political events may cause
fluctuations in the performance of independent power and renewable electricity
producers companies and the prices of their securities.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Industrials Sector
Risks
Related to Investing in the Industrials Sector applies to the Global X Lithium
& Battery Tech ETF
The
stock prices of companies in the industrials sector are affected by supply and
demand both for their specific product or service and for industrials sector
products in general. The products of manufacturing companies may face product
obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product
introduction. Government regulation, trade disputes, world events and economic
conditions affect the performance of companies in the industrials sector.
Companies in the industrials sector may be adversely affected by damages from
environmental claims and product liability claims. The industrials sector may
also be adversely affected by changes or trends in commodity prices, which may
be influenced by unpredictable factors. Companies in the industrials sector,
particularly aerospace and defense companies, may also by adversely affected by
government spending policies because companies in this sector tend to rely to a
significant extent on government demand for their products and
services.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector applies to the Global
X S&P 500® Catholic Values ETF, Global X Nasdaq 100 Collar 95-110 ETF,
Global X Nasdaq 100 Tail Risk ETF, Global X S&P 500 Collar 95-110 ETF and
Global X S&P 500 Tail Risk ETF
Market
or economic factors impacting information technology companies and companies
that rely heavily on technology advances could have a major effect on the value
of the Fund’s investments. The value of stocks of information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology is particularly
vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product cycles, rapid product
obsolescence, government regulation and increased competition, both domestically
and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors with lower
production costs. Information technology companies and companies that rely
heavily on technology, especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies,
tend to be more volatile than the overall market. These companies also are
heavily dependent on
patent
and intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely
affect profitability. Additionally, companies in the information technology
sector may face dramatic and often unpredictable changes in growth rates and
competition for the services of qualified personnel. Companies in the
information technology sector are facing increased government and regulatory
scrutiny and may be subject to adverse government or regulatory action.
Companies in the application software industry, in particular, may also be
negatively affected by the decline or fluctuation of subscription renewal rates
for their products and services, which may have an adverse effect on profit
margins. Companies in the systems software industry may be adversely affected
by, among other things, actual or perceived security vulnerabilities in their
products and services, which may result in individual or class action lawsuits,
state or federal enforcement actions and other remediation costs.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Interactive Media and Services Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Interactive Media and Services Industry applies to
the Global X Social Media ETF
The
success of the interactive media and services industry may be tied closely to
the performance of the overall domestic and global economy, interest rates,
competition and consumer confidence. Success depends heavily on disposable
household income and consumer spending. Also, companies in the interactive media
and services industry may be subject to severe competition, which may have an
adverse impact on their respective profitability. Changes in demographics and
consumer tastes can also affect the demand for, and success of, interactive
media and services in the marketplace.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Lithium-Ion Battery Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Lithium-Ion Battery Industry applies to the Global X
Lithium & Battery Tech ETF
Securities
in the Fund’s portfolio involved in the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries
are subject to the effects of price fluctuations of traditional and alternative
sources of energy, supply and demand of alternative energy sources, energy
conservation, the success of exploration projects and tax and other government
regulations and policies. The lithium-ion battery industry can be significantly
affected by obsolescence of existing technology, short product lifecycles,
falling prices and profits, competition from new market entrants and general
economic conditions. Companies in this industry could be adversely affected by
commodity price volatility, imposition of import controls, increased
competition, depletion of resources, technological developments and labor
relations. If government subsidies and economic incentives for alternative
energy are reduced or eliminated, the demand for lithium-ion batteries may
decline and cause corresponding declines in the revenues and profits of
lithium-ion battery companies. If lithium-ion technology is not suitable for
widespread adoption, or sufficient demand for lithium-ion products does not
develop or takes long periods of time to develop, the revenues of lithium-ion
battery companies may decline.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Materials Sector
Risks
Related to Investing in the Materials Sector applies to the Global X Lithium
& Battery Tech ETF and Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
Issuers
in the materials sector could be adversely affected by commodity price
volatility, exchange rates, import controls, increased competition, depletion of
resources, technical advances, labor relations, over-production, litigation and
government regulations, among other factors. At times, worldwide production of
industrial materials has exceeded demand as a result of over-building or
economic downturns, leading to poor investment returns or losses. Issuers in the
materials sector are at risk for environmental damage and product liability
claims and may be adversely affected by depletion of resources, technical
progress, labor relations and governmental regulations.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Metals and Mining Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Metals and Mining Industry applies to the Global X
Disruptive Materials ETF
Because
the Fund invests in stocks and depositary receipts of U.S. and foreign companies
that are involved in the mining industry, it is subject to certain risks
associated with such companies. Competitive pressures may have a significant
effect on the financial condition of companies in the mining industry. Also,
mining companies are highly dependent on the price of the commodity they
produce. These prices may fluctuate substantially over short periods of time;
therefore the Fund’s Share price may be more volatile than other types of
investments. In particular, a drop in the price of a given commodity could
adversely affect the profitability of mining companies and their ability to
secure
financing.
In addition, metals and mining companies may be significantly affected by
changes in global demand for certain metals, economic developments, energy
conservation, the success of exploration projects, changes in exchange rates,
interest rates, economic conditions, tax treatment, trade treaties, and
government regulation and intervention, and events in the regions that the
companies to which the Fund has exposure operate (e.g., expropriation,
nationalization, confiscation of assets and property, the imposition of
restrictions on foreign investments or repatriation of capital, military coups,
social or political unrest, violence and labor unrest).
Risks
Related to Investing in the Real Estate Sector
Risks
Related to Investing in the Real Estate Sector applies to the Global X
SuperDividend® REIT ETF
The
real estate sector includes real estate companies focused on commercial and
residential real estate development, sales, operations, and services, as well as
real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). Real estate is highly sensitive to
general and local economic conditions and developments and characterized by
intense competition and periodic overbuilding. Many real estate companies
utilize leverage (and some may be highly leveraged), which increases risk and
could adversely affect a real estate company's operations and market value in
periods of rising interest rates.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Utilities Sector
Risks
Related to Investing in the Utilities Sector applies to the Global X Renewable
Energy Producers ETF
Stock
prices for companies in the utilities sector are affected by supply and demand,
operating costs, government regulation, environmental factors such as extreme
weather events and seasonal weather patterns, liabilities for environmental
damage and general civil liabilities, and rate caps or rate exchanges. Although
rate changes of a utility usually fluctuate in approximate correlation with
financing costs due to political and regulatory factors, rate changes ordinarily
occur only following a delay after the changes in financing costs. This factor
will tend to favorably affect a regulated utility company's earnings and
dividends in times of decreasing costs, but conversely, will tend to adversely
affect earnings and dividends are rising in times of rising costs. The value of
regulated utility equity securities may tend to have an inverse relationship to
the movement of interest rates. Certain utility companies have experienced full
or partial deregulation in recent years. These utility companies are frequently
more similar to industrial companies in that they are subject to greater
competition and have been permitted by regulators to diversify outside of their
original geographic regions and their traditional lines of business. These
opportunities may permit certain utility companies to earn more than their
traditional regulated rate of return. Some companies, however, may be forced to
defend their core business and may be less profitable. In addition, natural
disasters, terrorist attacks, government intervention or other factors may
render a utility company's equipment unusable or obsolete and negatively impact
profitability.
Foreign
Financial Institution Risk
Foreign
Financial Institution Risk applies to the Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF
Certain
of the securities that comprise the Underlying Index, while traded on U.S.
exchanges, may be issued by foreign financial institutions. Securities issued by
non-U.S. issuers have different risks from securities issued by U.S. issuers.
These include differences in accounting, auditing, and financial reporting
standards, the possibility of expropriation or confiscatory taxation, adverse
changes in investment or exchange control regulations, political instability
which could affect U.S. investments in non-U.S. countries, and potential
restrictions of the flow of international capital. Non-U.S. issuers may be
subject to fewer governmental regulations than U.S. issuers. Moreover,
individual non-U.S. economies may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S.
economy in such respects as growth of gross domestic product, rate of inflation,
capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency and balance of payment
positions. In addition, the value of these securities may fluctuate due to
changes in the exchange rate of the issuer's local currency against the U.S.
dollar. The health of many foreign financial institutions is often tied closely
with the financial stability of the local economy in which they are domiciled,
and therefore are subject to additional risks including but not limited to:
policy changes, slow economic growth, and high levels of debt.
Foreign
Securities Risk
Foreign
Securities Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, Global X
SuperDividend® ETF, Global X Social Media ETF, Global X Guru® Index ETF, Global
X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF, Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF,
Global X SuperDividend® REIT ETF, Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF,
Global X MSCI SuperDividend® EAFE ETF, Global X E-commerce ETF, Global X S&P
Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF and Global X Disruptive Materials
ETF
The
Fund’s assets may be invested within the equity markets of countries outside of
the United States. These markets are subject to special risks associated with
foreign investment, including, but not limited to: lower levels of liquidity and
market efficiency; greater securities price volatility; exchange rate
fluctuations and exchange controls; less availability of public information
about issuers; limitations on foreign ownership of securities; imposition of
withholding or other taxes; imposition of restrictions on the expatriation of
the assets of the Fund; restrictions placed on U.S. investors by U.S.
regulations governing foreign investments; higher transaction and custody costs
and delays in settlement procedures; difficulties in enforcing contractual
obligations; lower levels of regulation of the securities market; weaker
accounting, disclosure and reporting requirements; and legal principles relating
to corporate governance and directors’ fiduciary duties and liabilities.
Shareholder rights under the laws of some foreign countries may not be as
favorable as U.S. laws. Thus, a shareholder may have more difficulty in
asserting its rights or enforcing a judgment against a foreign company than a
shareholder of a comparable U.S. company. Investment of more than 25% of the
Fund’s total assets in securities located in one country or region will subject
the Fund to increased country or region risk with respect to that country or
region. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities trade in a
market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are listed and
trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from the
security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the Fund’s
domestic trading day. This in turn could lead to differences between the market
price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those shares.
Geographic
Risk
Geographic
Risk applies to each Fund
Geographic
risk is the risk that the Fund’s assets may be focused in countries located in
the same geographic region. This investment focus will subject the Fund to risks
associated with that particular region, or a region economically tied to that
particular region, such as a natural, biological or other disaster. Outbreaks of
contagious viruses and diseases may reduce business activity or disrupt market
activity, and have the potential to exacerbate market risks in the countries and
regions in which they occur. The securities in which the Fund invests and,
consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a result of their
business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Australia
Risk
of Investing in Australia applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF
and Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
Investment
in Australian issuers may subject the Fund to regulatory, political, currency,
security, and economic risk specific to Australia. The Australian economy is
heavily dependent on exports from the energy, agricultural and mining sectors.
As a result, the Australian economy is susceptible to fluctuations in the
commodity markets. The Australian economy is also becoming increasingly
dependent on its growing services industry. The Australian economy is dependent
on trading with key trading partners, including the U.S., China, Japan, South
Korea, other Asian and certain European countries. Economic events in the U.S.,
Asia, or in other key trading countries can have a significant economic effect
on the Australian economy. Reduction in spending on Australian products and
services, or changes in any of the economies may cause an adverse impact on the
Australian economy.
Risk
of Investing in Brazil
Risk
of Investing in Brazil applies to the Global X SuperDividend® ETF, Global X MSCI
SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF, Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF and
Global X E-commerce ETF
Investment
in Brazilian issuers involves risks that are specific to Brazil, including
legal, regulatory, political, currency and economic risks. Specifically,
Brazilian issuers are subject to possible regulatory and economic interventions
by the Brazilian government, including the imposition of wage and price controls
and the limitation of imports. In addition, the market for Brazilian securities
is directly influenced by the flow of international capital and economic and
market conditions of certain countries, especially other emerging market
countries in Central and South America. The Brazilian economy has historically
been exposed to high rates of inflation, a high level of debt, and violence,
each of which may reduce and/or prevent economic growth. A rising unemployment
rate could also have the same effect. Corruption and subsequent legal
consequences have led to political instability and sudden changes in leadership.
Risk
of Investing in Canada
Risk
of Investing in Canada applies to the Global X Renewable Energy Producers
ETF
The
United States is Canada’s largest trading and investment partner, and the
Canadian economy is significantly affected by developments in the U.S. economy
and by changes in U.S. trade policy. Since the implementation of NAFTA in 1994
among Canada, the United States and Mexico, total two-way merchandise trade
between the United States and Canada has more than doubled. To further this
relationship, the three NAFTA countries entered into the Security and Prosperity
Partnership of North America in March 2005, which has further affected Canada’s
dependency on the U.S. economy. Any downturn in U.S. or Mexican economic
activity is likely to have an adverse impact on the Canadian economy. The
Canadian economy is also dependent upon external trade with other key trading
partners, including China and the European Union. Any trade policy changes by
the United States, China or the European Union which reduced Canada's ability to
trade with such regions could therefore have significant impact on the Canadian
economy. Developments in the United States, including renegotiation of NAFTA,
ratification of the successor USMCA, which received legislative approval and
went into effect in 2020, and imposition of tariffs by the United States, may
have implications for the trade arrangements among the United States and Canada,
which could negatively affect the value of securities held by the Funds. In
addition, Canada is a large supplier of natural resources (e.g., oil, natural
gas and agricultural products). As a result, the Canadian economy is sensitive
to fluctuations in certain commodity prices.
Risk
of Investing in Chile
Risk
of Investing in Chile applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF,
Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF and Global X Disruptive
Materials ETF
Investment
in Chilean issuers involves risks that are specific to Chile, including, legal,
regulatory, political, environmental and economic risks. Chile’s economy is
export-dependent and relies heavily on trading relationships with certain key
trading partners, including China, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, the U.S.,
Argentina and Germany. Future changes in the price or the demand for Chilean
exported products by China, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, the U.S., Argentina and
Germany, changes in these countries’ economies, trade regulations or currency
exchange rates could adversely impact the Chilean economy and the issuers to
which the Fund has exposure.
Risk
of Investing in China
Risk
of Investing in China applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF,
Global X SuperDividend® ETF, Global X Social Media ETF, Global X MSCI
SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF, Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF,
Global X E-commerce ETF and Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
The
Chinese economy is subject to a considerable degree of economic, political and
social instability.
Political
and Social Risk
The
Chinese government is authoritarian and has periodically used force to suppress
civil dissent. Disparities of wealth and the pace of economic liberalization may
lead to social turmoil, violence and labor unrest. In addition, China continues
to experience disagreements related to integration with Hong Kong and religious
and nationalist disputes in Tibet and Xinjiang. There is also a greater risk in
China than in many other countries of currency fluctuations, currency
nonconvertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation as a
result of internal social unrest or conflicts with other countries.
Unanticipated political or social developments may result in sudden and
significant investment losses. China’s growing income inequality, rapidly aging
population and significant environmental issues also are factors that may affect
the Chinese economy. Concerns about the rising government and household debt
levels could impact the stability of the Chinese economy.
Heavy
Government Control and Regulation
The
Chinese government has implemented significant economic reforms in order to
liberalize trade policy, promote foreign investment in the economy, reduce
government control of the economy and develop market mechanisms. There can be no
assurance these reforms will continue or that they will be effective. Despite
recent reform and privatizations, government control over certain sectors or
enterprises and significant regulation of investment and industry is still
pervasive, including restrictions on investment in companies or industries
deemed to be sensitive to particular national interests, and the Chinese
government may restrict foreign ownership of Chinese corporations and/or the
repatriation of assets by foreign investors. Chinese companies that maintain
large amounts of sensitive data or
produce
some form of adverse social cost are particularly at risk as the government
moves forward with the Common Prosperity agenda. Limitations or restrictions on
foreign ownership of securities may have adverse effects on the liquidity and
performance of the Fund and could lead to higher tracking error. Chinese
government intervention in the market may have a negative impact on market
sentiment, which may in turn affect the performance of the Chinese economy and
the Fund’s investments. Chinese markets generally continue to experience
inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies that may be connected to
governmental influence, lack of publicly-available information, and political
and social instability.
Economic
Risk
The
Chinese economy has grown rapidly in the recent past and there is no assurance
that this growth rate will be maintained. In fact, the Chinese economy may
experience a significant slowdown as a result of, among other factors, a
deterioration in global demand for Chinese exports, a systemic failure in the
property sector, as well as contraction in spending on domestic goods by Chinese
consumers. In addition, China may experience substantial rates of inflation or
economic recessions, which would have a negative effect on its economy and
securities market. Delays in enterprise restructuring, slow development of
well-functioning financial markets and widespread corruption have also hindered
performance of the Chinese economy. China continues to receive substantial
pressure from trading partners to liberalize official currency exchange rates.
Elevated
geopolitical tensions between China and its trading partners, including the
imposition of U.S. tariffs on certain Chinese goods, the imposition of trade and
non-trade related barriers for certain Chinese companies, and increased
international pressure related to Chinese trade policy, forced technology
transfers and intellectual property protections, may have a substantial impact
on the Chinese economy. The continuation or worsening of the current political
climate between China and the U.S. could result in additional regulatory
restrictions being contemplated or imposed on the U.S. or in China that could
impact the Fund’s ability to invest in certain companies. Reduction in spending
on Chinese products and services, institution of additional tariffs or other
trade barriers (including as a result of heightened trade tensions between China
and the U.S. or in response to actual or alleged Chinese cyber activity), or a
downturn in any of the economies of China’s key trading partners may have an
adverse impact on the Chinese economy and the Chinese issuers of securities in
which the Fund invests. For example, the U.S. has added certain foreign
technology companies to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and
Security’s “Entity List,” which is a list of companies believed to pose a
national security risk to the U.S. U.S. investors may also be barred by U.S.
authorities from investing in certain companies, including those with ties to
the military, intelligence, and security services in China. Actions like these
may have unanticipated and disruptive effects on the Chinese economy. Any such
response that targets Chinese financial markets or securities exchanges could
interfere with orderly trading, delay settlement or cause market disruptions.
Public health crises or major health-related developments may have a substantial
impact on the Chinese economy or holdings in the Fund. Outbreaks of contagious
viruses and diseases, including the novel viruses commonly known as SARS, MERS,
and COVID-19 (Coronavirus), may reduce business activity or disrupt market
activity, and have the potential to exacerbate market risks such as volatility
in exchange rates or the trading of Chinese securities listed domestically or
abroad. Likewise, factories, ports, and critical infrastructure in China may
close to limit contagion risk. Additionally, China’s shift away from a
zero-COVID policy creates both opportunities and risks, causing uncertainty for
global economic growth. Foreign investors’ access to domestic markets may also
be limited during such health crises, especially if domestic exchanges are
closed for an extended period. Market closures could interfere with the orderly
trading or settlement mechanisms of Chinese securities listed domestically or
abroad. The Chinese economy or holdings in the Fund may also be adversely
impacted should health crises create political uncertainty or social unrest. The
implications of such health crises are difficult to ascertain but may put strain
on China’s supply chains, trading relationships, and international
relations.
Expropriation
Risk
The
Chinese government maintains a major role in economic policy making and
investing in China involves risk of loss due to expropriation, nationalization,
confiscation of assets and property or the imposition of restrictions on foreign
investments and on repatriation of capital invested.
Security
Risk
China
has strained international relations with Taiwan, India, Russia and other
neighbors due to territorial disputes, historical animosities, defense concerns
and other security concerns. Relations between China’s Han ethnic majority and
other ethnic groups in China, including Tibetans and Uighurs, are also strained
and have been marked by protests and violence. Additionally, China is alleged to
have participated in state-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign
companies
and foreign governments. Actual and threatened responses to such activity,
including purchasing restrictions, sanctions, tariffs or cyberattacks on the
Chinese government or Chinese companies, may impact China’s economy and Chinese
issuers of securities in which the Fund invests. These situations may cause
uncertainty in the Chinese market and may adversely affect the Chinese economy.
In addition, conflict on the Korean Peninsula could adversely affect the Chinese
economy.
Tax
Risk
China
has implemented a number of tax reforms in recent years and may amend or revise
its existing tax laws and/or procedures in the future, possibly with retroactive
effect. Changes in applicable Chinese tax law could reduce the after-tax profits
of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits
of companies in China in which the Fund invests. Uncertainties in Chinese tax
rules could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund.
Hong
Kong Political Risk
Hong
Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997 as a Special Administrative
Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China under the principle of “one
country, two systems.” Although China is obligated to maintain the current
capitalist economic and social system of Hong Kong through June 30, 2047, the
continuation of economic and social freedoms enjoyed in Hong Kong is dependent
on the government of China. Since 1997, there have been tensions between the
Chinese government and many people in Hong Kong who perceive China as tightening
of control over Hong Kong’s semi-autonomous liberal political, economic, legal,
and social framework. Recent protests and unrest have increased tensions even
further. Due to the interconnected nature of the Hong Kong and Chinese
economies, this instability in Hong Kong may cause uncertainty in the Hong Kong
and Chinese markets. In addition, the Hong Kong dollar trades at a fixed
exchange rate in relation to (or, is “pegged” to) the U.S. dollar, which has
contributed to the growth and stability of the Hong Kong economy. However, it is
uncertain how long the currency peg will continue or what effect the
establishment of an alternative exchange rate system would have on the Hong Kong
economy. Because the Fund’s NAV is denominated in U.S. dollars, the
establishment of an alternative exchange rate system could result in a decline
in the Fund’s NAV.
Special
Risk Considerations of Investing in China – Variable Interest Entity
Investments
For
purposes of raising capital offshore on exchanges outside of China, including on
U.S. exchanges, many Chinese-based operating companies are structured as
Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). In this structure, the Chinese-based
operating company is the VIE and establishes a shell company in a foreign
jurisdiction, such as the Cayman Islands. The shell company lists on a foreign
exchange and enters into contractual arrangements with the VIE. This structure
allows Chinese companies in which the government restricts foreign ownership to
raise capital from foreign investors. While the shell company has no equity
ownership of the VIE, these contractual arrangements permit the shell company to
consolidate the VIE’s financial statements with its own for accounting purposes
and provide for economic exposure to the performance of the underlying Chinese
operating company. Therefore, an investor in the listed shell company, such as
the Fund, will have exposure to the Chinese-based operating company only through
contractual arrangements and has no ownership in the Chinese-based operating
company. Furthermore, because the shell company only has specific rights
provided for in these service agreements with the VIE, its abilities to control
the activities at the Chinese-based operating company are limited and the
operating company may engage in activities that negatively impact investment
value.
While
the VIE structure has been widely adopted, it is not formally recognized under
Chinese law and therefore there is a risk that the Chinese government could
prohibit the existence of such structures or negatively impact the VIE’s
contractual arrangements with the listed shell company by making them invalid.
If these contracts were found to be unenforceable under Chinese law, investors
in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, may suffer significant losses
with little or no recourse available. If the Chinese government determines that
the agreements establishing the VIE structures do not comply with Chinese law
and regulations, including those related to restrictions on foreign ownership,
it could subject a Chinese-based issuer to penalties, revocation of business and
operating licenses, or forfeiture of ownership interest. In addition, the listed
shell company’s control over a VIE may also be jeopardized if a natural person
who holds the equity interest in the VIE breaches the terms of the agreement, is
subject to legal proceedings or if any physical instruments for authenticating
documentation, such as chops and seals, are used without the Chinese-based
issuer’s authorization to enter into contractual arrangements in China. Chops
and seals, which are carved stamps used to sign documents, represent a legally
binding commitment by the company. Moreover, any future regulatory action may
prohibit the ability of the shell company to receive the economic benefits of
the Chinese-based operating company, which may cause the value of the Fund’s
investment in the listed shell company to suffer a
significant
loss. For example, in 2021, the Chinese government prohibited use of the VIE
structure for investment in after-school tutoring companies. There is no
guarantee that the government will not place similar restrictions on other
industries.
Chinese equities that utilize the VIE structure to list in
the U.S. as ADRs face the risk of regulatory action from U.S. authorities,
including the risk of delisting. This will depend in part on whether U.S.
regulatory authorities are satisfied with their access to mainland China and
Hong Kong for the purpose of conducting inspections on the quality of audits for
these companies. Although the U.S. and China reached an agreement in September
2022 to grant the U.S. access for such inspections, there is no guarantee that
the agreement will be enforced or that U.S. regulatory authorities will continue
to feel satisfied with their access.
