SPDR KBW Mortgage Finance ETF (KME: 39.64 -1.83%), began trading Thursday making the platform the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) to target mortgage-related equities.
“As the first ETF to invest in the mortgage finance industry, the SPDR KBW Mortgage Finance ETF provides investors with an unmatched opportunity to gain diversified, cost-effective exposure to the real estate finance industry,” said Anthony Rochte, senior managing director at State Street Global Advisors. The investment management arm of State Street (STT: 33.93 -0.59%), State Street Global Advisors provides the SPDR suite of ETFs with more than $129.5bn assets under management.
KBW Mortgage Finance tracks a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods-maintained index of 24 mortgage finance companies and provides US investors with access equities in the mortgage finance industry. The ETF traded at $39.64, down 1.8% in mid-morning trading as this story went to press.
Write to Diana Golobay at diana.golobay@housingwire.com.
Don't bother to see the chart there isn't much to look at yet, but it may be wort keeping an eye on.
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