Risk
of Investing in the Czech Republic
Risk
of Investing in the Czech Republic applies to the Global X MSCI SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets ETF
The
Czech Republic’s economy is heavily dependent on the manufacturing and export of
industrial materials and machinery. Key trading partners are member states of
the European Union, most notably Germany, Spain, Italy, France and the United
Kingdom. Decreasing demand for the Czech Republic’s products and services or
changes in governmental regulations on trade may have a significantly adverse
effect on the Czech economy. The Czech Republic and many of the Western European
developed nations are member states of the EU. As a result, these member states
are dependent upon one another economically and politically. The recent
ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon by EU member states is expected to further
heighten the degree of economic and political inter-dependence. This and other
political or economic developments could cause market disruptions and affect
adversely the values of securities held by the Fund.
The
Czech Republic and surrounding regions have a history of ethnic unrest and
conflict. If conflict were to renew in the future, it could have a significant
adverse impact on the Fund.
Risk
of Investing in Developed Europe
Risk
of Investing in Developed Europe applies to the Global X S&P Catholic Values
Developed ex-U.S. ETF
The
Fund is more exposed to the economic and political risks of Europe and of the
European countries in which it invests than funds whose investments are more
geographically diversified. Adverse economic and political events in Europe may
cause the Fund’s investments to decline in value. The economies and markets of
European countries are often closely connected and interdependent, and events in
one country in Europe can have an adverse impact on other European countries.
The Fund makes investments in securities of issuers that are domiciled in, or
have significant operations in, member states of the European Union that are
subject to economic and monetary controls that can adversely affect the Fund’s
investments. The European financial markets have experienced volatility and
adverse trends in recent years and these events have adversely affected the
exchange rate of the euro and may continue to significantly affect other
European countries.
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets applies to the Global X SuperDividend® ETF,
Global X Social Media ETF, Global X Guru® Index ETF, Global X SuperIncome™
Preferred ETF, Global X SuperDividend® U.S. ETF, Global X SuperDividend® REIT
ETF, Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF, Global X S&P 500® Catholic
Values ETF, Global X MSCI SuperDividend® EAFE ETF, Global X E-commerce ETF,
Global X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF, Global X Nasdaq 100
Collar 95-110 ETF, Global X Nasdaq 100 Tail Risk ETF, Global X S&P 500
Collar 95-110 ETF, Global X S&P 500 Tail Risk ETF and Global X S&P
Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Investment
in developed country issuers may subject the Fund to regulatory, political,
currency, security, and economic risk specific to developed countries. Developed
countries generally tend to rely on services sectors (e.g., the financial
services sector) as the primary means of economic growth. A prolonged slowdown
in, among others, services sectors is likely to have a negative impact on
economies of certain developed countries, although economies of individual
developed countries can be impacted by slowdowns in other sectors. In the past,
certain developed countries have been targets of terrorism, and some geographic
areas in which the Fund invests have experienced strained international
relations due to territorial disputes, historical animosities, defense concerns
and other security concerns. These situations may cause uncertainty in the
financial markets in these countries or geographic areas and may
adversely
affect the performance of the issuers to which the Fund has exposure. Heavy
regulation of certain markets, including labor and product markets, may have an
adverse effect on certain issuers. Such regulations may negatively affect
economic growth or cause prolonged periods of recession. Many developed
countries are heavily indebted and face rising healthcare and retirement
expenses and may be underprepared for global health crises. For example, the
rapid and global spread of a highly contagious novel coronavirus respiratory
disease, designated COVID-19, resulted in extreme volatility in the financial
markets and severe losses; reduced liquidity of many instruments; restrictions
on international and, in some cases, local travel; significant disruptions to
business operations (including business closures); strained healthcare systems;
disruptions to supply chains, consumer demand and employee availability; and
widespread uncertainty regarding the duration and long-term effects of this
pandemic. In addition, price fluctuations of certain commodities and regulations
impacting the import of commodities may negatively affect developed country
economies.
Risk
of Investing in Emerging Markets
Risk
of Investing in Emerging Markets applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery
Tech ETF, Global X SuperDividend® ETF, Global X Social Media ETF, Global X MSCI
SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF, Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF,
Global X E-commerce ETF and Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
The
securities markets of emerging market countries may be less liquid, subject to
greater price volatility, have smaller market capitalizations, have less
government regulation and not be subject to as extensive and frequent
accounting, financial and other reporting requirements as the securities markets
of more developed countries, as has historically been the case. Issuers and
securities markets in emerging markets are generally not subject to as extensive
and frequent accounting, financial and other reporting requirements or as
comprehensive government regulations as are issuers and securities markets in
the developed markets. In particular, the assets and profits appearing on the
financial statements of emerging market issuers may not reflect their financial
position or results of operations in the same manner as financial statements for
developed market issuers. Substantially less information may be publicly
available about emerging market issuers than is available about issuers in
developed markets. It may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to pursue
claims against an emerging market issuer in the courts of an emerging market
country. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary
for investigations into or litigation against emerging market companies and
shareholders may have limited legal rights and remedies.
Emerging
markets are generally located in the Asia and Pacific regions, the Middle East,
Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa. Emerging markets typically are
classified as such by lacking one or more of the following characteristics:
sustainability of economic development, large and liquid securities markets,
openness to foreign ownership, ease of capital inflows and outflows, efficiency
of the market’s operational framework, and/or stability of the institutional
framework. The Fund’s purchase and sale of portfolio securities in certain
emerging market countries may be constrained by limitations relating to daily
changes in the prices of listed securities, periodic trading or settlement
volume and/or limitations on aggregate holdings of foreign investors. Such
limitations may be computed based on the aggregate trading volume by or holdings
of the Fund, the Adviser, its affiliates and their respective clients and other
service providers. The Fund may not be able to sell securities in circumstances
where price, trading or settlement volume limitations have been reached.
Foreign
investment in the securities markets of certain emerging market countries is
restricted or controlled to varying degrees, which may limit investment in such
countries or increase the administrative costs of such investments. For example,
certain Asian countries require government approval prior to investments by
foreign persons or limit investment by foreign persons to only a specified
percentage of an issuer's outstanding securities or a specific class of
securities which may have less advantageous terms (including price) than
securities of the issuer available for purchase by nationals. In addition,
certain countries may restrict or prohibit investment opportunities in issuers
or industries deemed important to national interests. Such restrictions may
affect the market price, liquidity and rights of securities that may be
purchased by the Fund. The repatriation of both investment income and capital
from certain emerging market countries is subject to restrictions, such as the
need for governmental consents. In situations where a country restricts direct
investment in securities (which may occur in certain Asian, Latin American and
other countries), the Fund may invest in such countries through other investment
funds in such countries. Certain emerging market countries may have privatized,
or have begun the process of privatizing, certain entities and industries.
Privatized entities may lose money or be re-nationalized.
Many
emerging market countries have experienced currency devaluations, substantial
(and, in some cases, extremely high) rates of inflation, and economic
recessions. These circumstances have had a negative effect on the economies and
securities markets of those emerging market countries. Economies in emerging
market countries generally are
dependent
upon commodity prices and international trade and, accordingly, have been, and
may continue to be, affected adversely by the economies of their trading
partners, trade barriers, exchange controls, managed adjustments in relative
currency values and other protectionist measures imposed or negotiated by the
countries with which they trade. As a result, emerging market countries are
particularly vulnerable to downturns of the world economy.
Many
emerging market countries are subject to a substantial degree of economic,
political and social instability. Governments of some emerging market countries
are authoritarian in nature or have been installed or removed as a result of
military coups, while governments in other emerging market countries have
periodically used force to suppress civil dissent. Disparities of wealth, the
pace and success of democratization, and ethnic, religious and racial
disaffection, among other factors, have also led to social unrest, violence
and/or labor unrest in some emerging market countries. Many emerging market
countries have experienced strained international relations due to border
disputes, historical animosities or other defense concerns. These situations may
cause uncertainty in the markets and may adversely affect the performance of
these economies. Unanticipated political, social, and public health developments
may result in sudden and significant investment losses. Many emerging markets
may be underprepared for global health crises. For example, the rapid and global
spread of a highly contagious novel coronavirus respiratory disease, designated
COVID-19, has resulted in extreme volatility in the financial markets and severe
losses; reduced liquidity of many instruments; restrictions on international
and, in some cases, local travel; significant disruptions to business operations
(including business closures); strained healthcare systems; disruptions to
supply chains, consumer demand and employee availability; and widespread
uncertainty regarding the duration and long-term effects of this pandemic.
Investing in emerging market countries involves greater risk of loss due to
expropriation, nationalization, confiscation of assets and property or the
imposition of restrictions on foreign investments and on repatriation of capital
invested. As an example, in the past some Eastern European governments have
expropriated substantial amounts of private property, and many claims of the
property owners have never been fully settled. There is no assurance that
similar expropriations will not occur in other emerging market countries,
including China.
As
a result of heightened geopolitical tensions, various countries have imposed
economic sanctions, imposed non-trade barriers and renewed existing economic
sanctions on specific emerging markets and on issuers within those markets.
These non-trade barriers consist of prohibiting certain securities trades,
prohibiting certain private transactions in certain sectors and with respect to
certain companies, asset freezes, and prohibition of all business, against
certain individuals and companies. The United States and other nations or
international organizations may impose additional, broader economic sanctions or
take other actions that may adversely affect certain emerging markets in the
future. These actions, any future sanctions or other actions, or even the threat
of further sanctions or other actions, may negatively affect the value and
liquidity of the Fund’s investments. For example, the Fund may be prohibited
from investing in securities issued by companies subject to such sanctions. In
addition, sanctions may require the Fund to freeze its existing investments,
prohibiting the Fund from buying, selling or otherwise transacting in these
investments. Also, if an affected security is included in the Fund's Underlying
Index, the Fund may, where practicable, seek to eliminate its holdings of the
affected security by employing or augmenting its representative sampling
strategy to seek to track the investment results of the Underlying Index. The
use of (or increased use of) a representative sampling strategy may increase the
Fund’s tracking error risk. Actions barring some or all transactions with a
specific company will likely have a substantial, negative impact on the value of
such company’s securities. These sanctions may also lead to changes in the
Fund’s Underlying Index. The Fund’s index provider may remove securities from
the Underlying Index or implement caps on the securities of certain issuers that
have been subject to recent economic sanctions. In such an event, it is expected
that the Fund will rebalance its portfolio to bring it in line with its
Underlying Index as a result of any such changes, which may result in
transaction costs and increased tracking error. The Fund’s investment in
emerging market countries may also be subject to withholding or other taxes,
which may be significant and may reduce the return to the Fund from an
investment in such countries.
Settlement
and clearance procedures in emerging market countries are frequently less
developed and reliable than those in the United States and may involve the
Fund’s delivery of securities before receipt of payment for their sale. In
addition, significant delays may occur in certain markets in registering the
transfer of securities. Settlement, clearance or registration problems may make
it more difficult for the Fund to value its portfolio securities and could cause
the Fund to miss attractive investment opportunities, to have a portion of its
assets uninvested or to incur losses due to the failure of a counterparty to pay
for securities the Fund has delivered or the Fund’s inability to complete its
contractual obligations because of theft or other reasons. In addition, local
agents and depositories are subject to local standards of care that may not be
as rigorous as developed countries. Governments and other groups may also
require local agents to hold securities in depositories that are not subject to
independent verification. The less developed a country’s securities market, the
greater the risk to the Fund.
The
creditworthiness of the local securities firms used by the Fund in emerging
market countries may not be as sound as the creditworthiness of firms used in
more developed countries. As a result, the Fund may be subject to a greater risk
of loss if a securities firm defaults in the performance of its
responsibilities.
The
Fund’s use of foreign currency management techniques in emerging market
countries may be limited. Due to the limited market for these instruments in
emerging market countries, all or a significant portion of the Fund's currency
exposure in emerging market countries may not be covered by such instruments.
Rising
interest rates, combined with widening credit spreads, could negatively impact
the value of emerging market debt and increase funding costs for foreign
issuers. In such a scenario, foreign issuers might not be able to service their
debt obligations, the market for emerging market debt could suffer from reduced
liquidity, and the Fund could lose money.
Certain
issuers in emerging market countries may utilize share blocking schemes. Share
blocking refers to a practice, in certain foreign markets, where voting rights
related to an issuer's securities are predicated on these securities being
blocked from trading at the custodian or sub-custodian level, for a period of
time around a shareholder meeting. These restrictions have the effect of barring
the purchase and sale of certain voting securities within a specified number of
days before and, in certain instances, after a shareholder meeting where a vote
of shareholders will be taken. Share blocking may prevent the Fund from buying
or selling securities for a period of time. During the time that shares are
blocked, trades in such securities will not settle. The blocking period can last
up to several weeks. The process for having a blocking restriction lifted can be
quite onerous with the particular requirements varying widely by country. In
addition, in certain countries, the block cannot be removed. As a result of the
ramifications of voting ballots in markets that allow share blocking, the
Adviser, on behalf of the Fund, reserves the right to abstain from voting
proxies in those markets.
Risk
of Investing in France
Risk
of Investing in France applies to the Global X S&P Catholic Values Developed
ex-U.S. ETF
Investment
in French issuers may subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political,
currency, security, and economic risk specific to France. As a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the French economy, along with certain other EU
economies, experienced a significant economic slowdown. The 2022 invasion of
Ukraine by Russia created economic headwinds and potential threats to energy
security for France and other EU nations. Ongoing concerns in relation to the
economic health of the European Union (the “EU”) continue to constrain the
economic resilience of certain EU member states, including France. Interest
rates on France’s debt may rise to levels that make it difficult for it to
service high debt levels without significant financial help from, among others,
the European Central Bank and could potentially result in default. In addition,
the French economy is dependent to a significant extent on the economies of
certain key trading partners, including Germany and other Western European
countries. Reduction in spending on French products and services, or changes in
any of the economies may cause an adverse impact on the French economy. In
addition, France has been subject to acts of terrorism, which has created a
climate of insecurity that has been detrimental to tourism and may lead to
further adverse economic consequences. The French economy is dependent on
exports from the agricultural sector. Leading agricultural exports include dairy
products, meat, wine, fruit and vegetables, and fish. As a result, the French
economy is susceptible to fluctuations in demand for agricultural
products.
Risk
of Investing in Greece
Risk
of Investing in Greece applies to the Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging
Markets ETF
Greece’s
economy is heavily dependent on the services and tourism sector and industry and
has a large public sector. Key trading partners include the United Kingdom and
member states of the European Union ("EU"), most notably Germany, Spain and
Italy. Decreasing demand for Greek products and services, changes in
governmental regulations on trade, or a reduction in tourism and travel, may
have a significantly adverse effect on Greece’s economy. Greece and many of the
Western European developed nations are member states of the EU. As a result,
these member states are dependent upon one another economically and politically.
The Treaty of Lisbon has further heightened the degree of economic and political
inter-dependence. This and other political or economic developments could cause
market disruptions and affect adversely the values of securities held by the
Fund.
Greece
has experienced periods of high, persistent unemployment. Economic
competitiveness has also decreased in recent years, and structural weaknesses
exist that could hamper growth and reduce competitiveness further. The long-term
credit assessment is not favorable for Greece, and serious problems persist with
regard to public finances and excessive debt levels. During the early 2000s, the
Greek government consistently and deliberately misreported its financial
situation and economic statistics in order to maintain the appearance of falling
within the guidelines of the monetary union. This practice allowed the Greek
government to spend beyond their means while concealing the actual deficit
levels from the rest of the EU. Greece’s ability to repay its sovereign debt is
in question, and the possibility of default is not unlikely, which could affect
its ability to borrow in the future. Greece has been required to impose harsh
austerity measures on its population in order to receive financial aid from the
IMF and EU member countries. These austerity measures have also led to social
uprisings within Greece, as citizens have protested – at times violently – the
actions of their government. The success of political parties in Greece opposed
to austerity measures may increase the possibility that Greece would rescind
these austerity measures and consequently fail to receive further financial aid
from these institutions. The persistence of these factors may seriously reduce
the economic performance of Greece and pose serious risks for the country’s
economy in the future. There is the possibility that Greece may exit the
European Monetary Union, which would result in immediate devaluation of the
Greek currency and potential for default. If this were to occur, Greece would
face significant risks related to the process of full currency redenomination as
well as the resulting instability of the Euro zone in general, which would have
a severe adverse effect on the value of the securities held by the Fund.
Greece
applies foreign ownership limits in certain sectors, particularly with regard to
national strategically sensitive companies, such as those that administer
national infrastructure networks (e.g., telecommunications). Pre-approval from
an inter-ministerial committee is required if an investor is to raise its stake
in a national strategically sensitive company beyond 20 percent, a policy which
may continue in the future.
In
2015, subsequent to a negotiation period that led to the imposition of capital
controls and the closure of the Athens Exchange, Greece received funding from
the IMF and the Eurozone. This economic program required significant additional
financial austerity measures from the Greek government. Greece exited from the
IMF bailout program in 2018.
Greece
has begun to show signs of recovery and growth. However, political uncertainty
or fiscal instability, including budgetary constraints, elections, an uptick in
social upheaval, an armed conflict with Turkey, or a global slowdown in growth,
could threaten to stymie a domestic recovery. It remains possible that future
economic troubles in Greece may result in defaults by the Greek government, the
implementation of additional or extended capital controls (including the closure
of the Athens Exchange for an extended period of time), and the possibility that
Greece may exit the European Monetary Union, which would result in immediate
devaluation of the Greek currency. Furthermore, tensions between Greece and
Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea could possibly escalate
and lead to some form of violent conflict. Each of these scenarios has potential
implications to the markets and may negatively and materially affect the value
of the Fund’s investments.
The
closure, and any related suspension of clearance and settlement mechanisms, of
the Athens Exchange could prevent the Fund from buying, selling, or transferring
securities traded on the Athens Exchange. During any closure of the Athens
Exchange, the Fund will fair value its security holdings for which current
market valuations are not currently available using fair value pricing pursuant
to the pricing policy and procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
In such a situation, it is possible that the Fund’s market price could
significantly deviate from its NAV. In addition, any closure of the Athens
Exchange, and the related unavailability of current market quotations for
securities contained in the Underlying Index could cause the Fund’s NAV to have
increased tracking error with respect to the Fund’s Underlying Index and could
also affect the calculation of the Fund’s indicative optimized portfolio
value.
Risk
of Investing in India
Risk
of Investing in India applies to the Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging
Markets ETF
India
is an emerging market country and exhibits significantly greater market
volatility from time to time in comparison to more developed markets. Political
and legal uncertainty, greater government control over the economy, currency
fluctuations or blockage, and the risk of nationalization or expropriation of
assets may result in higher potential for losses.
Moreover,
governmental actions can have a significant effect on the economic conditions in
India, which could adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Fund’s
investments. The securities markets in India are comparatively
underdeveloped,
and stockbrokers and other intermediaries may not perform as well as their
counterparts in the United States and other more developed securities markets.
The limited liquidity of the Indian securities markets may also affect the
Fund’s ability to acquire or dispose of securities at the price and time that it
desires. The government’s efforts to combat the shadow economy and counterfeit
cash have previously resulted in disruptions to the economy, notably with the
demonetization of certain denominations of the Indian Rupee in 2016, which
brought about cash shortages and damaged foreign investor trust.
Global
factors and foreign actions may inhibit the flow of foreign capital on which
India is dependent to sustain its growth. India’s strained relations with
neighboring countries like Pakistan and China could result in geopolitical risk
that has an adverse impact on the Indian economy and stock market. In addition,
the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) has imposed limits on foreign ownership of
Indian securities, which may limit the amount the Fund can invest in certain
types of companies. Foreign ownership limits generally apply to investment in
certain sectors which the RBI has determined that local ownership is
strategically important, such as banking and insurance, but may be applied to
other types of companies by the RBI from time to time. These factors, coupled
with the lack of extensive accounting, auditing and financial reporting
standards and practices, as compared to the U.S., may increase the Fund’s risk
of loss. In addition, a significant portion of India’s non-agricultural
employment remains concentrated in the informal labor market, which may lower
visibility into India’s economy and the activities of Indian companies.
Further,
certain Indian regulatory approvals, including approvals from the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”), the RBI, the central government and the tax
authorities (to the extent that tax benefits need to be utilized), may be
required before the Fund can make investments in the securities of Indian
companies. Capital gains from Indian securities may be subject to local
taxation.
Risk
of Investing in Indonesia
Risk
of Investing in Indonesia applies to the Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging
Markets ETF
Investment
in Indonesian issuers involves risks that are specific to Indonesia, including
legal, regulatory, political, security and economic risks. The securities
markets of Indonesia are underdeveloped and are often considered to be less
correlated to global economic cycles than those markets located in more
developed countries. As a result, securities markets in Indonesia are subject to
greater risks associated with market volatility, lower market capitalization,
lower trading volume, illiquidity, inflation, greater price fluctuations,
uncertainty regarding the existence of trading markets, governmental control and
heavy regulation of labor and industry. Moreover, trading on securities markets
may be suspended altogether. The government in Indonesia may restrict or control
to varying degrees the ability of foreign investors to invest in securities of
issuers located or operating in Indonesia. These restrictions and/or controls
may at times limit or prevent foreign investment in securities of issuers
located or operating in Indonesia. These factors, among others, make investing
in issuers located or operating in Indonesia significantly riskier than
investing in issuers located or operating in more developed countries, and any
one of them could cause a decline in the value of the Fund’s Shares. The value
of the Indonesian Rupiah may be subject to a high degree of fluctuation. The
Fund’s exposure to the Indonesian Rupiah and changes in value of the Indonesian
Rupiah versus the U.S. dollar may result in reduced returns for the Fund. The
Indonesian economy, among other things, is dependent upon external trade with
other economies, specifically China, Japan, Singapore and the United States. In
the past, Indonesia has experienced acts of terrorism, predominantly targeted at
foreigners. Such acts of terrorism have had a negative impact on tourism, an
important sector of the Indonesian economy.
Risk
of Investing in Japan
Risk
of Investing in Japan applies to the Global X MSCI SuperDividend® EAFE ETF and
Global X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF
Japan
may be subject to political, economic, nuclear, and labor risks, among others.
Any of these risks, individually or in the aggregate, can impact an investment
made in Japan.
Economic
Risk
The
growth of Japan’s economy has recently lagged that of its Asian neighbors and
other major developed economies. Population decline and an aging society could
contribute further to lower growth. Furthermore, Japan has struggled with
persistently low inflation, which has prompted unorthodox monetary policy in
response. The Bank of Japan’s
stance
may continue to differ significantly from other major central banks. The
Japanese economy is heavily dependent on international trade and has been
adversely affected by trade tariffs, other protectionist measures, competition
from emerging economies and the economic conditions of its trading partners.
Japan is also heavily dependent on oil and other commodity imports, and higher
commodity prices could therefore have a negative impact on the Japanese economy.
Political
Risk
Historically,
Japan has had unpredictable national politics and may experience frequent
political turnover. Future political developments may lead to changes in policy
that might adversely affect the Fund’s investments. In addition, China has
become an important trading partner with Japan. Japan’s political relationship
with China, however, has become strained. Should political tension increase, it
could adversely affect the Japanese economy and destabilize the region as a
whole.
Large
Government and Corporate Debt Risk
The
Japanese economy faces several concerns, including a financial system with large
levels of nonperforming loans, over-leveraged corporate balance sheets,
extensive cross-ownership by major corporations, a changing corporate governance
structure, and large government deficits. These issues may cause a slowdown of
the Japanese economy.
Currency
Risk
The
Japanese yen has fluctuated widely at times and any increase in its value may
cause a decline in exports that could weaken the Japanese economy. Japan has, in
the past, intervened in the currency markets to attempt to maintain or reduce
the value of the yen. Japanese intervention in the currency markets could cause
the value of the yen to fluctuate sharply and unpredictably and could cause
losses to investors.
Labor
Risk
Japan
has an aging workforce and has experienced a significant population decline in
recent years. Japan’s labor market appears to be undergoing fundamental
structural changes, as a labor market traditionally accustomed to lifetime
employment adjusts to meet the need for increased labor mobility, which may
adversely affect Japan’s economic competitiveness.
Security
Risk
Japan's
relations with its neighbors, particularly China, North Korea, South Korea and
Russia, have at times been strained due to territorial disputes, historical
animosities and defense concerns. Most recently, the Japanese government has
shown concern over the increased nuclear and military activity by North Korea
and China. There is a risk of maritime conflict between Japan and China over the
Senkaku or Diaoyu Islands, and between Japan and South Korea over the Liancourt
Rocks. Strained relations may cause uncertainty in the Japanese markets and
adversely affect the overall Japanese economy, particularly in times of crisis.
An invasion of Taiwan by China could be a catalyst for regional destabilization.
In 2022, Japan began increasing its defense spending significantly in
preparation for a potential crisis in Taiwan.
Risk
of Investing in Mexico
Risk
of Investing in Mexico applies to the Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging
Markets ETF and Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
Investment
in Mexican issuers involves risks that are specific to Mexico, including
regulatory, political, and economic risks. The Mexican economy is dependent upon
external trade with other economies, specifically with the United States and
certain Latin American countries. As a result, Mexico is dependent on, among
other factors, the U.S. economy and any change in the price or demand for
Mexican exports may have an adverse impact on the Mexican economy. For example,
lower oil prices have negatively impacted Petróleos Mexicanos, the Mexican
state-owned petroleum company, which accounts for a significant percentage of
the Mexican government’s tax revenue. Mexico has experienced adverse economic
impacts as a result of earthquakes and hurricanes, as well as outbreaks of
violence. Incidents involving Mexico’s security may have an adverse effect on
the Mexican economy and cause uncertainty in
its
financial markets. In the past, Mexico has experienced high interest rates,
economic volatility and high unemployment rates.
Political
and Social Risk
Mexico
has been destabilized by local insurrections, social upheavals, drug related
violence, and the public health crisis related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Recurrence of these or similar conditions may adversely impact the Mexican
economy. Mexican elections have been contentious and have been closely decided.
Changes in political parties or other Mexican political events may affect the
economy and cause instability.
Currency
Instability Risk
Historically,
Mexico has experienced substantial economic instability resulting from, among
other factors, periods of very high inflation and significant devaluations of
the Mexican currency, the peso.
Relations
with the United States
Political
developments in the U.S. have raised potential implications for the trade
arrangements between the U.S. and Mexico, which could negatively affect the
value of securities held by the Fund.
Risk
of Investing in New Zealand
Risk
of Investing in New Zealand applies to the Global X Renewable Energy Producers
ETF
The
New Zealand economy is heavily dependent on exports from the agricultural
sector. Leading agricultural exports include dairy products, meat, forest
products, fruit and vegetables, fish, and wool. New Zealand also has substantial
reserves of natural gas, coal, and oil. As a result, the New Zealand economy is
susceptible to fluctuations in demand for agricultural products and certain
commodities. The New Zealand economy is also becoming increasingly dependent on
its growing services industry.
Risk
of Investing in Singapore
Risk
of Investing in Singapore applies to the Global X SuperDividend® REIT
ETF
Investments
in Singaporean issuers may subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political,
currency and economic risks specific to Singapore. Specifically, political and
economic developments of its neighbors may have an adverse effect on Singapore’s
economy. In addition, because its economy is export driven, Singapore relies
heavily on its trading partners. China is a major purchaser of Singapore’s
exports and serves as a source of Singapore’s imports. Singapore derives a
significant portion of its foreign investments from China. Singapore is also
sensitive to the socio-political and economic developments of its neighbors,
Indonesia and Malaysia, relying on both as markets for Singapore’s service
industry and on Malaysia for its raw water supply. Singapore also has
substantial economic exposure to Hong Kong and the U.S. As a result, Singapore’s
economy is susceptible to fluctuations in the world economy. A downturn in the
economies of China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, or the U.S., among other
countries or regions, could adversely affect Singapore’s economy. In addition,
Singapore’s economy may be particularly vulnerable to external market changes
due to its smaller size. Rising labor costs and increasing environmental
consciousness have led some labor-intensive industries to relocate to countries
with cheaper work forces, and continued labor outsourcing may adversely affect
the Singaporean economy.
Risk
of Investing in South Africa
Risk
of Investing in South Africa applies to the Global X SuperDividend® ETF and
Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
South
Africa’s two-tiered economy, with one rivaling developed countries and the other
exhibiting many characteristics of developing countries, is characterized by
uneven distribution of wealth and income and high rates of unemployment.
Although economic reforms have been enacted to promote growth and foreign
investments, there can be no assurance that these programs will achieve the
desired results. In addition, South Africa’s inadequate currency reserves have
left its currency vulnerable, at times, to devaluation. Despite significant
reform and privatization, the South African government continues to control a
large share of South African economic activity. Heavy regulation of
labor
and product markets is pervasive and may stifle South African economic growth or
cause prolonged periods of recession. The agriculture and mining sectors of
South Africa’s economy account for a large portion of its exports, and thus the
South African economy is susceptible to fluctuations in these commodity markets.
In recent years, an unstable electricity supply in South Africa has stifled
economic growth, which may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investments.
Risk
of Investing in South Korea
Risk
of Investing in South Korea applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech
ETF, Global X Social Media ETF and Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets
ETF
Investments
in South Korean issuers involve risks that are specific to South Korea,
including legal, regulatory, political, currency, security and economic risks.
Substantial political tensions exist between North Korea and South Korea.
Escalated tensions involving the two nations and the outbreak of hostilities
between the two nations, or even the threat of an outbreak of hostilities, could
have a severe adverse effect on the South Korean economy. In addition, South
Korea’s economic growth potential has recently been on a decline because of a
rapidly aging population and structural problems, among other factors. The South
Korean economy is heavily reliant on trading exports and disruptions or
decreases in trade activity could lead to further declines.
Risk
of Investing in Taiwan
Risk
of Investing in Taiwan applies to the Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging
Markets ETF
Investments
in Taiwanese issuers may subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political,
currency and economic risks that are specific to Taiwan. Specifically, Taiwan’s
geographic proximity and history of political contention with China have
resulted in ongoing tensions between the two countries. These tensions may
materially affect the Taiwanese economy and its securities market. These
tensions may evolve into a military conflict between China and Taiwan, with
potential participation by other regional powers such as the US and Japan.
Taiwan’s lack of formal recognition by most countries around the world leaves
its legal status ambiguous and often prevents Taiwan from membership in
international organizations. The establishment of diplomatic ties between Taiwan
and another country could result in both Taiwan and that country facing economic
or diplomatic retaliation from China. Taiwan’s economy is export-oriented, so it
depends on an open world trade regime and remains vulnerable to fluctuations in
the world economy. Rising labor costs and increasing environmental consciousness
have led some labor-intensive industries to relocate to countries with cheaper
work forces, and continued labor outsourcing may adversely affect the Taiwanese
economy.
Risk
of Investing in Thailand
Risk
of Investing in Thailand applies to the Global X Renewable Energy Producers
ETF
Investment
in Thai issuers involves risks that are specific to Thailand, including, legal,
regulatory, political, security and economic risks. Thailand’s economy is
export-dependent and relies heavily on trading relationships with certain key
trading partners, including the U.S., China, Japan and other Asian countries.
Political uncertainty and the military coup that occurred in 2014 weakened
Thailand’s economic growth by reducing domestic and international demand for
both goods and services. Future changes in the price or the demand for
Thailand’s exported products by the U.S., China, Japan or other Asian countries,
or changes in these countries’ economies, trade regulations or currency exchange
rates could adversely impact the Thai economy and the issuers to which the Fund
has exposure. Economic and political instability have contributed to high price
volatility in the Thai equity and currency markets, which could affect
investments in the Fund. The Thai economy has experienced periods of substantial
inflation, currency devaluations and economic recessions, any of which may have
a negative effect on the Thai economy and securities markets. Thailand has at
times been destabilized by frequent government turnover and significant
political changes, including military coups. Recurrence of these conditions,
unanticipated or sudden changes in the political structure or other Thai
political events may result in sudden and significant investment losses. In
addition, household debt levels, political uncertainty and an aging population
pose risks to Thailand’s economic growth.
Risk
of Investing in Turkey
Risk
of Investing in Turkey applies to the Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging
Markets ETF
The
Turkish economy has certain significant economic weaknesses, such as its
relatively high current account deficit, which it may finance by borrowing
through volatile, short-term instruments. The Turkish lira has experienced and
may continue to experience extreme currency volatility. With few of its own
natural resources, the Turkish economy is import-dependent. Turkey’s main import
partners include Russia, Germany, China, the U.S. and Italy. The Turkish economy
is dependent upon exports to other economies, specifically to Germany, other
European Union countries, the U.S. and Iraq. As a result, Turkey is dependent on
these economies and any change in the price or demand for Turkish exports may
have an adverse impact on the Turkish economy. In February 2023, a severe
earthquake struck central and southern Turkey, causing tens of thousands of
fatalities, the collapse of buildings and infrastructure, disruption of supply
chains, and other forms of immense economic damage. Turkey has experienced
strained relations with certain economic partners, including the U.S. and
certain European Union countries over geopolitical matters. Any economic
sanctions on Turkish individuals or Turkish corporate entities, or even the
threat of sanctions, may result in the decline of the value and liquidity of
Turkish securities, a weakening of the Turkish lira or other adverse
consequences to the Turkish economy. Turkey has historically experienced acts of
terrorism and strained relations related to border disputes with certain
neighboring countries. The continuation of the conflict on the Turkish-Syrian
border, for example, could have an adverse impact on the Turkish
economy.
Turkey
has also experienced strained relations with other countries in the Middle East,
including Saudi Arabia, due to geopolitical events. Historically, Turkey’s
national politics have been unpredictable and subject to influence by the
military, and its government may be subject to sudden change. Disparities of
wealth, the pace and success of democratization and capital market development
and religious and racial disaffection have also led to social and political
unrest. Unanticipated or sudden political or social developments may result in
sudden and significant investment losses. Such situations may cause uncertainty
in the Turkish market and as a result adversely affect issuers to which the Fund
has exposure.
Risk
of Investing in the United Kingdom
Risk
of Investing in the United Kingdom applies to the Global X MSCI SuperDividend®
EAFE ETF
Investments
in United Kingdom issuers may subject the Fund to regulatory, political,
currency, security, and economic risks specific to the United Kingdom. The
United Kingdom has one of the largest economies in Europe, and the United States
and other European countries are substantial trading partners of the United
Kingdom. As a result, the United Kingdom’s economy may be impacted by changes to
the economic condition of the United States and other European countries. The
United Kingdom’s economy, along with certain other European Union economies,
experienced a significant economic slowdown during the recent financial crisis;
certain United Kingdom financial institutions suffered significant losses, were
severely under-capitalized and required government intervention to survive. In a
referendum held on June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom resolved to leave the
European Union, which departure has become known as “Brexit”. The United Kingdom
officially stopped being a member of the European Union on January 31, 2020. On
December 30, 2020, the United Kingdom and the European Union signed an agreement
on the terms governing certain aspects of the European Union’s and the United
Kingdom’s relationship following the end of the transition period, the EU-UK
Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the “TCA”). Notwithstanding the TCA, there is
likely to be considerable uncertainty as to the United Kingdom’s post-transition
framework, and in particular, as to the arrangements which will apply to the
United Kingdom’s relationships with the European Union and with other countries,
which is likely to continue to develop and could result in increased volatility
and illiquidity and potentially lower economic growth. In October 2022, the
United Kingdom suffered a pension fund crisis that prompted intervention by the
Bank of England and damaged investor confidence in its financial
stability.
Risk
of Investing in the United States
Risk
of Investing in the United States applies to the Global X Guru® Index ETF,
Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF, Global X SuperDividend® U.S. ETF, Global X
SuperDividend® REIT ETF, Global X S&P 500® Catholic Values ETF, Global X
E-commerce ETF, Global X Nasdaq 100 Collar 95-110 ETF, Global X Nasdaq 100 Tail
Risk ETF, Global X S&P 500 Collar 95-110 ETF, Global X S&P 500 Tail Risk
ETF and Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
A
decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations and/or an economic
recession in the U.S. may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and
the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and
legislative changes in the U.S. are changing many aspects of financial and other
regulation and may have a significant effect on the U.S. markets generally, as
well as on the value of certain securities. In addition, a continued rise in the
U.S. public debt level or the imposition of U.S. austerity measures may
adversely affect U.S. economic growth and the securities to which the Fund has
exposure. The U.S. has developed increasingly strained relations with a number
of foreign countries. If these relations continue to worsen, it could adversely
affect U.S. issuers as well as
non-U.S.
issuers that rely on the U.S. for trade. The U.S. has also experienced increased
internal unrest and discord. If this trend were to continue, it may have an
adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Fund invests.
Geographic
Economic Exposure Risk
Geographic
Economic Exposure Risk applies to each Fund
The
constituents held by the Fund may have partners, suppliers and/or customers
located in various geographic regions, and the geographic regions in which Fund
constituents are located may have trading partners in other geographic regions.
As a result, an economic downturn in one or more of these regions may impact the
performance of the constituents in which the Fund invests, even if the Fund does
not invest directly in companies located in such region. The risks related to
such regions may include:
African
Economic Risk
The
economies of African countries are subject to risks not typically associated
with more developed economies, countries or geographic regions. Such heightened
risks include, among others, expropriation and/or nationalization of assets,
restrictions on and government intervention in international trade, confiscatory
taxation, political instability, including authoritarian and/or military
involvement in governmental decision making, armed conflict, civil war, and
social instability as a result of religious, ethnic and/or socioeconomic unrest.
The
securities markets in Africa are underdeveloped and are often considered to be
less correlated to global economic cycles than markets located in more developed
countries or geographic regions. Securities markets in Africa are subject to
greater risks associated with market volatility, lower market capitalization,
lower trading volume, illiquidity, inflation, greater price fluctuations,
uncertainty regarding the existence of trading markets, governmental control and
heavy regulation of labor and industry. Moreover, trading on securities markets
may be suspended altogether.
Certain
governments in Africa may restrict or control to varying degrees the ability of
foreign investors to invest in securities of issuers located or operating in
those countries. These restrictions and/or controls may at times limit or
prevent foreign investment in securities of issuers located or operating in
countries in Africa. Moreover, certain countries in Africa may require
governmental approval or special licenses prior to investment by foreign
investors; may limit the amount of investment by foreign investors in a
particular industry and/or issuer; may limit such foreign investment to a
certain class of securities of an issuer that may have less advantageous rights
than the classes available for purchase by domestic investors of those
countries; and/or may impose additional taxes on foreign investors. These
factors, among others, make investing in issuers located or operating in
countries in Africa significantly riskier than investing in issuers located or
operating in more developed countries.
Asian
Economic Risk
Many
Asian economies have experienced rapid growth and industrialization in recent
years, but there is no assurance that this growth rate will be maintained. Other
Asian economies, however, have experienced high inflation, high unemployment,
currency devaluations and restrictions, and over-extension of credit.
Geopolitical hostility, political instability, as well as economic or
environmental events in any one Asian country may have a significant economic
effect on the entire Asian region, as well as on major trading partners outside
Asia. Any adverse event in the Asian markets may have a significant adverse
effect on some or all of the economies of the countries in which the Fund
invests. Many Asian countries are subject to political risk, including political
instability, corruption and regional conflict with neighboring countries. Hong
Kong is currently administered as a Special Administrative Region under the
sovereignty of the People’s Republic of China, but pro-independence sentiment
and political dissatisfaction towards China have resulted and may continue to
result in widespread protests. In 2020, China passed the National Security Law
in Hong Kong, which tightened political freedoms and heightens risk for any
businesses or individuals that express pro-independence views. North Korea and
South Korea each have substantial military capabilities, and historical tensions
between the two countries present the risk of war. Escalated tensions involving
the two countries and any outbreak of hostilities between the two countries, or
even the threat of an outbreak of hostilities, could have a severe adverse
effect on the entire Asian region. Maritime disputes in the South China Sea are
complex and involve conflicting claims by China, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia,
the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam, and there is a risk that these disputes
could escalate into armed conflict between any of the aforementioned countries.
Furthermore, there are numerous disputes over islands in East Asia that pose
security risks, including but not necessarily limited to the Liancourt Rocks
dispute between Japan and Korea, the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute between
China and Japan, and
the
Kuril Islands dispute between Japan and Russia. Although Taiwan currently has a
government that is separate from that of the People’s Republic of China, the PRC
lays claim to Taiwan and has enacted legislation mandating military invasion
should Taiwan’s government formally declare independence. China may also choose
to launch an invasion of Taiwan even without the Taiwanese government formally
declaring independence and there is a high risk that such a conflict would draw
in other actors such as the United States and Japan. In response to the elevated
risk of conflict in Taiwan, in 2022 the government of Japan moved to
dramatically raise its defense budget and lift longstanding restrictions on
obtaining missiles with strike capabilities. Certain Asian countries have also
developed increasingly strained relationships with the U.S., and if these
relations were to worsen, they could adversely affect Asian issuers that rely on
the U.S. for trade. In addition, many Asian countries are subject to social and
labor risks associated with demands for improved political, economic and social
conditions.
Australasian
Economic Risk
The
economies of Australasia, which include Australia and New Zealand, are dependent
on exports from the agricultural and mining sectors. This makes Australasian
economies susceptible to fluctuations in the commodity markets. Australasian
economies are also increasingly dependent on their growing service industries.
Because the economies of Australasia are dependent on the economies of Asia,
Europe and the United States as key trading partners and investors, reduction in
spending by any of these trading partners on Australasian products and services,
or negative changes in any of these economies, may cause an adverse impact on
some or all of the Australasian economies.
European
Economic Risk
The
economies of Europe are highly dependent on each other, both as key trading
partners and, in many cases, as fellow members maintaining the euro. Decreasing
European imports, new trade regulations, changes in exchange rates, a recession
in Europe, or a slowing of economic growth in this region could have an adverse
impact on the securities in which the Fund invests. Reduction in trading
activity among European countries may cause an adverse impact on each nation’s
individual economies. The Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (the
“EU”) requires compliance with restrictions on inflation rates, deficits,
interest rates, debt levels and fiscal and monetary controls, each of which may
significantly affect every country in Europe, including those countries that are
not members of the EU. Decreasing imports or exports, changes in governmental or
EU regulations on trade, changes in the exchange rate of the euro, the default
or threat of default by an EU member country on its sovereign debt, and
recessions in an EU member country may have a significant adverse effect on the
economies of EU member countries and their trading partners. The European
financial markets have historically experienced volatility and adverse trends
due to concerns about economic downturns or rising government debt levels in
several European countries, including, but not limited to, Austria, Belgium,
Cyprus, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Ukraine. These
events have adversely affected the exchange rate of the euro and may continue to
significantly affect European countries.
Latin
American Economic Risk
High
interest rates, inflation, government defaults and unemployment rates are
characteristics of the economies in some Latin American countries. Currency
devaluations in any Latin American country can have a significant effect on the
entire region. Because commodities such as oil and gas, minerals and metals can
represent a significant percentage of the region’s exports, the economies of
Latin American countries may be particularly sensitive to fluctuations in
commodity prices. As a result, the economies in many Latin American countries
could experience significant volatility. Political stability is also a concern
in Latin America, with the risk of contested election results, military coups,
and mass social disorder presenting complex risks.
Middle
East Economic Risk
Middle
Eastern governments have exercised and continue to exercise substantial
influence over many aspects of the private sector. Many economies in the Middle
East are highly reliant on income from the sale of oil or trade with countries
involved in the sale of oil, and their economies are therefore vulnerable to
changes in the market for oil and foreign currency values. As global demand for
oil fluctuates, many Middle Eastern economies may be significantly impacted. A
sustained decrease in commodity prices could have a significant negative impact
on all aspects of the economy in the region. Middle Eastern economies may be
subject to acts of terrorism, political strife, religious, ethnic or
socioeconomic unrest and sudden outbreaks of hostilities with neighboring
countries. Certain Middle Eastern countries have strained relations with other
Middle Eastern countries due to territorial disputes, historical animosities,
international alliances, religious tensions or defense concerns, which may
adversely affect the economies of these
countries.
Certain Middle Eastern countries experience significant unemployment, as well as
widespread underemployment. Many Middle Eastern countries have little or no
democratic tradition. Many Middle Eastern countries periodically have
experienced political, economic and social unrest as protestors have called for
widespread reform. Some of these protests have resulted in a governmental regime
change, internal conflict or civil war. If further regime changes were to occur,
internal conflict were to intensify, or a civil war were to continue in any of
these countries, such instability could adversely affect the economies of Middle
Eastern countries.
North
American Economic Risk
A
decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations or an economic
recession in any North American country can have a significant economic effect
on the entire North American region and on some or all of the North American
countries to which the Fund has economic exposure. The U.S. is Canada's and
Mexico's largest trading and investment partner. The Canadian and Mexican
economies are significantly affected by developments in the U.S. economy. Since
the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) in 1994
among Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, total merchandise trade among the three
countries has increased. However, political developments in the U.S., including
the renegotiation of NAFTA and imposition of tariffs by the U.S., may have
implications for the trade arrangements among the U.S., Mexico and Canada, which
could negatively affect the value of securities held by the Fund. Policy and
legislative changes in any of the three countries may have a significant effect
on North American economies generally, as well as on the value of certain
securities held by the Fund.
High
Dividend Yield Stocks Risk
High
Dividend Yield Stocks Risk applies to the Global X SuperDividend® ETF, Global X
SuperDividend® U.S. ETF, Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF,
Global X SuperDividend® REIT ETF and Global X MSCI SuperDividend® EAFE
ETF
High-yielding
stocks are often speculative, high risk investments. These companies may be
paying out more than they can support and may reduce their dividends or stop
paying dividends at any time, which could have a material adverse effect on the
stock price of these companies and the Fund’s performance. Securities that pay
dividends, as a group, can fall out of favor with the market, potentially during
periods of rising interest rates, causing such companies to underperform
companies that do not pay dividends.
High
Yield Securities Risk
High
Yield Securities Risk applies to the Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred
ETF
High
yield securities typically involve greater risk and are less liquid than higher
grade issues. Changes in general economic conditions, changes in the financial
condition of the issuers and changes in interest rates may adversely impact the
ability of issuers of high yield securities to make timely payments of interest
and principal.
The
Fund may invest in high yield securities that offer generally a higher current
yield than that available from higher grade issues, but they typically involve
greater risk. Securities rated below investment grade commonly are referred to
as “junk bonds.” The ability of issuers of high yield securities to make timely
payments of interest and principal may be impacted by adverse changes in general
economic conditions, changes in the financial condition of their issuers and
price fluctuations in response to changes in interest rates. High yield
securities are less liquid than investment grade securities and may be difficult
to price or sell, particularly in times of negative sentiment toward high yield
securities. Issuers of high yield securities may have a larger amount of
outstanding debt relative to their assets than issuers of investment grade
securities have. Periods of economic downturn or rising interest rates may cause
the issuers of high yield securities to experience financial distress, which
could adversely impact their ability to make timely payments of principal and
interest and could increase the possibility of default. The market value and
liquidity of high yield securities may be impacted negatively by adverse
publicity and investor perceptions, whether or not based on fundamental
analysis, especially in a market characterized by low trade volume.
Income
Risk
Income
Risk applies to the Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF and Global X S&P
Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
The
Fund’s income may decline when interest rates fall. This decline can occur
because the Fund may invest in or have exposure to lower-yielding bonds as bonds
in its portfolio mature or the Fund otherwise needs to purchase additional
bonds.
Interest
Rate Risk
Interest
Rate Risk applies to the Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF and Global X
S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Interest
rate risk is the risk that prices of fixed income securities generally increase
in value when interest rates decline and decrease in value when interest rates
increase. The Fund may lose money if short-term or long-term interest rates rise
sharply.
Interest
rates are currently at, or near, decade highs, but may ultimately remain high or
continue to rise, with potentially sudden and unpredictable effects on the
markets and the Fund's investments. Interest rates are measured by the US
10-Year Treasury Yield for long-term yields and the Federal Funds rate
(continuous series) for short-term rates.
Securities
of lower credit quality or with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to
changes in interest rates, often making them more volatile in response to
interest rate changes than securities of higher credit quality or with shorter
durations. Interest rate fluctuations may also negatively impact the values of
equity and other non-fixed income securities.
Inflation-indexed
bonds, including Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, decline in value when
real interest rates rise (the real interest rate is the rate of interest an
investor expects to receive after allowing for inflation). In certain interest
rate environments, such as when real interest rates are rising faster than
nominal interest rates, inflation-indexed bonds may experience greater losses
than other fixed income securities with similar durations.
Variable
and floating rate securities generally are less sensitive to interest rate
changes but may decline in value if their interest rates do not rise as much, or
as quickly, as interest rates in general. Conversely, floating rate securities
will not generally increase in value if interest rates decline. Inverse floating
rate securities may decrease in value if interest rates increase. Inverse
floating rate securities may also exhibit greater price volatility than a fixed
rate obligation with similar credit quality. When the Fund holds variable or
floating rate securities, a decrease (or, in the case of inverse floating rate
securities, an increase) in market interest rates will adversely affect the
income received from such securities, which may also impact the net asset value
of the Fund’s Shares.
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”) has
recently attempted to stabilize the U.S. inflation and tighten financial
conditions by raising the federal funds rate, which contradicts the zero-bound
range during the pandemic. In addition, the Federal Reserve started quantitative
tightening (QT) by rolling off large quantities of securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities by letting
them expire and not adding new securities. There is a risk that interest rates
across the U.S. financial system will remain elevated. Such policies may expose
fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility and may reduce
liquidity for certain Fund investments, which could cause the value of the
Fund’s investments and the NAV of the Fund’s Shares to decline. To the extent
the Fund experiences high redemptions in connection with these developments or
otherwise, the Fund may experience increased portfolio turnover, which will
increase the costs that the Fund incurs and may lower the Fund’s performance.
The liquidity levels of the Fund’s investments may also be affected.
Further,
fixed income markets have consistently grown over the past three decades while
the capacity for traditional dealer counterparties to engage in fixed income
trading has not kept pace and in some cases has decreased. As a result, dealer
inventories of corporate bonds, which provide a core indication of the ability
of financial intermediaries to “make markets,” are at or near historic lows in
relation to market size. This reduction in dealer inventories could potentially
lead to decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the fixed income
markets. If sudden or large-scale rises in interest rates were to occur, the
Fund could also face above-average redemption requests, which could cause the
Fund to lose value due to downward pricing forces and reduced market liquidity.
International
Closed Market Trading Risk
International
Closed Market Trading Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech
ETF, Global X SuperDividend® ETF, Global X Social Media ETF, Global X Guru®
Index ETF, Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF, Global X MSCI SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets ETF, Global X SuperDividend® REIT ETF, Global X Renewable
Energy Producers ETF, Global X MSCI SuperDividend® EAFE ETF, Global X E-commerce
ETF, Global X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF and Global X
Disruptive Materials ETF
To
the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign
exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s
Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current
price of such
an
underlying security and the last quoted price for the underlying security (i.e.,
the Fund’s quote from the closed foreign market). These deviations could result
in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that may be greater than those
experienced by other ETFs.
Investable
Universe of Companies Risk
Investable
Universe of Companies Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech
ETF, Global X Social Media ETF, Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF and
Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
The
investable universe of companies in which the Fund may invest may be limited. If
a company no longer meets the Index Provider’s criteria for inclusion in the
Underlying Index, the Fund may need to reduce or eliminate its holdings in that
company. The reduction or elimination of the Fund’s holdings in the company may
have an adverse impact on the liquidity of the Fund’s overall portfolio holdings
and on Fund performance.
Issuer
Risk
Issuer
Risk applies to each Fund
Issuer
risk is the risk that any of the individual companies that the Fund invests in
may perform badly, causing the value of its securities to decline. Poor
performance may be caused by poor management decisions, competitive pressures,
changes in technology, disruptions in supply, labor problems or shortages,
corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures or other factors. Issuers may,
in times of distress or on their own discretion, decide to reduce or eliminate
dividends, which would also cause their stock prices to decline.
Market
Risk
Market
Risk applies to each Fund
Market
risk is the risk that the value of the securities in which the Fund invests may
go up or down in response to the prospects of individual issuers and/or general
economic conditions. Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity
may negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund.
If the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war,
acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a
significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares.
This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should
economic growth slow. Additionally, China’s shift away from their zero-COVID
policy creates both opportunities and risks, establishing China as the wildcard
for global economic growth. Market risk factors may result in increased
volatility and/or decreased liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV
could decline over short periods due to short-term market movements and over
longer periods during market downturns.
MLP
Tax Risk
MLP
Tax Risk applies to the Global X SuperDividend® U.S. ETF
Subject
to the application of the partnership audit rules, MLPs that elect to be taxed
as partnerships do not pay U.S. federal income tax at the partnership level.
Rather, each partner is allocated a share of the partnership’s income, gains,
losses, deductions and expenses. A change in current tax law, or a change in the
underlying business mix of a given MLP, could result in an MLP that previously
elected to be taxed as a partnership being treated as a corporation for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, which would result in such MLP being required to
pay U.S. federal income tax on its taxable income. The classification of an MLP
as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes would have the effect of
reducing the amount of cash available for distribution by the MLP. Thus, to the
extent that any of the MLPs to which the Fund has exposure are treated as a
corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it could result in a reduction
in the value of the Fund’s investment and lower the Fund’s income. The Fund may
also invest in MLPs that elect to be taxed as corporations, which taxes would
have the effect of reducing the amount of cash available for distribution by the
MLP. Additionally, as a result of the Fund's exposure to MLPs taxed as
partnerships, a portion of the Fund’s distributions are expected to be treated
as a return of capital for tax purposes. Return of capital distributions are not
taxable income to you, but reduce your tax basis in your Fund Shares. Such a
reduction
in tax basis will result in larger taxable gains and/or lower tax losses on a
subsequent sale of Fund Shares. Shareholders who sell their Shares for less than
they bought them may still recognize a gain due to the reduction in tax basis.
Shareholders who periodically receive the payment of dividends or other
distributions consisting of a return of capital may be under the impression that
they are receiving net profits from the Fund when, in fact, they are not.
Shareholders should not assume that the source of the distributions is from the
net profits of the Fund. To the extent that the distributions paid to you
constitute a return of capital, the Fund's assets will decline. A decline in the
Fund's assets may also result in an increase in the portion of a Fund's expense
ratio that is not subject to a unitary fee or any other form of contractual cap,
and over time the distributions paid in excess of net distributions received
could work to erode the Fund's net asset value.
New
Fund Risk
New
Fund Risk applies to the Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond
ETF
The
Fund is a new fund, with no operating history or a limited operating history, as
applicable, which may result in additional risks for investors in the Fund.
There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically
viable size, in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to liquidate the
Fund. While shareholder interests will be the paramount consideration, the
timing of any liquidation may not be favorable to certain individual
shareholders. From time to time an Authorized Participant, a third-party
investor, the Adviser or another affiliate of the Adviser or the Fund may invest
in the Fund and hold its investment for a specific period of time in order to
facilitate commencement of the Fund’s operations or for the Fund to achieve size
or scale. There can be no assurance that any such entity would not redeem its
investment or that the size of the Fund would be maintained at such levels which
could negatively impact the Fund.
Non-Diversification
Risk
Non-Diversification
Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, Global X Social
Media ETF, Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF, Global X E-commerce ETF,
Global X Nasdaq 100 Collar 95-110 ETF, Global X Nasdaq 100 Tail Risk ETF and
Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
The
Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the 1940 Act.
This means that the Fund may invest most of its assets in securities issued by
or representing a small number of companies. As a result, the Fund may be more
susceptible to the risks associated with these particular companies, or to a
single economic, political or regulatory occurrence affecting these companies.
Operational
Risk
Operational
Risk applies to each Fund
The
Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors, including
but not limited to human error, processing and communication errors, errors of
the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties, failed or
inadequate processes and technology or systems failures.
With
the increased use of technologies such as the internet to conduct business, the
Fund, Authorized Participants, service providers and the relevant listing
exchange are susceptible to operational, information security and related
“cyber” risks both directly and through their service providers. Similar types
of cyber security risks are also present for issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, which could result in material adverse consequences for such
issuers and may cause the Fund’s investment in such portfolio companies to lose
value. Unlike many other types of risks faced by the Fund, these risks typically
are not covered by insurance. In general, cyber incidents can result from
deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cyber incidents include, but are not
limited to, gaining unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through
“hacking” or malicious software coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets
or sensitive information, corrupting data, or causing operational disruption.
Cyber-attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining
unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites
(i.e., efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users).
Recently, geopolitical tensions may have increased the scale and sophistication
of deliberate attacks, particularly those from nation-states or from entities
with nation-state backing. Cyber security failures by or breaches of the systems
of the Adviser and the Fund’s distributor and other service providers
(including, but not limited to, the Index Provider, fund accountants,
custodians, transfer agents and administrators), market makers, Authorized
Participants, or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests, have the
ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially
resulting in: financial losses, interference with the Fund’s ability to
calculate its NAV, disclosure of confidential trading information, impediments
to trading, submission of erroneous trades or erroneous creation or redemption
orders, the inability of the Fund or its service providers to transact business,
violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties,
reputational damage, reimbursement or
other
compensation costs, or additional compliance costs. In addition, cyber-attacks
may render records of Fund assets and transactions, shareholder ownership of
Fund Shares, and other data integral to the functioning of the Fund inaccessible
or inaccurate or incomplete. Substantial costs may be incurred by the Fund in
order to resolve or prevent cyber incidents in the future. While the Fund has
established business continuity plans in the event of, and risk management
systems to prevent, such cyber-attacks, there are inherent limitations in such
plans and systems, including the possibility that certain risks have not been
identified and that prevention and remediation efforts will not be successful.
Furthermore, the Fund cannot control the cyber security plans and systems put in
place by service providers to the Fund, issuers in which the Fund invests, the
Index Provider, market makers or Authorized Participants. The Fund and its
shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result.
The
Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and
procedures. However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may
be inadequate for those risks that they are intended to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk
Options
Premium Tax Risk applies to the Global X Nasdaq 100 Collar 95-110 ETF, Global X
Nasdaq 100 Tail Risk ETF, Global X S&P 500 Collar 95-110 ETF and Global X
S&P 500 Tail Risk ETF
The
Fund’s investment strategy may increase the amount of capital gain that the Fund
realizes. As a result, the Fund will not be able to designate a portion of its
distributions as being eligible for lower rates of tax in the hands of
non-corporate shareholders (dividends that are commonly referred to as
“qualified dividend income”) or as being eligible for the dividends received
deduction when received by certain corporate shareholders. For these reasons, a
significant portion of income received from the Fund may be subject to tax at
effective tax rates that are higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund
were to engage in a different investment strategy. You should consult your tax
advisor as to the tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares
in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk
Passive
Investment Risk applies to each Fund
The
Fund is not actively managed and may be affected by a general decline in market
segments relating to the Underlying Index. The Fund invests in securities
included in, or representative of, the Underlying Index regardless of their
investment merits, and the Adviser does not otherwise attempt to take defensive
positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does
not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, the Fund would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk
There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to the
Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market
disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the
Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track
the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the
construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may
occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index
Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the
Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk
The
Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold securities not
included in its Underlying Index. Therefore, the Fund is subject to management
risk. That is, the Adviser’s investment strategy, the implementation of which is
subject to a number of constraints, may cause the Fund to underperform the
market or its relevant benchmark or adversely affect the ability of the Fund to
achieve its investment objective. While the Fund is passively managed,
implementation of the Fund’s principal investment strategy may result in
tracking error risk, which is described below. The ability of the Adviser to
successfully implement the Fund’s investment strategies will influence the
Fund’s performance significantly.
Tracking
Error Risk
Tracking
error is the divergence of the Fund's performance from that of the Underlying
Index. Tracking error may occur because of differences between the securities
and other instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those included in the
Underlying Index, pricing differences (including differences between a
security's price at the local market close and the Fund's valuation of a
security at the time of calculation of the Fund's NAV), transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, differences in
timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or interest, tax gains or
losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to the Fund of complying
with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be
heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market
conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund incurs fees and
expenses, while the Underlying Index does not. ETFs that track indices with
significant weight in emerging markets issuers may experience higher tracking
error than other ETFs that do not track such indices.
Prepayment
Risk
Prepayment
Risk applies to the Global X SuperDividend® ETF, Global X SuperDividend® U.S.
ETF, Global X SuperDividend® REIT ETF and Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S.
Aggregate Bond ETF
When
interest rates fall, certain obligations will be paid off by the obligor more
quickly than originally anticipated, and the Fund may have to invest the
proceeds in securities with lower yields.
Reliance
on Trading Partners Risk
Reliance
on Trading Partners Risk applies to the Global X Disruptive Materials ETF and
Global X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF
The
Fund may invest in economies that are heavily dependent upon trading with key
partners. Any reduction in this trading, institution of tariffs or other trade
barriers or a slowdown in the economies of any of its key trading partners may
cause an adverse impact on the economies of the markets in which the Fund
invests.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds applies to each Fund
As
an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk
The
Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized
Participants. Only Authorized Participants who have entered into agreements with
the Fund's distributor may engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, and no other
Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create and redeem in either of
those cases, Shares may trade like closed-end fund shares at a discount to NAV
and/or at wider intraday bid-ask spreads, and may possibly face trading halts
and/or delisting from the Exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk
Certain
shareholders, including an Authorized Participant, the Adviser or an affiliate
of the Adviser, may own a substantial amount of the Fund’s Shares. Additionally,
from time to time an Authorized Participant, a third-party investor, the
Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser may invest in the Fund and hold its
investment for a specific period of time in order to facilitate commencement of
the Fund’s operations or to allow the Fund to achieve size or scale.
Redemptions by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on
the Fund. If a large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its
Shares, there is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient
assets to continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine
to liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may
account for a large percentage of the trading volume on the Exchange and may,
therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of the
Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk
The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's Shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks
Absence
of Active Market
Although
Shares of the Fund are or will be listed for trading on a U.S. exchange and may
be listed on certain foreign exchanges, there can be no assurance that an active
trading market for the Shares will develop or be maintained.
Risks
of Secondary Listings
The
Fund's Shares may be listed or traded on U.S. and non-U.S. exchanges other than
the U.S. exchange where the Fund’s primary listing is maintained. There can be
no assurance that the Fund’s Shares will continue to trade on any such exchange
or in any market or that the Fund's Shares will continue to meet the
requirements for listing or trading on any exchange or in any market. The Fund's
Shares may be less actively traded in certain markets than others, and investors
are subject to the execution and settlement risks and market standards of the
market where they or their brokers direct their trades for execution. Certain
information available to investors who trade Shares on a U.S. exchange during
regular U.S. market hours may not be available to investors who trade in other
markets, which may result in secondary market prices in such markets being less
efficient.
Secondary
Market Trading Risk
Only
Authorized Participants who have entered into agreements with the Fund's
distributor may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the
Fund. Shares of the Fund may trade in the secondary market on days when the Fund
does not accept orders to purchase or redeem Shares from Authorized
Participants. On such days, Shares may trade in the secondary market with more
significant premiums or discounts than might be experienced on days when the
Fund accepts purchase and redemption orders.
Secondary
market trading in Fund Shares may be halted by a stock exchange because of
market conditions or other reasons. In addition, trading in Fund Shares on a
stock exchange or in any market may be subject to trading halts caused by
extraordinary market volatility pursuant to "circuit breaker" rules on the stock
exchange or market. There can be no assurance that the requirements necessary to
maintain the listing or trading of Fund Shares will continue to be met or will
remain unchanged.
Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV
Shares
of the Fund may trade at, above or below NAV. The per share NAV of the Fund will
fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading
prices of Shares will fluctuate in accordance with changes in the Fund's NAV as
well as market supply and demand. The trading prices of the Fund's Shares may
deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or when the
Fund has relatively few assets or experiences a lower trading volume. In
stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in
response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. Any of these
factors may lead to the Fund's Shares trading at a premium or discount to NAV.
While the creation/redemption feature is designed to make it likely that Shares
normally will trade close to the Fund’s NAV, market prices are not expected to
correlate exactly with the Fund's NAV due to timing reasons as well as market
supply and demand factors. In addition, disruptions to creations and redemptions
or the existence of extreme market volatility may result in trading prices that
differ significantly from NAV. If a shareholder purchases at a time when the
market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells at a time when the market price
is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses.
Since
foreign exchanges may be open on days when the Fund does not price Shares, the
value of the securities in the Fund’s portfolio may change on days when
shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell Shares.
Costs
of Buying or Selling Fund Shares
Buying
or selling Fund Shares involves two types of costs that apply to all securities
transactions. When buying or selling Shares of the Fund through a broker, you
will likely incur a brokerage commission or other charges imposed by
brokers
as determined by that broker. In addition, you may incur the cost of the
"spread" - that is, the difference between what professional investors are
willing to pay for Fund Shares (the "bid" price) and the market price at which
they are willing to sell Fund Shares (the "ask" price). Because of the costs
inherent in buying or selling Fund Shares, frequent trading may detract
significantly from investment results and an investment in Fund Shares may not
be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly making small investments.
Risks
Related to Stock Connect Programs
Risks
Related to Stock Connect Programs applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery
Tech ETF, Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF and Global X
Disruptive Materials ETF
Investing
in securities through Stock Connect Programs is subject to trading, clearance,
settlement and other procedures, which could pose risks to the Fund. The Stock
Connect Programs are subject to daily and aggregate quota limitations, which
limit the maximum daily net purchases on any particular day by Hong Kong
investors (and foreign investors trading through Hong Kong) trading mainland
Chinese listed securities and mainland Chinese investors trading Hong Kong
listed securities trading through the relevant Stock Connect Program. The daily
quota is not specific to the Fund and is utilized on a first-come-first-serve
basis. As such, buy orders via the Stock Connect Programs could be rejected once
the daily quota is exceeded. The daily quota may thereby restrict the Fund’s
ability to invest through Stock Connect Programs on a timely basis, which could
affect the Fund’s ability to effectively pursue its investment strategy. The
daily quota is also subject to change. It is possible for securities eligible to
be purchased via the Stock Connect Programs to lose such designation, which
could impact the Fund's ability to pursue its investment strategy.
In
order to comply with applicable local market rules and to facilitate orderly
operations of the Fund, including the timely settlement of Stock Connect Program
trades placed by or on behalf of the Fund, the Fund utilizes an operating model
that may reduce the risks of trade failures; however, it will also allow Stock
Connect Program trades to be settled without the prior verification by the Fund.
Accordingly, this operating model may subject the Fund to additional risks,
including an increased risk of inadvertently exceeding certain trade or other
restrictions or limits placed on the Fund and/or its affiliates, and a
heightened risk of erroneous trades, which may negatively impact the Fund.
Additionally, the Shenzen and Shanghai markets may operate when the Stock
Connect Programs are not active, and consequently the prices of shares held via
Stock Connect Programs may fluctuate at times when the Fund is unable to add to
or exit its positions.
The
Stock Connect Programs are new, and the effect of the introduction of large
numbers of foreign investors on the market for trading Chinese-listed securities
is not well understood. Regulations, such as limitations on redemptions or
suspension of trading, may adversely impact the value of the Fund’s investments.
The Fund's investments in A-Shares though the Stock Connect Program are held by
its custodian in accounts in Central Clearing and Settlement System ("CCASS")
maintained by the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited ("HKSCC"), which
in turn holds the A-Shares, as the nominee holder, through an omnibus securities
account in its name registered with the CSDCC. The precise nature and rights of
the Fund as the beneficial owner of the SSE Securities or SZSE Securities
through HKSCC as nominee is not well defined under Chinese law. There is no
guarantee that the Shenzen, Shanghai, and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges will
continue to support the Stock Connect Programs in the future. The securities
regimes and legal systems of China and Hong Kong differ significantly, and
issues may arise based on these differences. Different fees, costs and taxes are
imposed on foreign investors acquiring securities through Stock Connect
Programs, and these fees, costs and taxes may be higher than comparable fees,
costs and taxes imposed on owners of other Chinese securities providing similar
investment exposure.
Securities
Lending Risk
Securities
Lending Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, Global X
SuperDividend® ETF, Global X Social Media ETF, Global X Guru® Index ETF, Global
X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF, Global X SuperDividend® U.S. ETF, Global X MSCI
SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF, Global X SuperDividend® REIT ETF, Global X
Renewable Energy Producers ETF and Global X E-commerce ETF
The
Fund may engage in lending its portfolio securities. The Fund may lend its
portfolio securities to the extent noted in the section of the Fund's summary
prospectus titled Principal Investment Strategies. In connection with such
loans, the Fund receives liquid collateral equal to at least 102% of the value
of domestic equity securities and ADRs and 105% of the value of the foreign
equity securities (other than ADRs) being lent. This collateral is
marked-to-market on a daily basis. Although the Fund will receive collateral in
connection with all loans of its securities holdings, the Fund would be exposed
to a risk of loss should a borrower default on its obligation to return the
borrowed securities (e.g., the loaned securities may have appreciated beyond the
value of the collateral held by the Fund). In addition, the Fund will bear the
risk of loss of any cash collateral that it
invests.
Also, as securities on loan may not be voted by the Fund, there is a risk that
the Fund may not be able to recall the securities in sufficient time to vote on
material proxy matters.
Tax
Status Risk
Tax
Status Risk applies to the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF and Global X
Disruptive Materials ETF
The
Fund intends to pay dividends each taxable year to enable it to continue to
satisfy the distribution requirements necessary to qualify for treatment as a
regulated investment company ("RIC"). Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code"), the Fund may not earn more than 10% of its annual gross
income from gains resulting from selling precious metals and other commodities.
This could make it more difficult for the Fund to qualify as a RIC. If a
portfolio were to distribute to its shareholders less than the minimum amount
required for any year, the Fund would become subject to federal income tax for
that year on all of its taxable income and recognized gains, even those
distributed to its shareholders. In lieu of potential disqualification as a RIC,
the Fund is permitted to pay a tax for certain failures to satisfy this income
requirement, which, in general, are limited to those due to reasonable cause and
not willful neglect.
Trading
Halt Risk
Trading
Halt Risk applies to each Fund
An
exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities, or
the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading losses.
Turnover
Risk
Turnover
Risk applies to the Global X Guru® Index ETF, Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred
ETF, Global X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF, Global X Nasdaq 100
Collar 95-110 ETF, Global X Nasdaq 100 Tail Risk ETF, Global X S&P 500
Collar 95-110 ETF and Global X S&P 500 Tail Risk ETF
The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At times, the Fund may have a portfolio
turnover rate substantially greater than 100%. For example, a portfolio turnover
rate of 300% is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities
three times during the course of a year. A high portfolio turnover rate would
result in high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when
Shares are held in a taxable account and lower Fund performance.
Valuation
Risk
Valuation
Risk applies to each Fund
The
sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). Because non-U.S. exchanges may be open on days when the Fund does not
price its Shares, the value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change
on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
A
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF OTHER RISKS
Each
Fund may also be subject to certain other risks associated with its investments
and investment strategies.
Exclusion
from the Definition of a Commodity Pool Operator Risk
With
respect to the Fund, the Adviser has claimed an exclusion from the definition of
“commodity pool operator” (“CPO”) under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended
(“CEA”), and the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and,
therefore, is not subject to CFTC registration or regulation as a CPO. In
addition, the Adviser is relying upon a related exclusion from the definition of
“commodity trading advisor” (“CTA”) under the CEA and the rules of the CFTC. The
terms of the CPO exclusion require the Fund, among other things, to adhere to
certain limits on its investments in “commodity
interests.”
Commodity interests include commodity futures, commodity options and swaps.
Because the Adviser and the Fund intend to comply with the terms of the CPO
exclusion, the Fund may, in the future, need to adjust its investment
strategies, consistent with its investment objective, to limit its investments
in these types of instruments. The Fund is not intended as a vehicle for trading
in the commodity futures, commodity options or swaps markets. The CFTC has
neither reviewed nor approved the Adviser’s reliance on these exclusions, or the
Fund, its investment strategies or this Prospectus.
Leverage
Risk
Under
the 1940 Act, the Fund is permitted to borrow from a bank up to 33 1/3% of its
net assets for short term or emergency purposes. The Fund may borrow money at
fiscal quarter end to maintain the required level of diversification to qualify
as a regulated investment company ("RIC") for purposes of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). As a result, the Fund may be exposed to
the risks of leverage, which may be considered a speculative investment
technique. Leverage magnifies the potential for gain and loss on amounts
invested and therefore increases the risks associated with investing in the
Fund. If the value of the Fund's assets increases, then leveraging would cause
the Fund's NAV to increase more sharply than it would have had the Fund not
leveraged. Conversely, if the value of the Fund's assets decreases, leveraging
would cause the Fund's NAV to decline more sharply than it otherwise would have
had the Fund not leveraged. The Fund may incur additional expenses in connection
with borrowings.
Qualification
as a Regulated Investment Company Risk
The
Fund must meet a number of diversification requirements to qualify as a RIC
under Section 851 of the Code and, if qualified, to continue to qualify. If the
Fund experiences difficulty in meeting those requirements for any fiscal
quarter, it might enter into borrowings in order to increase the portion of the
Fund’s total assets represented by cash, cash items, and U.S. government
securities shortly thereafter and, as of the close of the following fiscal
quarter, to attempt to meet the requirements. However, the Fund may incur
additional expenses in connection with any such borrowings, and increased
investments by the Fund in cash, cash items, and U.S. government securities
(whether the Fund makes such investments from borrowings) are likely to reduce
the Fund’s return to investors.
Tax
Treaty Reclaims Uncertainty
When
the Fund receives dividend and interest income (if any) from issuers in certain
countries, such distributions may be subject to partial withholding by local tax
authorities in order to satisfy potential local tax obligations. The Fund may
file claims to recover such withholding tax in jurisdictions where withholding
tax reclaim is possible, which may be the case as a result of bilateral treaties
between the United States and local governments. Whether or when the Fund will
receive a withholding tax refund in the future is within the control of the tax
authorities in such countries. Where the Fund expects to recover withholding tax
based on a continuous assessment of probability of recovery, the NAV of the Fund
generally includes accruals for such tax refunds. The Fund continues to evaluate
tax developments for potential impact to the probability of recovery. If the
likelihood of receiving refunds materially decreases, for example due to a
change in tax regulation or approach, accruals in the Fund’s NAV for such
refunds may need to be written down partially or in full, which will adversely
affect that Fund’s NAV. Investors in the Fund at the time an accrual is written
down will bear the impact of any resulting reduction in NAV regardless of
whether they were investors during the accrual period. Conversely, if the Fund
receives a tax refund that has not been previously accrued, investors in the
Fund at the time the claim is successful will benefit from any resulting
increase in the Fund’s NAV. Investors who sold their shares prior to such time
will not benefit from such NAV increase.
PORTFOLIO
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
A
description of the policies and procedures of Global X Funds®
(the "Trust") with respect to the disclosure of the Funds’ portfolio securities
is available in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).
The top holdings of each Fund and Fund Fact Sheets providing information
regarding each Fund’s top holdings can be found at
www.globalxetfs.com/explore/(click on the name of your Fund) and may be
requested by calling 1-888-493-8631.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser
Global
X Management Company LLC (the "Adviser") serves as the investment adviser and
the administrator for the Funds. Subject to the supervision of the Trust's Board
of Trustees, the Adviser is responsible for managing the investment activities
of the Funds and the Funds' business affairs and other administrative matters.
The Adviser has been a registered investment adviser since 2008. The Adviser is
a Delaware limited liability company with its principal offices located at 605
3rd Avenue,
43rd
Floor, New York, New York 10158. As of February 1, 2024, the Adviser
provided investment advisory services for assets of approximately $44
billion.
Pursuant
to a Supervision and Administration Agreement and subject to the general
supervision of the Board of Trustees, the Adviser provides, or causes to be
furnished, all supervisory, administrative and other services reasonably
necessary for the operation of the Funds and also bears the costs of various
third-party services required by the Funds, including audit, certain custody,
portfolio accounting, legal, transfer agency and printing costs. The Supervision
and Administration Agreement also requires the Adviser to provide investment
advisory services to the Funds pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement.
Each
Fund pays the Adviser a fee (“Management Fee”) in return for providing
investment advisory, supervisory and administrative services under an all-in fee
structure. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023, the Funds paid a monthly
Management Fee to the Adviser at the following annual rates (stated as a
percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund taken
separately):
|
|
|
|
| |
Fund |
Management
Fee
|
Global
X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF |
0.75% |
Global
X SuperDividend®
ETF |
0.58%1 |
Global
X Social Media ETF |
0.65% |
Global
X Guru®
Index ETF |
0.75% |
Global
X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF |
0.48%2 |
Global
X SuperDividend®
U.S. ETF |
0.45% |
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets ETF |
0.65% |
Global
X SuperDividend®
REIT ETF |
0.58% |
Global
X Renewable Energy Producers ETF |
0.65% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Catholic Values ETF |
0.29% |
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend®
EAFE ETF |
0.55% |
Global
X E-commerce ETF |
0.50% |
Global
X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF |
0.35% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Tail Risk ETF |
0.25%3 |
Global
X S&P 500®
Collar 95-110 ETF |
0.25%3 |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk ETF |
0.25%3 |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF |
0.25%3 |
Global
X Disruptive Materials ETF |
0.59% |
1
Pursuant to an Expense Limitation Agreement, the Adviser has contractually
agreed to reimburse or waive fees and/or limit expenses for the Global X
SuperDividend®
ETF to the extent necessary to assure that the operating expenses of the Global
X SuperDividend®
ETF (exclusive of taxes, brokerage fees, commissions, and other transaction
expenses and extraordinary expenses (such as litigation and indemnification
expenses)) will not exceed 0.58% of the average daily net assets of the Global X
SuperDividend®
ETF per year until at least March 1, 2025.
2
The Board of Trustees of the Trust voted to approve a lower Management Fee for
the Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF of 0.48% effective April 3, 2023. Prior
to that, the Fund was subject to a Management Fee of 0.58%.
3
The Board of Trustees of the Trust voted to approve a lower Management Fee of
0.25% for the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk ETF, Global X S&P 500®
Tail
Risk ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF, and Global X S&P 500®
Collar
95-110 ETF effective August 18, 2023. Prior to that, the Funds were subject to a
Management Fee of 0.60%.
During
the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023, the Funds listed below were not
operational. The Management Fee for each Fund is at an annual rate (stated as a
percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund) as follows:
|
|
|
|
| |
Fund |
Management
Fee |
Global
X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF |
0.25% |
In
addition, each Fund bears other fees and expenses that are not covered by the
Supervision and Administration Agreement, which may vary and will affect the
total ratio of a Fund, such as taxes, brokerage fees, commissions and other
transaction expenses, interest and extraordinary expenses (such as litigation
and indemnification expenses). The Adviser may earn a profit on the Management
Fee paid by the Funds. Also, the Adviser, and not shareholders of the Funds,
would benefit from any price decreases in third-party services, including
decreases resulting from an increase in net assets.
The
Adviser or its affiliates may pay compensation, out of profits derived from the
Adviser’s Management Fee or other resources and not as an additional charge to
the Funds, to certain financial institutions (which may include banks,
securities dealers and other industry professionals) for the sale and/or
distribution of Fund Shares or the retention and/or servicing of Fund investors
and Fund Shares (“revenue sharing”). These payments are in addition to any other
fees described in the fee table or elsewhere in the Prospectus or SAI. Examples
of “revenue sharing” payments include, but are not limited to, payments to
financial institutions for “shelf space” or access to a third party platform or
fund offering list or other marketing programs, including, but not limited to,
inclusion of the Funds on preferred or recommended sales lists, mutual fund
“supermarket” platforms and other formal sales programs; granting the Adviser
access to the financial institution’s sales force; granting the Adviser access
to the financial institution’s conferences and meetings; assistance in training
and educating the financial institution’s personnel; and obtaining other forms
of marketing support. The level of revenue sharing payments made to financial
institutions may be a fixed fee or based upon one or more of the following
factors: gross sales, current assets and/or number of accounts of a Fund
attributable to the financial institution, or other factors as agreed to by the
Adviser and the financial institution or any combination thereof. The amount of
these revenue sharing payments is determined at the discretion of the Adviser
from time to time, may be substantial, and may be different for different
financial institutions depending upon the services provided by the financial
institution. Such payments may provide an incentive for the financial
institution to make Shares of the Funds available to its customers and may allow
the Funds greater access to the financial institution’s customers.
Approval
of Advisory Agreement
Discussions
regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees' approval of the Supervision and
Administration Agreement and the related Investment Advisory Agreement for each
Fund (other than the Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF)
are available in the Funds' Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal
half-year ended April 30 and/or Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal
year ended October 31. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of
Trustees' approval of the Supervision and Administration Agreement and the
related Investment Advisory Agreement for the Global X S&P Catholic Values
U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF will be available in the Fund’s first Semi-Annual or
Annual Report to shareholders for the period ended April 30 or October 31,
respectively.
Portfolio
Management
The
Portfolio Managers who are currently responsible for the day-to-day management
of each Fund's portfolio are Nam To, Wayne Xie, Vanessa Yang and Sandy Lu.
Nam
To:
Nam To, CFA, Portfolio Manager, joined the Adviser in July 2017. Prior to that,
Mr. To was a Global Economics Research Analyst at Bunge Limited from 2014 to
2017. Mr. To received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Economics from
Cornell University in 2014.
Wayne
Xie:
Wayne Xie, Head of Portfolio Management, joined the Adviser in July 2018 as a
Portfolio Management Associate. Previously, Mr. Xie was an Analyst at VanEck
Associates on the Equity ETF Investment Management team from 2010 to 2018 and a
Portfolio Administrator at VanEck Associates from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Xie received
his Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo in
2002.
Vanessa
Yang:
Vanessa Yang, Portfolio Manager, joined the Adviser in 2016 as a Portfolio
Administrator. She was appointed to the portfolio management team in June 2019.
Previously, Ms. Yang was a Portfolio Administrator at VanEck Associates from
2011 to 2014. Ms. Yang received her MS in Financial Engineering from Drucker
School of Management in 2010 and her BS in Economics from Guangdong University
of Foreign Studies in 2008.
Sandy
Lu:
Sandy Lu, CFA, Portfolio Manager, joined the Adviser in September 2021.
Previously, Mr. Lu was a Portfolio Analyst and Junior Portfolio Manager at PGIM
Fixed Income from 2014 to 2021, and a Fixed Income Portfolio Analyst at Lincoln
Financial Group from 2010 to 2014. Mr. Lu received his Bachelor of Science in
Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He earned
his CFA designation in September 2015, and holds the Series 3
license.
The
SAI provides additional information about the Portfolio Managers’ compensation
structure, other accounts managed by the Portfolio Managers, and the Portfolio
Managers' ownership of Shares of the Funds.
DISTRIBUTOR
SEI
Investments Distribution Co. ("Distributor") distributes Creation Units for the
Funds on an agency basis. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market
in Shares. The Distributor has no role in determining the policies of the Funds
or the securities that are purchased or sold by each Fund. The Distributor’s
principal address is One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456. The Distributor
is not affiliated with the Adviser.
BUYING
AND SELLING FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Funds trade on a national securities exchange and in the secondary market
during the trading day. Shares can be bought and sold throughout the trading day
like other shares of publicly-traded securities. There is no minimum investment
for purchases made on a national securities exchange. When buying or selling
Shares through a broker, you will incur customary brokerage commissions and
charges. In addition, you will also incur the cost of the “spread,” which is the
difference between what professional investors are willing to pay for Shares
(the “bid” price) and the price at which they are willing to sell Shares (the
“ask” price). The commission is frequently a fixed amount and may be a
significant proportional cost for investors seeking to buy or sell small amounts
of Shares. The spread with respect to Shares varies over time based on a Fund’s
trading volume and market liquidity and is generally lower if a Fund has
significant trading volume and market liquidity and higher if a Fund has little
trading volume and market liquidity. Because of the costs of buying and selling
Shares, frequent trading may reduce investment returns.
Shares
of a Fund may be acquired or redeemed directly from the Fund only by Authorized
Participants (as defined in the SAI) and only in Creation Units or multiples
thereof, as discussed in the "Creations and Redemptions" section in the SAI.
Except for the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, Global X MSCI
SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF, Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF and
Global X Disruptive Materials ETF, the Funds anticipate regularly meeting
redemption requests primarily through in-kind redemptions. However, the Funds
reserve the right to pay redemption proceeds to an Authorized Participant in
cash, consistent with the Trust’s exemptive relief. Cash used for redemptions
will be raised from the sale of portfolio assets or may come from existing
holdings of cash or cash equivalents.
Shares
generally trade in the secondary market in amounts less than a Creation Unit.
Shares of the Funds trade under the trading symbol listed for each Fund in the
Fund Summaries section of the Prospectus.
The
Funds are listed on a national securities exchange, which is open for trading
Monday through Friday and is closed on weekends and the following holidays, as
observed: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good
Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Book
Entry
Shares
of the Funds are held in book-entry form, which means that no stock certificates
are issued. The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee is the record
owner of all outstanding Shares and is recognized as the owner of all Shares for
all purposes.
Investors
owning Shares are beneficial owners as shown on the records of DTC or its
participants. DTC serves as the securities depository for all Shares.
Participants include DTC, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust
companies, clearing corporations and other institutions that directly or
indirectly maintain a custodial relationship with DTC. As a beneficial owner of
Shares, you are not entitled to receive physical delivery of stock certificates
or to have Shares registered in your name, and you are not considered a
registered owner of Shares. Therefore, to exercise any rights as an owner of
Shares, you must rely upon the procedures of DTC and its participants. These
procedures are the same as those that apply to any securities that you hold in
book entry or “street name” form.
FREQUENT
TRADING
Unlike
frequent trading of shares of a traditional open-end mutual fund (i.e., not
exchange-traded shares), frequent trading of Shares on the secondary market does
not disrupt portfolio management, increase a Fund's trading costs, lead to
realization of capital gains, or otherwise harm Fund shareholders because these
trades do not involve a Fund directly. A few institutional investors are
authorized to purchase and redeem the Funds' Shares directly with the Funds.
When these trades are effected in-kind (i.e.,
for securities, and not for cash), they do not cause any of the harmful effects
(noted above) that may result from
frequent
cash trades. Moreover, each Fund imposes transaction fees on in-kind purchases
and redemptions of the Fund intended to cover the custodial and other costs
incurred by the Fund in effecting in-kind trades. These fees increase if an
investor substitutes cash in part or in whole for securities, reflecting the
fact that a Fund’s trading costs increase in those circumstances, although
transaction fees are subject to certain limits and therefore may not cover all
related costs incurred by a Fund. For these reasons, the Board of Trustees has
determined that it is not necessary to adopt policies and procedures to detect
and deter frequent trading and market-timing in Shares of the Funds.
DISTRIBUTION
AND SERVICE PLAN
The
Board of Trustees of the Trust has adopted a Distribution and Services Plan
(“Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the Plan, each Fund is
authorized to pay distribution fees in connection with the sale and distribution
of its Shares and pay service fees in connection with the provision of ongoing
services to shareholders of each class and the maintenance of shareholder
accounts in an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year.
No
Rule 12b-1 fees are currently paid by a Fund, and there are no current plans to
impose these fees. However, in the event Rule 12b-1 fees are charged in the
future, because these fees are paid out of each Fund’s assets on an ongoing
basis, these fees will increase the cost of your investment in a Fund. By
purchasing Shares subject to distribution fees and service fees, you may pay
more over time than you would by purchasing Shares with other types of sales
charge arrangements. Long-term shareholders may pay more than the economic
equivalent of the maximum front-end sales charge permitted by the rules of
FINRA. The net income attributable to Shares will be reduced by the amount of
distribution fees and service fees and other expenses of a Fund.
DIVIDENDS
AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends
from net investment income, including any net foreign currency gains, generally
are declared and paid at least annually and any net realized capital gains are
distributed at least annually. In order to improve tracking error or comply with
the distribution requirements of the Code, dividends may be declared and paid
more frequently than annually for a Fund.
Dividends
and other distributions on Shares are distributed on a pro rata basis to
beneficial owners of such Shares. Dividend payments are made through DTC
participants to beneficial owners then of record with proceeds received from a
Fund. Dividends and security gain distributions are distributed in U.S. dollars
and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional Shares.
No
dividend reinvestment service is provided by the Trust. Broker-dealers may make
available the DTC book-entry Dividend Reinvestment Service for use by beneficial
owners of a Fund for reinvestment of their dividend distributions. Beneficial
owners should contact their broker to determine the availability and costs of
the service and the details of participation therein. Brokers may require
beneficial owners to adhere to specific procedures and timetables. If this
service is available and used, dividend distributions of both income and
realized gains will be automatically reinvested in additional whole Shares
purchased in the secondary market.
TAXES
The
following is a summary of certain tax considerations that may be relevant to an
investor in a Fund. Except where otherwise indicated, the discussion relates to
investors who are individual United States citizens or residents and is based on
current tax law. You should consult your tax advisor for further information
regarding federal, state, local and/or foreign tax consequences relevant to your
specific situation.
Distributions.
Each Fund receives income and gains on its investments. The income, less
expenses incurred in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Fund's net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. Each Fund has elected
and intends to qualify as a RIC under the Code for federal tax purposes and to
distribute to shareholders substantially all of its net investment income and
net capital gain each year. Except as otherwise noted below, you will generally
be subject to federal income tax on a Fund’s distributions you receive. For
federal income tax purposes, Fund distributions attributable to short-term
capital gains and net investment income are taxable to you as ordinary income.
Distributions attributable to net capital gains (the excess of net long- term
capital gains over net short-term capital losses) of a Fund generally are
taxable to you as long-term capital gains. This is true no matter how long you
own your Shares or whether you take distributions in cash or additional Shares.
The maximum long-term capital gain rate applicable to individuals is 20%.
Distributions
of “qualifying dividends” will also generally be taxable to you at long-term
capital gain rates as long as certain requirements are met. In general, if 95%
or more of the gross income of a Fund (other than net capital gain) consists of
dividends
received from domestic corporations or “qualified” foreign corporations
(“qualifying dividends”), then all distributions received by individual
shareholders of a Fund will be treated as qualifying dividends. But if less than
95% of the gross income of a Fund (other than net capital gain) consists of
qualifying dividends, then distributions received by individual shareholders of
a Fund will be qualifying dividends only to the extent they are derived from
qualifying dividends earned by such Fund. For the lower rates to apply, you must
have owned your Shares for at least 61 days during the 121-day period beginning
on the date that is 60 days before such Fund’s ex-dividend date (and such Fund
will need to have met a similar holding period requirement with respect to the
Shares of the corporation paying the qualifying dividend). The amount of a
Fund’s distributions that qualify for this favorable treatment may be reduced as
a result of such Fund’s securities lending activities (if any), a high portfolio
turnover rate or investments in debt securities or “non-qualified” foreign
corporations. In addition, whether distributions received from foreign
corporations are qualifying dividends will depend on several factors including
the country of residence of the corporation making the distribution.
Accordingly, distributions from many of the Funds’ holdings may not be
qualifying dividends.
A
portion of distributions paid to shareholders that are corporations may also
qualify for the dividends-received deduction for corporations, subject to
certain holding period requirements and debt financing limitations. The amount
of the dividends qualifying for this deduction may, however, be reduced as a
result of such Fund’s securities lending activities, by a high portfolio
turnover rate or by investments in debt securities or foreign corporations.
Distributions
from a Fund will generally be taxable to you in the year in which they are paid,
with one exception. Dividends and distributions declared by a Fund in October,
November or December and paid in January of the following year are taxed as
though they were paid on December 31.
You
should note that if you buy Shares of a Fund shortly before it makes a
distribution, the distribution will be fully taxable to you even though, as an
economic matter, it simply represents a return of a portion of your investment.
This adverse tax result is known as “buying into a dividend.”
You
will be informed of the amount of your ordinary income dividends, qualifying
dividend income, and capital gain distributions at the time they are paid, and
you will be advised of the tax status for federal income tax purposes shortly
after the close of each calendar year. If you have not held Shares for a full
year, a Fund may designate and distribute to you, as ordinary income or capital
gain, a percentage of income that is not equal to the actual amount of such
income earned during the period of your investment in such Fund.
A
Fund’s investments in partnerships, including in partnerships defined as
Qualified Publicly Traded Partnerships for tax purposes, may result in such Fund
being subject to state, local or foreign income, franchise or withholding tax
liabilities.
Qualified
REIT Dividends.
Under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, “qualified REIT dividends” (i.e., ordinary
REIT dividends other than capital gain dividends and portions of REIT dividends
designated as qualified dividend income) are treated as eligible for a 20%
deduction by noncorporate taxpayers. This deduction, if allowed in full, equates
to a maximum effective tax rate of 29.6% (37% top rate applied to income after
20% deduction). A Fund may choose to report the special character of “qualified
REIT dividends”. A noncorporate shareholder receiving such dividends would treat
them as eligible for the 20% deduction, provided Fund shares were held by the
shareholder for more than 45 days during the 91-day period beginning on the date
that is 45 days before the date on which the shares become ex-dividend with
respect to such dividend). The amount of a RIC’s dividends eligible for the 20%
deduction for a taxable year is limited to the excess of the RIC’s qualified
REIT dividends for the taxable year over allocable expenses.
Excise
Tax Distribution Requirements.
Under the Code, a nondeductible excise tax of 4% is imposed on the excess of a
RIC’s “required distribution” for the calendar year ending within the RIC’s
taxable year over the “distributed amount” for such calendar year. The term
“required distribution” means the sum of (a) 98% of ordinary income (generally
net investment income) for the calendar year, (b) 98.2% of capital gain (both
long-term and short-term) for the one-year period ending on October 31 (or
December 31, if a Fund so elects), and (c) the sum of any untaxed, undistributed
net investment income and net capital gains of the RIC for prior periods. The
term “distributed amount” generally means the sum of (a) amounts actually
distributed by a Fund from its current year’s ordinary income and capital gain
net income and (b) any amount on which a Fund pays income tax for the taxable
year ending in the calendar year. Although each Fund intends to distribute its
net investment income and net capital gains so as to avoid excise tax liability,
a Fund may determine that it is in the interest of shareholders to distribute a
lesser amount. The Funds intend to declare and pay these amounts in December (or
in January, which must be treated by you as received in December) to avoid these
excise taxes but can give no assurances that their distributions will be
sufficient to eliminate all such taxes.
Foreign
Currencies.
Under the Code, gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates
which occur between the time a Fund accrues interest or other receivables or
accrues expenses or other liabilities denominated in a foreign currency, and the
time such Fund actually collects such receivables or pays such liabilities, are
treated as ordinary income or ordinary loss. Similarly, gains or losses from the
disposition of foreign currencies, from the disposition of debt securities
denominated in a foreign currency, or from the disposition of a forward foreign
currency contract which are attributable to fluctuations in the value of the
foreign currency between the date of acquisition of the asset and the date of
disposition also are treated as ordinary income or loss. These gains or losses,
referred to under the Code as “section 988” gains or losses, increase or
decrease the amount of a Fund’s investment company taxable income available to
be distributed to its shareholders as ordinary income, rather than increasing or
decreasing the amount of such Fund’s net capital gain.
Foreign
Taxes.
Each Fund will be subject to foreign withholding taxes with respect to certain
payments received from sources in foreign countries. If at the close of the
taxable year more than 50% in value of a Fund’s assets consists of stock in
foreign corporations, such Fund will be eligible to make an election to treat a
proportionate amount of those taxes as constituting a distribution to each
shareholder, which would allow you either (subject to certain limitations) (1)
to credit that proportionate amount of taxes against your U.S. Federal income
tax liability as a foreign tax credit or (2) to take that amount as an itemized
deduction. If a Fund is not eligible or chooses not to make this election, it
will be entitled to deduct such taxes in computing the amounts it is required to
distribute.
Sales
and Exchanges.
The sale of Shares is a taxable event on which a gain or loss is recognized. The
amount of gain or loss is based on the difference between your tax basis in
Shares and the amount you receive for them upon disposition. Generally, you will
recognize long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Shares for over
one year at the time you sell or exchange them. Gains and losses on Shares held
for one year or less will generally constitute short-term capital gains, except
that a loss on Shares held six months or less will be re-characterized as a
long-term capital loss to the extent of any long-term capital gain distributions
that you have received on the Shares. A loss realized on a sale or exchange of
Shares may be disallowed under the so-called “wash sale” rules to the extent the
Shares disposed of are replaced with other Shares of that same Fund within a
period of 61 days beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the Shares
are disposed of, such as pursuant to a dividend reinvestment in Shares of a
Fund. If disallowed, the loss will be reflected in an adjustment to the basis of
the Shares acquired.
Taxes
on Purchase and Redemption of Creation Units. An
Authorized Participant who exchanges equity securities for Creation Units
generally will recognize a gain or a loss. The gain or loss will be equal to the
difference between the market value of the Creation Units at the time of
purchase (plus any cash received by the Authorized Participant as part of the
issue) and the Authorized Participant’s aggregate basis in the securities
surrendered (plus any cash paid by the Authorized Participant as part of the
issue). An Authorized Participant who exchanges Creation Units for equity
securities generally will recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference
between the Authorized Participant’s basis in the Creation Units (plus any cash
paid by the Authorized Participant as part of the redemption) and the aggregate
market value of the securities received (plus any cash received by the
Authorized Participant as part of the redemption). The Internal Revenue Service
(the “IRS”), however, may assert that a loss realized upon an exchange of
securities for Creation Units cannot be deducted currently under the rules
governing “wash sales,” or on the basis that there has been no significant
change in economic position. Persons exchanging securities should consult their
own tax advisor with respect to whether the wash sale rules apply and when a
loss might be deductible. Under current federal tax laws, any capital gain or
loss realized upon redemption of Creation Units is generally treated as
long-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for more than one
year and as a short-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for
one year or less, assuming such Creation Units are held as a capital
asset.
IRAs
and Other Tax-Qualified Plans.
The one major exception to the preceding tax principles is that distributions
on, and sales, exchanges and redemptions of, Shares held in an IRA or other
tax-qualified plan are not currently taxable but may be taxable when funds are
withdrawn from the tax qualified plan, unless the Shares were purchased with
borrowed funds.
Medicare
Tax. An
additional 3.8% Medicare tax is imposed on certain net investment income
(including ordinary dividends and capital gain distributions received from a
Fund and net gains from redemptions or other taxable dispositions of Fund
Shares) of U.S. individuals, estates and trusts to the extent that such person’s
“modified adjusted gross income” (in the case of an individual) or “adjusted
gross income” (in the case of an estate or trust) exceeds a threshold amount.
This Medicare tax, if applicable, is reported by you on, and paid with, your
federal income tax return.
Backup
Withholding.
Each Fund will be required in certain cases to withhold and remit to the U.S.
Treasury backup withholding at the applicable rate on dividends and gross sales
proceeds paid to any shareholder (i) who has either provided an incorrect tax
identification number or no number at all, (ii) who is subject to backup
withholding by the IRS, or (iii) who has failed to certify to a Fund, when
required to do so, that he or she is not subject to backup withholding or is an
“exempt recipient.”
Cost
Basis Reporting.
Federal law requires that shareholders' cost basis, gain/loss, and holding
period be reported to the IRS and to shareholders on the Consolidated Form 1099s
when “covered” securities are sold. Covered securities are any RIC and/or
dividend reinvestment plan shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012.
For
those securities defined as "covered" under current IRS cost basis tax reporting
regulations, accurate cost basis and tax lot information must be maintained for
tax reporting purposes. This information is not required for Shares that are not
"covered." The Funds and their service providers do not provide tax advice. You
should consult independent sources, which may include a tax professional, with
respect to any decisions you may make with respect to choosing a tax lot
identification method. Shareholders should contact their financial
intermediaries with respect to reporting of cost basis and available elections
for their accounts.
State
and Local Taxes.
You may also be subject to state and local taxes on income and gain attributable
to your ownership of Shares. You should consult your tax advisor regarding the
tax status of distributions in your state and locality.
U.S.
Tax Treatment of Foreign Shareholders.
A non-U.S. shareholder generally will not be subject to U.S. withholding tax on
gain from the redemption of Shares or on capital gain dividends (i.e., dividends
attributable to long-term capital gains of a Fund) unless, in the case of a
shareholder who is a non-resident alien individual, the shareholder is present
in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year and certain
other conditions are met. Non-U.S. shareholders generally will be subject to
U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30% (or a lower treaty rate, if applicable) on
distributions by a Fund of net investment income, other ordinary income, and the
excess, if any, of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss
for the year, unless the distributions are effectively connected with a U.S.
trade or business of the shareholder. Exemptions from U.S. withholding tax are
provided for certain capital gain dividends paid by a Fund from net long-term
capital gains, if any, interest-related dividends paid by the Fund from its
qualified net interest income from U.S. sources and short-term capital gain
dividends, if such amounts are reported by the Fund. Non-U.S. shareholders are
subject to special U.S. tax certification requirements to avoid backup
withholding and claim any treaty benefits. Non-U.S. shareholders should consult
their tax advisors regarding the U.S. and foreign tax consequences of investing
in a Fund.
Other
Reporting and Withholding Requirements. Under
the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), a 30% withholding tax is
imposed on income dividends paid by a Fund to certain foreign entities, referred
to as foreign financial institutions or nonfinancial foreign entities, that fail
to comply (or be deemed compliant) with extensive reporting and withholding
requirements designed to inform the U.S. Department of the Treasury of
U.S.-owned foreign investment accounts. After December 31, 2018, FATCA
withholding also would have applied to certain capital gain distributions,
return of capital distributions and the proceeds arising from the sale of Fund
Shares; however, based on proposed regulations issued by the IRS, which may be
relied upon currently, such withholding is no longer required unless final
regulations provide otherwise (which is not expected). Information about a
shareholder in a Fund may be disclosed to the IRS, non-U.S. taxing authorities
or other parties as necessary to comply with FATCA. Withholding also may be
required if a foreign entity that is a shareholder of a Fund fails to provide
the appropriate certifications or other documentation concerning its status
under FATCA.
Consult
Your Tax Professional.
Your investment in a Fund could have additional tax consequences. You should
consult your tax professional for information regarding all tax consequences
applicable to your investments in a Fund. More tax information relating to the
Funds is also provided in the SAI. This short summary is not intended as a
substitute for careful tax planning.
DETERMINATION
OF NET ASSET VALUE
Each
Fund calculates its NAV as of the regularly scheduled close of business of the
New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day
that the NYSE is open for business, based on prices at the time of closing,
provided that any assets or liabilities denominated in currencies other than the
U.S. dollar shall be translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing market rates
on the date of valuation as quoted by one or more major banks or dealers that
make a two-way market in such currencies (or a data service provider based on
quotations received from such banks or dealers). The NAV of each Fund is
calculated by dividing the value of the net assets of such Fund (i.e., the value
of its total assets less total liabilities) by the total number of outstanding
Shares, generally rounded to the nearest cent. The price of Fund Shares is based
on market price, and because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than NAV,
Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a
discount).
In
calculating a Fund’s NAV, the Fund’s investments are generally valued using
market valuations. A market valuation generally means a valuation (i) obtained
from an exchange or a major market maker (or dealer), (ii) based on a price
quotation or other equivalent indication of value supplied by an exchange, a
pricing service, or a major market maker (or dealer), or (iii) based on
amortized cost, provided the amortized cost is approximately the value on
current sale of the security. In the case of
shares
of funds that are not traded on an exchange, a market valuation means such
fund’s published NAV per share. A Fund may use various pricing services or
discontinue the use of any pricing service.
In
the event that current market valuations are not readily available or such
valuations do not reflect current market values, the affected investments will
be valued using fair value pricing pursuant to the pricing policy and procedures
approved by the Board of Trustees. A price obtained from a pricing service based
on such pricing service's valuation matrix may be used to fair value a security.
The frequency with which a Fund’s investments are valued using fair value
pricing is primarily a function of the types of securities and other assets in
which the Fund invests pursuant to its investment objective, strategies and
limitations.
Investments
that may be valued using fair value pricing include, but are not limited to: (i)
an unlisted security related to corporate actions; (ii) a restricted security
(i.e., one that may not be publicly sold without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)); (iii) a security
whose trading has been suspended or which has been de-listed from its primary
trading exchange; (iv) a security that is thinly traded; (v) a security in
default or bankruptcy proceedings for which there is no current market
quotation; (vi) a security affected by currency controls or restrictions; and
(vii) a security affected by a significant event (i.e., an event that occurs
after the close of the markets on which the security is traded but before the
time as of which the Fund’s NAV is computed and that may materially affect the
value of the Fund’s investments). Examples of events that may be “significant
events” are government actions, natural disasters, armed conflict, acts of
terrorism, and significant market fluctuations.
Valuing
a Fund’s investments using fair value pricing will result in using prices for
those investments that may differ from current market valuations. Use of fair
value prices and certain current market valuations could result in a difference
between the prices used to calculate a Fund’s NAV and the prices used by the
Fund’s Underlying Index, which, in turn, could result in a difference between
the Fund’s performance and the performance of the Fund’s Underlying Index.
Because
foreign markets may be open on different days than the days during which a
shareholder may purchase Shares, the value of a Fund’s investments may change on
days when shareholders are not able to purchase Shares. Additionally, due to
varying holiday schedules, redemption requests made on certain dates may result
in a settlement period exceeding seven calendar days.
The
value of assets denominated in foreign currencies is converted into U.S. dollars
using exchange rates deemed appropriate by the Adviser. Any use of a different
rate from the rates used by each Index Provider may adversely affect a Fund’s
ability to track its Underlying Index.
The
right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment postponed with
respect to a Fund (1) for any period during which the NYSE or listing exchange
is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings), (2) for any
period during which trading on the NYSE or listing exchange is suspended or
restricted, (3) for any period during which an emergency exists as a result of
which disposal of the Fund’s portfolio securities or determination of its NAV is
not reasonably practicable, or (4) in such other circumstances as the SEC
permits.
Subject
to oversight by the Board of Trustees, the Adviser, as “valuation designee,”
performs fair value determinations of Fund investments. In addition, the
Adviser, as the valuation designee, is responsible for periodically assessing
any material risks associated with the determination of the fair value of a
Fund's investments; establishing and applying fair value methodologies; testing
the appropriateness of fair value methodologies; and overseeing and evaluating
third-party pricing services. The Adviser has established a fair value committee
to assist with its designated responsibilities as valuation
designee.
PREMIUM/DISCOUNT
AND SHARE INFORMATION
Once
available, information regarding how often the Shares of each Fund traded on the
national securities exchanges at a price above (i.e., at a premium to) or below
(i.e., at a discount to) the NAV of the Fund, the Fund's per share NAV, and the
median bid-ask spread of the Shares can be found at www.globalxetfs.com.
TOTAL
RETURN INFORMATION
Each
Fund, except for the Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF,
had commenced operations as of the most recent fiscal year end.
The
tables that follow present information about the total returns of each
operational Fund's Underlying Index and the total returns of each such Fund. The
information presented for each Fund is as of the most recent fiscal year ended
October 31, 2023.
“Annualized
Total Returns” or "Cumulative Total Returns" represent the total change in value
of an investment over the periods indicated.
Each
Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in
accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund Shares. The NAV
return is based on the NAV of each Fund and the market return is based on the
market prices of the Fund. The price used to calculate market prices is
determined by using the midpoint between the bid and the ask on the primary
stock exchange on which Shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the
time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that
dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at
market prices and NAV, respectively.
An
index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or
sector. Unlike a Fund, an Underlying Index does not actually hold a portfolio of
securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These
expenses negatively impact the performance of a Fund. Also, market returns do
not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market
transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be
lower. The returns shown in the tables below do not reflect the deduction of
taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or
sale of Fund Shares. The investment return and principal value of Shares of a
Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of a Fund may be worth
more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the
market. A Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Annualized
Total Returns
Inception
to 10/31/23
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NAV |
MARKET |
UNDERLYING
INDEX |
Global
X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF1 |
4.58% |
4.65% |
5.06% |
Global
X SuperDividend®
ETF2 |
(2.28)% |
(2.27)% |
(2.60)% |
Global
X Social Media ETF3 |
7.62% |
7.61% |
8.19% |
Global
X Guru®
Index ETF4 |
8.68% |
8.67% |
8.94% |
Global
X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF5 |
1.31% |
1.44% |
1.88% |
Global
X SuperDividend®
U.S. ETF6 |
2.23% |
2.29% |
2.79% |
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend®
Emerging
Markets ETF7* |
(1.39)% |
(1.42)% |
(0.27)% |
Global
X SuperDividend®
REIT ETF8 |
(2.37)% |
(2.37)% |
(1.85)% |
Global
X Renewable Energy Producers ETF9** |
(2.51)% |
(2.58)% |
(2.15)% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Catholic Values ETF10 |
11.20% |
11.20% |
11.16% |
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend®
EAFE ETF11 |
3.64% |
3.51% |
4.11% |
Global
X E-commerce ETF12 |
2.87% |
2.88% |
3.32% |
Global
X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF13 |
3.39% |
3.74% |
3.69% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Tail Risk ETF14 |
(3.72)% |
(3.74)% |
(3.11)% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Collar 95-110 ETF15 |
(2.99)% |
(3.03)% |
(2.54)% |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk ETF16 |
(3.49)% |
(3.49)% |
(3.02)% |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF17 |
(2.43)% |
(2.47)% |
(1.97)% |
Global
X Disruptive Materials ETF18 |
(23.95)% |
(23.92)% |
(23.64)% |
1 For
the period since inception on 07/22/10 to 10/31/23
2 For
the period since inception on 06/08/11 to 10/31/23
3 For
the period since inception on 11/14/11 to 10/31/23
4 For
the period since inception on 06/04/12 to 10/31/23
5 For
the period since inception on 07/16/12 to 10/31/23
6 For
the period since inception on 03/11/13 to 10/31/23
7 For
the period since inception on 03/16/15 to 10/31/23
8 For
the period since inception on 03/16/15 to 10/31/23
9 For
the period since inception on 05/27/15 to 10/31/23
10 For
the period since inception on 04/18/16 to 10/31/23
11 For
the period since inception on 11/14/16 to 10/31/23
12 For
the period since inception on 11/27/18 to 10/31/23
13 For
the period since inception on 06/22/20 to 10/31/23
14
For the period since inception on 08/25/21 to 10/31/23
15
For
the period since inception on 08/25/21 to 10/31/23
16
For
the period since inception on 08/25/21 to 10/31/23
17
For
the period since inception on 08/25/21 to 10/31/23
18
For the period since inception on 01/24/22 to 10/31/23
*
Hybrid index performance reflects the performance of the Indxx
SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets Index through November 15, 2016 and the MSCI Emerging Markets
Top 50 Dividend Index thereafter.
**
Hybrid index performance reflects the performance of the Indxx Global YieldCo
Index through November 18, 2018 and the Indxx YieldCo & Renewable Energy
Income Index thereafter.
Cumulative
Total Returns
Inception
to 10/31/23
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| NAV |
MARKET |
UNDERLYING
INDEX |
Global
X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF1 |
81.22% |
82.81% |
92.78% |
Global
X SuperDividend®
ETF2 |
(24.87)% |
(24.81)% |
(27.85)% |
Global
X Social Media ETF3 |
140.87% |
140.46% |
156.44% |
Global
X Guru®
Index ETF4 |
158.51% |
158.33% |
165.61% |
Global
X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF5 |
15.86% |
17.58% |
23.47% |
Global
X SuperDividend®
U.S. ETF6 |
26.43% |
27.29% |
33.99% |
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend®
Emerging
Markets ETF7* |
(11.36)% |
(11.64)% |
(2.30)% |
Global
X SuperDividend®
REIT ETF8 |
(18.71)% |
(18.69)% |
(14.87)% |
Global
X Renewable Energy Producers ETF9** |
(19.29)% |
(19.80)% |
(16.74)% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Catholic Values ETF10 |
122.61% |
122.69% |
122.01% |
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend®
EAFE ETF11 |
28.29% |
27.17% |
32.35% |
Global
X E-commerce ETF12 |
14.97% |
15.04% |
17.45% |
Global
X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF13 |
11.84% |
13.14% |
12.92% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Tail Risk ETF14 |
(7.95)% |
(7.98)% |
(6.66)% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Collar 95-110 ETF15 |
(6.42)% |
(6.50)% |
(5.46)% |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk ETF16 |
(7.46)% |
(7.46)% |
(6.48)% |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF17 |
(5.24)% |
(5.32)% |
(4.25)% |
Global
X Disruptive Materials ETF18 |
(38.35)% |
(38.31)% |
(37.91)% |
1 For
the period since inception on 07/22/10 to 10/31/23
2 For
the period since inception on 06/08/11 to 10/31/23
3 For
the period since inception on 11/14/11 to 10/31/23
4 For
the period since inception on 06/04/12 to 10/31/23
5 For
the period since inception on 07/16/12 to 10/31/23
6 For
the period since inception on 03/11/13 to 10/31/23
7 For
the period since inception on 03/16/15 to 10/31/23
8 For
the period since inception on 03/16/15 to 10/31/23
9 For
the period since inception on 05/27/15 to 10/31/23
10 For
the period since inception on 04/18/16 to 10/31/23
11 For
the period since inception on 11/14/16 to 10/31/23
12 For
the period since inception on 11/27/18 to 10/31/23
13 For
the period since inception on 06/22/20 to 10/31/23
14
For the period since inception on 08/25/21 to 10/31/23
15
For
the period since inception on 08/25/21 to 10/31/23
16
For
the period since inception on 08/25/21 to 10/31/23
17
For
the period since inception on 08/25/21 to 10/31/23
18
For the period since inception on 01/24/22 to 10/31/23
*
Hybrid index performance reflects the performance of the Indxx
SuperDividend®
Emerging Markets Index through November 15, 2016 and the MSCI Emerging Markets
Top 50 Dividend Index thereafter.
**
Hybrid index performance reflects the performance of the Indxx Global YieldCo
Index through November 18, 2018 and the Indxx YieldCo & Renewable Energy
Income Index thereafter.
INFORMATION
REGARDING THE INDICES AND THE INDEX PROVIDERS
Solactive
Global Lithium Index
The
Solactive Global Lithium Index tracks the performance of the largest and most
liquid listed companies that are active in the exploration and/or mining of
Lithium or the production of Lithium batteries. The Index is calculated as a
total return index in USD and adjusted semi-annually. The stocks are screened
for liquidity and weighted according to modified free-float market
capitalization. A specific capping methodology is used at the time of the
semi-annual index review to seek to assure compliance with the rules governing
the listing of financial products on exchanges in the United States. The Index
is maintained by Solactive AG.
Solactive
Global SuperDividend®
Index
The
Solactive Global SuperDividend®
Index tracks the equity performance of 100 equally weighted companies that rank
among the highest dividend yielding equity securities in the world. The Index
Provider applies certain dividend stability filters. The index is maintained by
Solactive AG.
Solactive
Social Media Total Return Index
The
Solactive Social Media Total Return Index is designed to reflect the equity
performance of companies involved in the social media industry, including
companies that provide social networking, file sharing, and other web-based
media applications. The stocks are screened for liquidity and weighted according
to modified free-float market capitalization. The Underlying Index is maintained
by Solactive AG.
Solactive
Guru Index
The
Solactive Guru Index is comprised of the top U.S. listed equity positions
reported on Form 13F by a select group of entities that Solactive AG
characterizes as hedge funds. Hedge funds are selected from a pool of thousands
of privately offered pooled investment vehicles based on the size of their
reported equity holdings and the efficacy of replicating their publicly
disclosed positions. Hedge funds must have minimum reported holdings of $500
million in their Form 13F to be considered for the index. Additional filters are
applied to eliminate hedge funds that have high turnover rates for equity
holdings. Only hedge funds with concentrated top holdings are included in the
selection process.
Once
the hedge fund pool has been determined, the Index Provider utilizes Form 13F
filings to compile the top stock holding from each of these hedge funds. The
Underlying Index is calculated as a total return index and adjusted quarterly.
The stocks are screened for liquidity and equal weighted. The Underlying Index
is maintained by Solactive AG.
Global
X U.S. High Yield Preferred Index
The
Global X U.S. High Yield Preferred Index is owned and was developed by Global X
Management Company LLC, the index provider, which is an affiliate of the Fund
and is also the Adviser. As is the case with any use of an affiliated index
provider by any ETF, this relationship poses potential conflicts. However,
Global X Management Company LLC, as a registered investment adviser, has taken
steps that are designed to ensure that these potential conflicts are mitigated.
The Global X U.S. High Yield Preferred Index tracks the performance of the
highest-yielding preferred securities in the United States, as determined by
Solactive AG, the administrator of the Global X U.S. High Yield Preferred Index.
The Global X U.S. High Yield Preferred Index is comprised of preferred stocks
that meet certain criteria relating to size, liquidity, issuer concentration and
rating, maturity and other requirements, as determined by the Index
Administrator. The Global X U.S. High Yield Preferred Stock Index does not seek
to directly reflect the performance of the companies issuing the preferred
stock.
Indxx
SuperDividend®
U.S. Low Volatility Index
The
Underlying Index is maintained by Indxx, LLC. The Underlying Index tracks the
performance of 50 equally weighted common stocks, MLPs and REITs that rank among
the highest dividend yielding equity securities in the United States, as defined
by Indxx, LLC. The components of the Underlying Index have paid dividends
consistently over the last two years. The Underlying Index is comprised of
securities that Indxx, LLC determines to have lower relative volatility (i.e.,
low beta) than the market.
MSCI
Emerging Markets Top 50 Dividend Index
The
MSCI Emerging Markets Top 50 Dividend Index tracks the performance of 50
equally-weighted companies that rank among the highest dividend yielding equity
securities in Emerging Markets, as defined by MSCI. The Underlying Index may
include components from the following countries: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia,
Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Kuwait,
Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,
Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. The MSCI Emerging Markets Top
50 Dividend Index begins with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which is a
capitalization-weighted index, as its starting universe, and then follows a
rules-based methodology that is designed to select among the highest dividend
yielding equity securities of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The MSCI Emerging
Markets Top 50 Dividend Index is equal weighted and rebalanced
annually.
Solactive
Global SuperDividend®
REIT Index
The
Solactive Global SuperDividend®
REIT Index tracks the performance of REITs that rank among the highest yielding
REITs globally, as determined by the Index Provider. The Underlying Index is
maintained by Solactive AG.
Indxx
Renewable Energy Producers Index
The
Indxx Renewable Energy Producers Index is designed to provide exposure to
publicly traded companies that produce energy from renewable sources including
wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biofuels (including publicly traded
companies that are formed to own operating assets that produce defined cash
flows (“YieldCos”)) (collectively, "Renewable Energy Companies"), as defined by
Indxx LLC, the index provider.
In
constructing the Indxx Renewable Energy Producers Index, Indxx LLC first
identifies FactSet Industries related to renewable energy production. Companies
within these industries, as of the selection date, are further reviewed by Indxx
LLC on the basis of revenue related to renewable energy production. To be
eligible for the Indxx Renewable Energy Producers Index, a company is considered
by Indxx LLC to be a Renewable Energy Company if the company generates at least
50% of its revenues from renewable energy production, as determined by Indxx
LLC. Indxx LLC classifies Renewable Energy Companies as those companies that
produce energy from renewable sources, including: wind, solar, hydroelectric,
geothermal, and biofuels (including YieldCos), as determined by Indxx
LLC.
S&P
500®
Catholic Values Index
The
S&P 500®
Catholic
Values Index is designed to provide exposure to U.S. equity securities included
in the S&P 500®
Index while maintaining alignment with the moral and social teachings of the
Catholic Church. The Underlying Index is based on the S&P 500®
Index, and generally comprises approximately 500 or less U.S. listed common
stocks. All index constituents are members of the S&P 500®
Index and follow the eligibility criteria for that index. From this starting
universe, constituents are screened to exclude companies involved in activities
which are perceived to be inconsistent with Catholic values as outlined in the
Socially Responsible Investment Guidelines of the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops ("USCCB"). As of September 18th, 2023, the activities screened
for constituents’ exclusion by the S&P 500®
Catholic Values Index included Abortion, Contraceptives, Human Embryonic Stem
Cells, Adult Entertainment, Controversial Weapons, Military Contracting,
Gambling, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Child Labor. The Underlying Index then
reweights the remaining constituents so that the Underlying Index's sector
exposures matches the sector exposures of the S&P 500®
Index. The Underlying Index is sponsored by Standard & Poor's Financial
Services LLC (the "Index Provider"), which is an organization that is
independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management Company
LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The Index Provider
determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and
publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index. As of
December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index had 436 constituents. The Fund's
investment objective and Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder
approval.
MSCI
EAFE Top 50 Dividend Index
The
MSCI EAFE Top 50 Dividend Index tracks the performance of 50 equally-weighted
companies that rank among the highest dividend yielding equity securities in
Europe, Australasia and the Far East, as defined by MSCI. The MSCI EAFE Top 50
Dividend Index begins with the MSCI EAFE Index, which is a
capitalization-weighted index, and then follows a rules-based methodology that
is designed to select among the highest dividend yielding equity securities of
the MSCI EAFE Index. The MSCI EAFE Top 50 Dividend Index is equal weighted and
rebalanced annually. As of December 31, 2023, components from the following
developed market countries were eligible for inclusion in the MSCI EAFE Top 50
Dividend Index: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United
Kingdom. The MSCI EAFE Top 50 Dividend Index may include large-, mid- or
small-capitalization companies. The MSCI EAFE Top 50 Dividend Index primarily
includes
components from the following sectors: Consumer Discretionary, Energy,
Financials, Materials, Real Estate, Telecommunication Services, and Utilities.
The components of the MSCI EAFE Top 50 Dividend Index, and the degree to which
these components represent certain industries, are likely to change over time.
Solactive
E-commerce Index
The
Solactive E-commerce Index is designed to provide exposure to exchange-listed
companies that are positioned to benefit from the increased adoption of
e-commerce as a distribution model, including but not limited to companies whose
principal business is in operating e-commerce platforms, providing e-commerce
software and services, and/or selling goods and services online (collectively,
"E-commerce Companies"), as defined by Solactive AG, the provider of the
Solactive E-commerce Index ("Index Provider").
In
constructing the Solactive E-commerce Index, the Index Provider first applies a
proprietary natural language processing algorithm to the eligible universe,
which seeks to identify and rank companies with direct exposure to the
e-commerce industry based on filings, disclosures and other public information
(e.g. regulatory filings, earnings transcripts, etc.). Companies identified by
the natural language processing algorithm, as of the selection date, are further
reviewed by the Index Provider on the basis of revenue related to e-commerce
activities. To be eligible for the Solactive E-commerce Index, a company is
considered by the Index Provider to be an E-commerce Company if the company
generates at least 50% of its revenues from e-commerce activities, as determined
by the Index Provider. E-commerce Companies are those companies that (i) operate
e-commerce platforms that connect buyers and sellers of goods and services via
online marketplaces, (ii) provide e-commerce software, analytics or services
that facilitate the development and enhancement of e-commerce platforms, and/or
(iii) primarily sell goods and services online and generate the majority of
their overall revenue from online retail, as determined by the Index
Provider.
To
be a part of the eligible universe of the Solactive E-commerce Index, certain
minimum market capitalization and liquidity criteria, as defined by the Index
Provider, must be met. As of December 31, 2023, companies must have a
minimum market capitalization of $200 million and a minimum average daily
turnover for the last 6 months greater than or equal to $2 million in order to
be eligible for inclusion in the Solactive E-commerce Index and must retain a
minimum average daily turnover for the last 6 months greater than or equal to
$1.4 million in order to be eligible to remain in the Solactive E-commerce
Index. As of December 31, 2023, companies listed in the following countries
were eligible for inclusion in the Solactive E-commerce Index: Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey,
United Kingdom and the United States.
The
Solactive E-commerce Index is weighted according to a modified capitalization
weighting methodology and is reconstituted and re-weighted semi-annually, with
each included security being allocated a maximum weight of 4% and a minimum
weight of 0.3% in connection with each semi-annual rebalance. Modified
capitalization weighting seeks to weight constituents primarily based on market
capitalization, but subject to caps on the weights of the individual securities.
Generally speaking, this approach will limit the amount of concentration in the
largest market capitalization companies and increase company-level
diversification. The Solactive E-commerce Index may include large-, mid- or
small-capitalization companies, and components primarily include information
technology and consumer discretionary companies.
S&P
Developed Ex-U.S. Catholic Values Index
The
S&P Developed ex-U.S. Catholic Values Index is designed to provide exposure
to developed market equity securities outside the U.S. while maintaining
alignment with the moral and social teachings of the Catholic Church. The
S&P Developed ex-U.S. Catholic Values Index is based on the S&P EPAC
ex-Korea Large Cap Index, a benchmark index that provides exposure to the large
capitalization segment of developed markets within the Europe and Asia Pacific
regions, excluding Korea. The S&P EPAC ex-Korea Large Cap Index does not
target any specific sector exposure. All index constituents are members of the
S&P EPAC ex-Korea Large Cap Index and follow the eligibility criteria for
that index. From this starting universe, constituents are screened to exclude
companies involved in activities which are perceived to be inconsistent with
Catholic values as outlined in the Socially Responsible Investment Guidelines of
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ("USCCB"). As of September
18th, 2023, the activities screened for constituents’ exclusion by the S&P
EPAC ex-Korea Large Cap Index included Abortion, Contraceptives, Human Embryonic
Stem Cells, Adult Entertainment, Controversial Weapons, Military Contracting,
Gambling, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Child Labor. The S&P Developed ex-U.S.
Catholic Values Index then reweights the remaining constituents so that the
Underlying Index’s sector exposures match the current sector exposures of the
S&P EPAC ex-Korea Large Cap Index. The Underlying Index is sponsored by
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (the "Index Provider"), which is an
organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global
X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). The
Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the
securities
in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the market value of
the Underlying Index. As of December 31, 2023, the Underlying Index had 406
constituents. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be
changed without shareholder approval.
Cboe
S&P 500 Tail Risk Index
The
Cboe S&P 500 Tail Risk Index measures the performance of a risk management
strategy that holds the underlying stocks of the S&P 500®
Index and applies a protective put strategy (i.e. long (purchased) put options)
on the S&P 500®
Index. The Cboe S&P 500 Tail Risk Index specifically reflects the
performance of the component securities of the S&P 500®
Index, combined with a long position in 10% out-of-the-money (“OTM”) put options
that correspond to the value of the portfolio of stocks in the S&P
500®
Index.
On
a quarterly basis, the Cboe S&P 500 Tail Risk Index will take long positions
in quarterly put options with an exercise price generally at 10% below the
prevailing market price of the S&P 500®
Index. However, if put options with that precise strike price are unavailable,
the Cboe S&P 500 Tail Risk Index will instead select the put option with the
strike price closest to but greater than 10% below the prevailing market price
of the S&P 500®
Index. Each option position will (i) be traded on a national securities
exchange; (ii) be held until the expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of
maturity (in the next calendar quarter); (iv) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
S&P 500®
Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index containing equity
securities of 500 industrial, information technology, utility and financial
companies amongst other GICS®
sectors, regarded as generally representative of the U.S. stock market. A
float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index weights each index component
according to its market capitalization, using the number of shares that are
readily available for purchase on the open market.
Cboe
S&P 500 3-Month Collar 95-110 Index
The
Cboe S&P 500 3-Month Collar 95-110 Index measures the performance of a risk
management strategy that holds the underlying stocks of the S&P
500®
Index and applies an options collar strategy (i.e., a mix of short (sold) call
options and long (purchased) put options) on the S&P 500®
Index. The Cboe S&P 500 3-Month Collar 95-110 Index specifically reflects
the performance of the component securities of the S&P 500®
Index, combined with a long position in 5% out-of-the money (“OTM”) put options
and a short position in 10% OTM call options, each corresponding to the value of
the portfolio of stocks in the S&P 500®
Index.
On
a quarterly basis, the Cboe S&P 500 3-Month Collar 95-110 Index will take
long positions in quarterly put options with an exercise price generally at 5%
below the prevailing market price of the S&P 500®
Index and take short positions in quarterly call options with an exercise price
generally at 10% above the prevailing market price of the S&P
500®
Index. However, if put and/or call options with those precise strike prices are
unavailable, the Cboe S&P 500 3-Month Collar 95-110 Index will instead
select the put option with the strike price closest to but greater than 5% below
the prevailing market price of the S&P 500®
Index, and call options with the strike price closest to but greater than 10%
above the prevailing market price of the S&P 500®
Index. Each option position will (i) be traded on a national securities
exchange; (ii) be held until the expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of
maturity (in the next calendar quarter); (iv) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
S&P 500®
Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index containing equity
securities of 500 industrial, information technology, utility and financial
companies amongst other GICS®
sectors,
regarded as generally representative of the U.S. stock market. A float-adjusted
market capitalization weighted index weights each index component according to
its market capitalization, using the number of shares that are readily available
for purchase on the open market.
Nasdaq-100
Quarterly Protective Put 90 Index
The
Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Protective Put 90 Index measures the performance of a risk
management strategy that holds the underlying stocks of the NASDAQ
100®
Index
and applies a protective put strategy (i.e. long (purchased) put options) on the
NASDAQ 100®
Index. The Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Protective Put 90 Index specifically reflects
the performance of the component securities of the NASDAQ 100®
Index, combined with a long position in 10% out-of-the-money (“OTM”) put options
that correspond to the value of the portfolio of stocks in the NASDAQ
100®
Index. On a quarterly basis, the Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Protective Put 90 Index
will take long positions in quarterly put options with an exercise price
generally at 10% below the prevailing market price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index. However, if put options with that precise strike price are unavailable,
the Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Protective Put 90 Index will instead select the put
option with the strike price closest to but greater than 10% below the
prevailing market price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index. Each option position will (i) be traded
on
a national securities exchange; (ii) be held until the expiration date; (iii)
expire on its date of maturity (in the next calendar quarter); (iv) only be
subject to exercise on its expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
NASDAQ 100®
Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index containing equity
securities of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ Stock
Market. Modified capitalization weighting seeks to weight constituents primarily
based on market capitalization, but subject to caps on the weights of the
individual securities. Generally speaking, this approach will limit the amount
of concentration in the largest market capitalization companies and increase
company-level diversification.
The
Underlying Index administered by Nasdaq, Inc. in conjunction with its third
party contributor, Volos Portfolio Solutions, LLC., which are organizations that
are independent of the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment
adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). Nasdaq determines the relative weightings of
the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the
value of the Underlying Index.
Nasdaq-100
Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index
The
Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index measures the performance of a risk
management strategy that holds the underlying stocks of the NASDAQ
100®
Index
and applies an options collar strategy (i.e., a mix of short (sold) call options
and long (purchased) put options) on the NASDAQ 100®
Index. The Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index specifically reflects the
performance of the component securities of the NASDAQ 100®
Index, combined with a long position in 5% out-of-the money (“OTM”) put options
and a short position in 10% OTM call options, each corresponding to the value of
the portfolio of stocks in the NASDAQ 100®
Index.
On
a quarterly basis, the Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index will take long
positions in quarterly put options with an exercise price generally at 5% below
the prevailing market price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index and take short positions in quarterly call options with an exercise price
generally at 10% above the prevailing market price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index. However, if put and/or call options with those precise strike prices are
unavailable, the Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index will instead select
the put option with the strike price closest to 5% below the prevailing market
price of the NASDAQ ®
Index, and call options with the strike price closest to 10% above the
prevailing market price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index. Each option position will (i) be traded on a national securities
exchange; (ii) be held until the expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of
maturity (in the next calendar quarter); (iv) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
NASDAQ 100®
Index
is a modified market capitalization weighted index containing equity securities
of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
Modified capitalization weighting seeks to weight constituents primarily based
on market capitalization, but subject to caps on the weights of the individual
securities. Generally speaking, this approach will limit the amount of
concentration in the largest market capitalization companies and increase
company-level diversification.
The
Underlying Index administered by Nasdaq, Inc. in conjunction with its third
party contributor, Volos Portfolio Solutions, LLC., which are organizations that
are independent of the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment
adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). Nasdaq determines the relative weightings of
the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the
value of the Underlying Index.
Solactive
Disruptive Materials Index
The
Solactive Disruptive Materials Index is designed to provide exposure to
companies that produce metals and other raw or composite materials that have
been identified as being essential to disruptive technologies such as lithium
batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, fuel cells, robotics, and 3D printers.
Each material has been determined by Solactive AG, the provider of the Solactive
Disruptive Materials Index (the “Index Provider”) to be instrumental to the
development and materialization of one or more disruptive technologies.
Disruptive technologies refer to those technologies that are essential to the
development and materialization of long-term, structural changes to existing
products, services, industries, or sectors. Specifically, the Solactive
Disruptive Materials Index will include securities issued by “Disruptive
Materials Companies” as defined by Solactive AG. Disruptive Materials Companies
are those companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues in aggregate from
the exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of one or more of the
following ten materials categories: Carbon Fiber, Cobalt, Copper, Graphene &
Graphite, Lithium, Manganese, Nickel, Platinum & Palladium, Rare Earth
Elements, and Zinc (collectively, “Disruptive Materials Categories”). Companies
engaged in exploration and mining include those companies involved in locating
and extracting disruptive materials. Companies engaged in production include
those companies involved in manufacturing, processing, and trading disruptive
materials for primary usage. Companies engaged in enhancement include
those
companies involved in refining, developing, and/or smelting materials to extract
and purify disruptive materials. As of December 31, 2023, the Solactive
Disruptive Materials Index had 50 constituents.
For
the Lithium category, companies that derive greater than 25% but less than 50%
of revenue from the production and/or processing of lithium are also eligible
for inclusion (collectively, “Diversified Lithium Companies”). In addition,
companies with primary business operations in the exploration, mining,
production and/or enhancement of one or more of the Disruptive Materials
Categories, but which are not currently generating revenue, are also eligible
for inclusion (collectively, “Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials Companies”). To
determine whether a company has primary business operations in the exploration,
mining, production and/or enhancement of one or more of the Disruptive Materials
Categories, Solactive AG reviews the public financial disclosures and filings of
the company, and identifies the products and business segments disclosed
therein. Solactive AG then reviews the management discussion and analysis, as
well as the level of investment the company allocates to those products and
segments, to determine whether those business operations are the primary
operations of the company.
In
constructing the Solactive Disruptive Materials Index, Solactive AG applies a
proprietary natural language processing algorithm to the eligible universe,
which seeks to identify and rank companies involved in each of the Disruptive
Materials Categories based on filings, disclosures, and other public information
(e.g., regulatory filings, earnings transcripts, etc.). The highest-ranking
companies identified by the natural language processing algorithm in each
Disruptive Materials Category, as of the selection date, are further reviewed by
Solactive AG to confirm they derive at least 50% of their revenues from one of
the Disruptive Materials Categories as described above, derive between 25% and
50% of their revenues from the Lithium category in the case of Diversified
Lithium Companies, or
have
primary business operations in the exploration, mining, production and/or
enhancement of one or more of the Disruptive Materials Categories but do not
currently generate revenues in the case of Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials
Companies. The five highest-ranking Disruptive Materials Companies and
Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials Companies according to free float market
capitalization from each Disruptive Materials Category are included in the
Solactive Disruptive Materials Index. For the Lithium category, the five
highest-ranking Disruptive Materials Companies, Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials
Companies and Diversified Lithium Companies according to free float market
capitalization are included.
If
fewer than five companies are identified that satisfy the above criteria within
a Disruptive Materials Category, all eligible companies are selected, and the
category consists of fewer than five companies.
To
be a part of the eligible universe of the Solactive Disruptive Materials Index,
companies must be classified in one of the following Economies according to
FactSet (a leading financial data provider that maintains a comprehensive
structured taxonomy designed to offer precise classification of global companies
and their individual business units): Basic Materials, Industrials, or
Technology. In addition, certain minimum market capitalization and liquidity
criteria, as defined by Solactive AG, must be met. As of December 31, 2023,
companies must have a minimum market capitalization of $100 million and a
minimum average daily turnover for the last 6 months greater than or equal to $1
million in order to be eligible for inclusion in the Solactive Disruptive
Materials Index. As of December 31, 2023, companies listed in the following
countries were eligible for inclusion in the Solactive Disruptive Materials
Index: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong,
Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and the United Arab
Emirates. As of December 31, 2023, the Solactive Disruptive Materials Index
had significant exposure to Chinese issuers. The Fund may invest in China
A-Shares, which are issued by companies incorporated in mainland China and
traded on Chinese exchanges. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers
located in emerging markets.
The
Solactive Disruptive Materials Index is weighted according to a modified
capitalization weighting methodology and is reconstituted and re-weighted
semi-annually. Modified capitalization weighting seeks to weight constituents
primarily based on market capitalization, but subject to caps on the weights of
the individual securities. During each rebalance, the maximum weight of a
company is capped at 4%, and all constituents are subject to a minimum weight of
0.3%. In addition, Diversified Lithium Companies and Pre-Revenue Disruptive
Materials Companies are subject to an aggregate weight cap of 10% at each
semi-annual rebalance. Generally speaking, modified capitalization weighting
will limit the amount of concentration in the largest market capitalization
companies and increase company-level diversification. The Solactive Disruptive
Materials Index may include large-, mid-, small-, or micro-capitalization
companies, and components primarily include materials companies.
S&P
U.S. Catholic Values Aggregate Bond Capped Index
The
S&P U.S. Catholic Values Aggregate Bond Capped Index is designed to provide
exposure to U.S. investment grade bonds while maintaining alignment with the
moral and social teachings of the Catholic Church. The S&P U.S. Catholic
Values Aggregate Bond Capped Index includes investment grade U.S. Treasury
bonds, U.S. government-related bonds, U.S. corporate bonds, and U.S.
mortgage-backed securities. All corporate bonds included in the S&P U.S.
Catholic Values Aggregate Bond
Capped
Index are investment grade bonds issued by constituents of the S&P 500
Index, and the issuers follow the eligibility criteria for that index.
Investment grade corporate bonds are those rated BBB- or better by S&P
Global Ratings, Baa3 or better by Moody's Investors Service, and BBB- or better
by Fitch Ratings. From this starting universe, corporate bond issuers are
screened to exclude companies involved in activities which are perceived to be
inconsistent with Catholic values as outlined in the Socially Responsible
Investment Guidelines of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
("USCCB"). The S&P U.S. Catholic Values Aggregate Bond Capped Index
reweights the remaining corporate bonds so that the S&P U.S. Catholic Values
Aggregate Bond Capped Index’s exposure to corporate bonds matches the aggregate
exposure to corporate bonds of the S&P U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The
S&P U.S. Catholic Values Aggregate Bond Capped Index then reweights the
sector exposure of the qualifying corporate bonds to match the sector exposure
of corporate bonds of the S&P U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The S&P U.S.
Aggregate Bond Index is designed to measure the performance of publicly issued
U.S. dollar denominated investment-grade debt and is weighted based on market
value. The S&P U.S. Aggregate Bond Index includes U.S. treasuries,
quasi-governments, corporates, taxable municipal bonds, foreign agency,
supranational, federal agency, and non-U.S. debentures, covered bonds, and
residential mortgage pass-throughs. The S&P U.S. Catholic Values Aggregate
Bond Capped Index is sponsored by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC,
which is an organization that is independent of the Fund and the Adviser.
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC determines the relative weightings
of the securities in the S&P U.S. Catholic Values Aggregate Bond Capped
Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the S&P U.S.
Catholic Values Aggregate Bond Capped Index. As of December 31, 2023, the
S&P U.S. Catholic Values Aggregate Bond Capped Index had 6216 constituents.
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Tail Risk ETF and the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF or any member of the public regarding the advisability of
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CBOE®,
NASDAQ-100®
and NASDAQ-100 Index®
and
certain trade names of the Corporations and the use of the Nasdaq-100 Quarterly
Protective Put 90 Index and the Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Collar 95-110 Index which
is determined, composed and calculated by the Corporations without regard to
Licensee or the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk
ETF
or the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF. The Corporations have no obligation to take the needs of the
Licensee or the owners of the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk ETF or the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF into consideration in determining, composing or calculating
the Nasdaq-100 Quarterly Protective Put 90 Index or the Nasdaq-100 Quarterly
Collar 95-110 Index. The Corporations are not responsible for and have not
participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of
the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk ETF or the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF be issued or in the determination or calculation of the
equation by which the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk ETF or the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF is to be converted into cash. The Corporations have no
liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the
Global X NASDAQ 100®
Tail Risk ETF or the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF.
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COLLAR 95-110 INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE CORPORATIONS MAKE NO
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OF THE GLOBAL X NASDAQ 100®
TAIL RISK ETF OR THE GLOBAL X NASDAQ 100®
COLLAR 95-110 ETF OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE NASDAQ-100
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or the underlying methodology is accurate or complete.
OTHER
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SEI
Investments Global Funds Services is the sub-administrator for each Fund.
The
Bank of New York Mellon is the custodian and transfer agent for each Fund except
the Global X Lithium and Battery Tech ETF, Global X Guru®
Index ETF, Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF, Global X S&P 500®
Catholic Values ETF, Global X S&P 500®
Collar 95-110 ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF and the Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond
ETF. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. serves as custodian and transfer agent to
the Global X Lithium and Battery Tech ETF, Global X Guru®
Index ETF, Global X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF, Global X S&P 500®
Catholic Values ETF, Global X S&P 500®
Collar 95-110 ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100®
Collar 95-110 ETF and the Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond
ETF.
Stradley
Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP serves as counsel for the Trust and the Trust's
Independent Trustees.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP serves as the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm and has
audited the financial statements for the Funds for the fiscal years ended
October 31, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, as applicable.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
The
Trust enters into contractual arrangements with various parties, including among
others, the Funds’ Adviser, sub-adviser(s) (as applicable), custodian(s), and
transfer agent(s) who provide services to the Funds. Shareholders are not
parties to any such
contractual
arrangements and are not intended beneficiaries of those contractual
arrangements, and those contractual arrangements are not intended to create in
any shareholder any right to enforce them against the service providers or to
seek any remedy under them against the service providers, either directly or on
behalf of the Trust.
This
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consider in determining whether to purchase Fund Shares. Neither this Prospectus
nor the SAI is intended, or should be read, to be or give rise to an agreement
or contract between the Trust or the Funds and any investor, or to give rise to
any rights in any shareholder or other person other than any rights under
federal or state law that may not be waived.
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
Each
Fund, except the Global X S&P Catholic Values U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, had
commenced operations and has financial highlights for the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2023. The financial highlights tables are intended to help
investors understand a Fund's financial performance since the Fund's inception.
Certain information reflects financial results for a single Share of a Fund. The
total returns in the tables represent the rate that an investor would have
earned (or lost) on an investment in a Fund, assuming reinvestment of all
dividends and distributions.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP serves as the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm and has
audited the financial statements of the Funds for the fiscal years ended October
31, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, as applicable. The Funds' financial
statements are available without charge upon request.
Selected
Per Share Data & Ratios
For
a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
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Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Period ($) |
Net
Investment Income (Loss) ($)* |
Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments ($) |
Total
from Operations ($) |
Distribution
from Net Investment Income ($) |
Distribution
from Capital Gains ($) |
Return
of Capital ($) |
Total
from Distributions ($) |
Net
Asset Value, End of Period ($) |
Total
Return (%)** |
Net
Assets End of Period ($)(000) |
Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%) |
Ratio
of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (%) |
Portfolio
Turnover (%)†† |
Global
X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF |
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2023 |
67.13 |
0.58 |
(19.66) |
(19.08) |
(0.72) |
— |
— |
(0.72) |
47.33 |
(28.63) |
2,095,791 |
0.75 |
0.92 |
19.76 |
2022 |
91.07 |
0.26 |
(23.99) |
(23.73) |
(0.21) |
— |
— |
(0.21) |
67.13 |
(26.10) |
3,899,509 |
0.75 |
0.33 |
38.73 |
2021 |
42.86 |
0.12 |
48.21 |
48.33 |
(0.12) |
— |
— |
(0.12) |
91.07 |
112.89 |
5,375,399 |
0.75 |
0.17 |
39.09 |
2020 |
25.04 |
0.40 |
17.86 |
18.26 |
(0.44) |
— |
— |
(0.44) |
42.86 |
73.82 |
868,894 |
0.75 |
1.30 |
65.14 |
2019 |
30.32 |
0.48 |
(4.86) |
(4.38) |
(0.90) |
— |
— |
(0.90) |
25.04 |
(14.61) |
455,124 |
0.75 |
1.75 |
35.28 |
Global
X SuperDividend® ETF |
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2023(1) |
23.05 |
2.11 |
(2.02) |
0.09 |
(2.22) |
— |
(0.56) |
(2.78) |
20.36 |
(0.31) |
699,111 |
0.58 |
9.18 |
91.59 |
2022(1) |
39.03 |
2.31 |
(14.68) |
(12.37) |
(2.65) |
— |
(0.96) |
(3.61) |
23.05 |
(33.80) |
676,279 |
0.61 |
7.39 |
91.10 |
2021(1) |
31.83 |
2.82 |
7.38 |
10.20 |
(3.00) |
— |
— |
(3.00) |
39.03 |
32.21 |
930,431 |
0.58 |
6.98 |
82.37 |
2020(1) |
51.75 |
2.58 |
(19.02) |
(16.44) |
(3.12) |
— |
(0.36) |
(3.48) |
31.83 |
(32.80) |
626,871 |
0.59 |
6.62 |
124.55 |
2019(1) |
57.18 |
3.72 |
(4.41) |
(0.69) |
(4.14) |
— |
(0.60) |
(4.74) |
51.75 |
(1.02) |
932,111 |
0.59 |
7.03 |
56.85 |
Global
X Social Media ETF |
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2023 |
24.88 |
0.19 |
9.87 |
10.06 |
(0.19) |
— |
— |
(0.19) |
34.75 |
40.40 |
140,397 |
0.65 |
0.53 |
29.09 |
2022 |
61.26 |
0.03 |
(36.29) |
(36.26) |
— |
— |
(0.12) |
(0.12) |
24.88 |
(59.24) |
103,245 |
0.65 |
0.06 |
21.59 |
2021 |
51.95 |
(0.31) |
9.62 |
9.31 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
61.26 |
17.94 |
401,893 |
0.65 |
(0.48) |
30.89 |
2020 |
31.92 |
(0.11) |
20.14 |
20.03 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
51.95 |
62.75 |
225,999 |
0.65 |
(0.28) |
19.23 |
2019 |
29.10 |
(0.10) |
2.92 |
2.82 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
31.92 |
9.69 |
121,289 |
0.65 |
(0.33) |
16.92 |
Global
X Guru® Index ETF |
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2023 |
33.48 |
0.12 |
0.75 |
0.87 |
(0.11) |
— |
(0.01) |
(0.12) |
34.23 |
2.58 |
41,757 |
0.75 |
0.35 |
100.70 |
2022 |
50.24 |
0.01 |
(16.72) |
(16.71) |
(0.01) |
— |
(0.04) |
(0.05) |
33.48 |
(33.28) |
46,535 |
0.75 |
0.02 |
111.39 |
2021 |
37.31 |
0.69 |
13.14 |
13.83 |
(0.90) |
— |
— |
(0.90) |
50.24 |
37.43 |
75,856 |
0.75 |
1.47 |
121.91 |
2020 |
34.02 |
0.33 |
3.32 |
3.65 |
(0.34) |
— |
(0.02) |
(0.36) |
37.31 |
10.84 |
55,961 |
0.75 |
0.96 |
124.90 |
2019 |
30.09 |
0.12 |
4.02 |
4.14 |
(0.17) |
— |
(0.04) |
(0.21) |
34.02 |
13.90 |
56,134 |
0.75 |
0.38 |
126.44 |
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share data calculated using average shares method. |
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Total
Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return
shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay
on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
††
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Portfolio
turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one
year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind
transfers. |
(1) |
Per
share amounts have been adjusted for a 1 for 3 reverse share split on
December 19, 2022. (See Note 9 in the Notes to Financial
Statements.) |
Amounts
designated as "—" are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
Selected
Per Share Data & Ratios
For
a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
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Asset Value, Beginning of Period ($) |
Net
Investment Income ($)* |
Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments ($) |
Total
from Operations ($) |
Distribution
from Net Investment Income ($) |
Distribution
from Capital Gains ($) |
Return
of Capital ($) |
Total
from Distributions ($) |
Net Asset
Value, End of Period ($) |
Total
Return (%)** |
Net
Assets End of Period ($)(000) |
Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%) |
Ratio
of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets (%) |
Portfolio
Turnover (%)†† |
Global
X SuperIncome™ Preferred ETF |
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2023 |
9.67 |
0.60 |
(1.44) |
(0.84) |
(0.62) |
— |
— |
(0.62) |
8.21 |
(9.26) |
157,490 |
0.53 |
6.47 |
109.60 |
2022 |
11.94 |
0.54 |
(2.13) |
(1.59) |
(0.65) |
— |
(0.03) |
(0.68) |
9.67 |
(13.81) |
195,159 |
0.58 |
5.04 |
39.39 |
2021 |
11.12 |
0.61 |
0.89 |
1.50 |
(0.68) |
— |
— |
(0.68) |
11.94 |
13.71 |
234,953 |
0.58 |
5.13 |
98.47 |
2020 |
11.73 |
0.60 |
(0.53) |
0.07 |
(0.65) |
— |
(0.03) |
(0.68) |
11.12 |
0.81 |
184,015 |
0.58 |
5.47 |
67.65 |
2019 |
11.49 |
0.66 |
0.32 |
0.98 |
(0.73) |
— |
(0.01) |
(0.74) |
11.73 |
8.87 |
201,092 |
0.58 |
5.72 |
55.98 |
Global
X SuperDividend® U.S. ETF |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
2023 |
19.18 |
0.69 |
(3.02) |
(2.33) |
(0.90) |
— |
(0.33) |
(1.23) |
15.62 |
(12.60) |
590,900 |
0.45 |
3.91 |
63.24 |
2022 |
20.13 |
0.67 |
(0.41) |
0.26 |
(0.81) |
— |
(0.40) |
(1.21) |
19.18 |
1.16 |
683,864 |
0.45 |
3.34 |
38.51 |
2021 |
14.99 |
0.65 |
5.59 |
6.24 |
(0.99) |
— |
(0.11) |
(1.10) |
20.13 |
42.53 |
669,734 |
0.45 |
3.41 |
60.53 |
2020 |
23.34 |
0.62 |
(7.45) |
(6.83) |
(1.14) |
— |
(0.38) |
(1.52) |
14.99 |
(30.12) |
412,110 |
0.45 |
3.50 |
93.44 |
2019 |
24.53 |
1.12 |
(0.56) |
0.56 |
(1.49) |
— |
(0.26) |
(1.75) |
23.34 |
2.61 |
544,884 |
0.46 |
4.83 |
60.00 |
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|
|
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*
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Per
share data calculated using average shares method. |
**
|
Total
Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return
shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay
on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
†† |
Portfolio
turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one
year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind
transfers. |
Amounts
designated as "—" are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
Selected
Per Share Data & Ratios
For
a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
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Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Period ($) |
Net
Investment Income ($)* |
Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments ($) |
Total
from Operations ($) |
Distribution
from Net Investment Income ($) |
Distribution
from Capital Gains ($) |
Return
of Capital ($) |
Total
from Distributions ($) |
Net Asset
Value, End of Period ($) |
Total
Return (%)** |
Net
Assets, End of Period ($)(000) |
Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%) |
Ratio
of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets (%) |
Portfolio
Turnover (%)†† |
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend® Emerging Markets ETF |
2023(1) |
21.36 |
1.95 |
1.00 |
2.95 |
(1.83) |
— |
— |
(1.83) |
22.48 |
13.77 |
41,574 |
0.68 |
8.22 |
87.06 |
2022(1) |
33.78 |
1.67 |
(11.44) |
(9.77) |
(2.19) |
— |
(0.46) |
(2.65) |
21.36 |
(30.80) |
39,168 |
0.67 |
5.88 |
101.78 |
2021(1) |
28.59 |
3.06 |
4.35 |
7.41 |
(2.22) |
— |
— |
(2.22) |
33.78 |
25.83 |
62,696 |
0.72 |
8.59 |
102.27 |
2020(1) |
38.85 |
1.65 |
(9.51) |
(7.86) |
(1.98) |
— |
(0.42) |
(2.40) |
28.59 |
(21.01) |
20,007 |
0.67 |
5.04 |
93.04 |
2019(1) |
38.73 |
2.61 |
0.15 |
2.76 |
(2.64) |
— |
— |
(2.64) |
38.85 |
7.14 |
17,489 |
0.66 |
6.51 |
66.65 |
Global
X SuperDividend® REIT ETF |
2023(1) |
21.65 |
1.28 |
(2.60) |
(1.32) |
(1.10) |
— |
(0.56) |
(1.66) |
18.67 |
(6.97) |
217,653 |
0.59 |
5.90 |
92.84 |
2022(1) |
29.46 |
1.13 |
(7.14) |
(6.01) |
(1.10) |
— |
(0.70) |
(1.80) |
21.65 |
(21.21) |
286,655 |
0.59 |
4.36 |
82.67 |
2021(1) |
22.68 |
1.14 |
7.50 |
8.64 |
(1.23) |
— |
(0.63) |
(1.86) |
29.46 |
38.84 |
467,934 |
0.58 |
3.99 |
59.44 |
2020(1) |
45.99 |
1.68 |
(22.23) |
(20.55) |
(2.58) |
— |
(0.18) |
(2.76) |
22.68 |
(45.94) |
311,625 |
0.58 |
5.74 |
106.23 |
2019(1) |
43.86 |
2.97 |
2.73 |
5.70 |
(3.57) |
— |
— |
(3.57) |
45.99 |
13.68 |
364,790 |
0.59 |
6.71 |
34.16 |
Global
X Renewable Energy Producers ETF |
2023 |
13.05 |
0.15 |
(3.76) |
(3.61) |
(0.14) |
— |
— |
(0.14) |
9.30 |
(27.93) |
43,797 |
0.65 |
1.18 |
12.68 |
2022 |
16.82 |
0.15 |
(3.76) |
(3.61) |
(0.16) |
— |
— |
(0.16) |
13.05 |
(21.57) |
90,970 |
0.66 |
1.01 |
18.33 |
2021 |
14.87 |
0.23 |
2.05 |
2.28 |
(0.30) |
(0.03) |
— |
(0.33) |
16.82 |
15.37 |
146,976 |
0.65 |
1.39 |
55.97 |
2020 |
13.79 |
0.41 |
1.13 |
1.54 |
(0.46) |
— |
— |
(0.46) |
14.87 |
11.39 |
66,192 |
0.65 |
2.89 |
29.27 |
2019 |
11.52 |
0.13 |
2.61 |
2.74 |
(0.47) |
— |
— |
(0.47) |
13.79 |
24.34 |
26,205 |
0.65 |
1.01 |
87.06 |
Global
X S&P 500® Catholic Values ETF |
2023 |
47.19 |
0.65 |
3.68 |
4.33 |
(0.63) |
— |
— |
(0.63) |
50.89 |
9.22 |
671,797 |
0.29 |
1.28 |
6.70 |
2022 |
57.22 |
0.61 |
(9.99) |
(9.38) |
(0.57) |
(0.08) |
— |
(0.65) |
47.19 |
(16.53) |
549,288 |
0.29 |
1.17 |
6.79 |
2021 |
40.32 |
0.56 |
16.89 |
17.45 |
(0.55) |
— |
— |
(0.55) |
57.22 |
43.54 |
593,985 |
0.29 |
1.09 |
8.29 |
2020 |
37.23 |
0.58 |
3.08 |
3.66 |
(0.55) |
(0.02) |
— |
(0.57) |
40.32 |
9.89 |
379,053 |
0.29 |
1.51 |
5.55 |
2019 |
33.59 |
0.58 |
3.92 |
4.50 |
(0.81) |
(0.05) |
— |
(0.86) |
37.23 |
13.86 |
275,511 |
0.29 |
1.66 |
8.54 |
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*
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Per
share data calculated using average shares method. |
**
|
Total
Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return
shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay
on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
††
|
Portfolio
turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one
year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind
transfers. |
(1) |
Per
share amounts have been adjusted for a 1 for 3 reverse share split on
December 19, 2022. (See Note 9 in the Notes to Financial
Statements.) |
Amounts
designated as "—" are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
Selected
Per Share Data & Ratios
For
a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
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Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Period ($) |
Net
Investment Income ($)* |
Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments ($) |
Total
from Operations ($) |
Distribution
from Net Investment Income ($) |
Distribution
from Capital Gains ($) |
Return
of Capital ($) |
Total
from Distributions ($) |
Net Asset
Value, End of Period ($) |
Total
Return (%)** |
Net
Assets, End of Period ($)(000) |
Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%) |
Ratio
of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (%) |
Portfolio
Turnover (%)†† |
Global
X MSCI SuperDividend® EAFE ETF |
2023 |
11.98 |
0.78 |
0.92 |
1.70 |
(0.92) |
— |
— |
(0.92) |
12.76 |
14.08 |
10,082 |
0.56 |
5.76 |
37.00 |
2022 |
15.62 |
1.00 |
(3.70) |
(2.70) |
(0.94) |
— |
— |
(0.94) |
11.98 |
(18.12) |
8,384 |
0.57 |
6.89 |
34.00 |
2021 |
11.44 |
0.79 |
4.10 |
4.89 |
(0.71) |
— |
— |
(0.71) |
15.62 |
43.05 |
14,058 |
0.55 |
5.12 |
88.53 |
2020 |
16.11 |
0.56 |
(4.53) |
(3.97) |
(0.55) |
— |
(0.15) |
(0.70) |
11.44 |
(25.24) |
7,436 |
0.56 |
4.07 |
59.28 |
2019 |
15.96 |
0.82 |
0.36 |
1.18 |
(1.03) |
— |
— |
(1.03) |
16.11 |
7.81 |
18,527 |
0.56 |
5.23 |
29.81 |
Global
X E-commerce ETF |
2023 |
15.14 |
— |
1.84 |
1.84 |
— |
— |
(0.02) |
(0.02) |
16.96 |
12.13 |
62,069 |
0.50 |
(0.02) |
26.67 |
2022 |
31.19 |
0.08 |
(15.97) |
(15.89) |
(0.05) |
(0.10) |
(0.01) |
(0.16) |
15.14 |
(51.19) |
42,241 |
0.50 |
0.34 |
25.82 |
2021 |
26.79 |
(0.04) |
4.7 |
4.66 |
(0.13) |
(0.13) |
— |
(0.26) |
31.19 |
17.39 |
197,751 |
0.50 |
(0.11) |
14.64 |
2020 |
17.58 |
0.19 |
9.05 |
9.24 |
(0.03) |
— |
— |
(0.03) |
26.79 |
52.67 |
91,083 |
0.50 |
0.75 |
42.01 |
2019(1) |
15.00 |
(0.05) |
2.63 |
2.58 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
17.58 |
17.20 |
3,517 |
0.68
† |
(0.32)
† |
23.50 |
Global
X S&P Catholic Values Developed ex-U.S. ETF |
2023 |
23.30 |
0.77 |
2.39 |
3.16 |
(0.59) |
— |
— |
(0.59) |
25.87 |
13.45 |
14,485 |
0.35 |
2.80 |
13.64 |
2022 |
32.80 |
0.77 |
(9.11) |
(8.34) |
(0.79) |
(0.37) |
— |
(1.16) |
23.30 |
(26.11) |
5,592 |
0.35 |
2.83 |
12.83 |
2021 |
24.98 |
0.70 |
7.71 |
8.41 |
(0.59) |
— |
— |
(0.59) |
32.80 |
33.79 |
4,264 |
0.35 |
2.22 |
17.17 |
2020(2) |
25.05 |
0.19 |
(0.26) |
(0.07) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
24.98 |
(0.28) |
2,498 |
0.35
† |
2.02
† |
4.04 |
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*
|
Per
share data calculated using average shares method. |
**
|
Total
Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return
shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay
on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
†
|
Annualized. |
††
|
Portfolio
turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one
year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind
transfers. |
(1) |
The
Fund commenced operations on November 27, 2018. |
(2) |
The
Fund commenced operations on June 22,
2020. |
Amounts
designated as "—" are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
Selected
Per Share Data & Ratios
For
a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
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Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Period ($) |
Net
Investment Income (Loss) ($)* |
Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments ($) |
Total
from Operations ($) |
Distribution
from Net Investment Income ($) |
Distribution
from Capital Gains ($) |
Return
of Capital ($) |
Total
from Distributions ($) |
Net Asset
Value, End of Period ($) |
Total
Return (%)** |
Net
Assets, End of Period ($)(000) |
Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%) |
Ratio
of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (%) |
Portfolio
Turnover (%)†† |
Global
X NASDAQ 100® Tail Risk ETF |
2023 |
19.08
|
0.07
|
3.63
|
3.70 |
(0.07) |
— |
— |
(0.07) |
22.71 |
19.42 |
1,362 |
0.53 |
0.35 |
19.43 |
2022 |
25.59
|
0.04
|
(6.03) |
(5.99) |
(0.03) |
(0.49) |
— |
(0.52) |
19.08 |
(23.90) |
1,908 |
0.61 |
0.19 |
13.88 |
2021(1) |
25.13
|
(0.01) |
0.47
|
0.46 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
25.59 |
1.83 |
3,326 |
0.60
† |
(0.12)
† |
1.71 |
Global
X NASDAQ 100® Collar 95-110 ETF |
2023 |
22.00 |
0.08 |
1.46 |
1.54 |
(0.07) |
— |
— |
(0.07) |
23.47 |
7.01 |
2,112 |
0.55 |
0.35 |
18.56 |
2022 |
25.78 |
0.04 |
(3.38) |
(3.34) |
(0.02) |
(0.42) |
— |
(0.44) |
22.00 |
(13.19) |
3,081 |
0.62(2) |
0.18 |
9.89 |
2021(1) |
25.27 |
(0.01) |
0.52 |
0.51 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
25.78 |
2.06 |
2,836 |
0.60
† |
(0.11)
† |
2.11 |
Global
X S&P 500® Tail Risk ETF |
2023 |
23.21 |
0.27 |
1.00 |
1.27 |
(0.25) |
— |
— |
(0.25) |
24.23 |
5.51 |
2,423 |
0.54 |
1.10 |
2.71 |
2022 |
27.72 |
0.23 |
(4.00) |
(3.77) |
(0.16) |
(0.58) |
— |
(0.74) |
23.21 |
(13.98) |
3,017 |
0.61 |
0.92 |
7.40 |
2021(1) |
27.33 |
0.03 |
0.36 |
0.39 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
27.72 |
1.43 |
3,604 |
0.60
† |
0.58
† |
6.21 |
Global
X S&P 500® Collar 95-110 ETF |
2023 |
24.47 |
0.28 |
0.26 |
0.54 |
(0.33) |
— |
— |
(0.33) |
24.68 |
2.20 |
2,221 |
0.55 |
1.11 |
3.09 |
2022 |
27.57 |
0.23 |
(2.77) |
(2.54) |
(0.16) |
(0.40) |
— |
(0.56) |
24.47 |
(9.40) |
3,915 |
0.64(2) |
0.90 |
8.96 |
2021(1) |
27.28 |
0.03 |
0.26 |
0.29 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
27.57 |
1.06 |
3,308 |
0.60
† |
0.58
† |
6.44 |
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*
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Per
share data calculated using average shares method. |
**
|
Total
Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return
shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay
on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
†
|
Annualized. |
††
|
Portfolio
turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one
year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind
transfers. |
(1) |
The
Fund commenced operations on August 25, 2021. |
(2) |
Includes
fees charged by the Fund custodian that were reimbursed by the custodian
to the Fund subsequent to the reporting period. Excluding these fees, the
ratio to average net assets would have been
0.61%. |
Amounts
designated as "—" are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
\
Selected
Per Share Data & Ratios
For
a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
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Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Period ($) |
Net
Investment Income (Loss) ($)* |
Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments ($) |
Total
from Operations ($) |
Distribution
from Net Investment Income ($) |
Distribution
from Capital Gains ($) |
Return
of Capital ($) |
Total
from Distributions ($) |
Net
Asset Value, End of Period ($) |
Total
Return (%)** |
Net
Assets End of Period ($)(000) |
Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%) |
Ratio
of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (%) |
Portfolio
Turnover (%)†† |
Global
X Disruptive Materials ETF |
2023 |
18.07
|
0.34
|
(3.88) |
(3.54) |
(0.30) |
— |
— |
(0.30) |
14.23 |
(19.96) |
7,684 |
0.59 |
1.84 |
36.55 |
2022(1) |
23.75
|
0.45
|
(5.88) |
(5.43) |
(0.25) |
— |
— |
(0.25) |
18.07 |
(22.98) |
3,433 |
0.60
† |
2.72
† |
25.34 |
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|
| |
*
|
Per
share data calculated using average shares method. |
**
|
Total
Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return
shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay
on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
†
|
Annualized. |
††
|
Portfolio
turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one
year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind
transfers. |
(1) |
The
Fund commenced operations on January 24,
2022. |
Amounts
designated as "—" are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
OTHER
INFORMATION
The
Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by any national securities
exchange. No national securities exchange makes any representation or warranty,
express or implied, to the owners of Shares or any member of the public
regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Funds
particularly or the ability of the Funds to achieve their objectives. No
national securities exchange has any obligation or liability in connection with
the administration, marketing or trading of the Funds.
For
purposes of the 1940 Act, shares that are issued by a registered investment
company and purchases of such shares by investment companies and companies
relying on Sections 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act are subject to the
restrictions set forth in Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act. Registered
investment companies are permitted to invest in certain of the Funds beyond the
limits set forth in section 12(d)(1), subject to certain conditions set forth in
Rule 12d1-4 under the 1940 Act, including that such investment companies enter
into an agreement with such Fund.
The
method by which Creation Units are created and traded may raise certain issues
under applicable securities laws. Because new Creation Units are issued and sold
by the Funds on an ongoing basis, a “distribution,” as such term is used in the
Securities Act, may occur at any point. Broker-dealers and other persons are
cautioned that some activities on their part may, depending on the
circumstances, result in their being deemed participants in a distribution in a
manner which could render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the
prospectus delivery and liability provisions of the Securities Act.
For
example, a broker-dealer firm or its client may be deemed a statutory
underwriter if it takes Creation Units after placing an order with the
Distributor, breaks them down into constituent Shares, and sells such Shares
directly to customers, or if it chooses to couple the creation of a supply of
new Shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of secondary
market demand for Shares. A determination of whether one is an underwriter for
purposes of the Securities Act must take into account all the facts and
circumstances pertaining to the activities of the broker-dealer or its client in
the particular case, and the examples mentioned above should not be considered a
complete description of all the activities that could lead to a categorization
as an underwriter.
Broker-dealers
who are not “underwriters” but are participating in a distribution (as
contrasted with ordinary secondary trading transactions), and thus dealing with
Shares that are part of an “unsold allotment” within the meaning of Section
4(a)(3)(C) of the Securities Act, would be unable to take advantage of the
prospectus delivery exemption provided by Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
This is because the prospectus delivery exemption in Section 4(a)(3) of the
Securities Act is not available in respect of such transactions as a result of
Section 24(d) of the 1940 Act. As a result, broker-dealer firms should note that
dealers who are not underwriters but are participating in a distribution (as
contrasted with ordinary secondary market transactions) and thus dealing with
the Shares that are part of an overallotment within the meaning of Section
4(a)(3)(A) of the Securities Act would be unable to take advantage of the
prospectus delivery exemption provided by Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
Firms that incur a prospectus delivery obligation with respect to Shares are
reminded that, under Rule 153 of the Securities Act, a prospectus delivery
obligation under Section 5(b)(2) of the Securities Act owed to an exchange
member in connection with a sale on NYSE Arca or NASDAQ is satisfied by the fact
that the prospectus is available at NYSE Arca or NASDAQ upon request. The
prospectus delivery mechanism provided in Rule 153 is only available with
respect to transactions on an exchange.
For
more information visit our website at
www.globalxetfs.com
or
call 1-888-493-8631
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Investment
Adviser and Administrator
Global
X Management Company LLC
605
Third Avenue, 43rd Floor
New
York, NY 10158
|
Distributor
SEI
Investments Distribution Co.
One
Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks,
PA 19456
|
Custodians
and Transfer Agents
Brown
Brothers Harriman & Co.
50
Post Office Square
Boston,
MA 02110
The
Bank of New York Mellon
240
Greenwich Street
New
York, New York 10286
|
Sub-Administrator
SEI
Investments Global Funds Services
One
Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks,
PA 19456
|
Legal
Counsel to the Global X Funds®
and Independent Trustees
Stradley
Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2000
K Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington,
DC 20006
|
Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
Two
Commerce Square, Suite 1800
2001
Market Street
Philadelphia,
PA 19103 |
A
Statement of Additional Information dated March 1, 2024, which contains
more details about the Funds, is incorporated by reference in its entirety into
this Prospectus, which means that it is legally part of this Prospectus.
Additional
information about each Fund that has commenced operations and its investments is
available in its annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders. The annual
report explains the market conditions and investment strategies affecting each
Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year.
You
can ask questions or obtain a free copy of each such Fund’s semi-annual and
annual report or the Statement of Additional Information by calling
1-888-493-8631. Free copies of a Fund’s semi-annual and annual report and the
Statement of Additional Information are available from our website at
www.globalxetfs.com.
Information
about each Fund, including its semi-annual and annual reports and the Statement
of Additional Information, has been filed with the SEC. It can be reviewed and
copied on the EDGAR database on the SEC’s internet site (http://www.sec.gov).
You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating
fee, by electronic request at the SEC’s e-mail address ([email protected]).
PROSPECTUS
Distributor
SEI
Investments Distribution Co.
One
Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks,
PA 19456
March 1,
2024
Investment
Company Act File No.: 811-22209