- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 875 Third Avenue New York NY United States of America 10022
- IPO Date
- Dec 6, 2018
- Business
- Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Selection ETF (EMCS) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks investment results corresponding generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Global Climate 500 Emerging Markets Selection Index. The Underlying Index comprises large- and mid-capitalization companies from emerging markets countries meeting specific environmental, social, and governance criteria, including exclusions for controversial weapons, nuclear weapons, tobacco production, thermal coal mining, thermal coal-based power generation, and fossil fuel power generation based on revenue or capacity thresholds; it emphasizes reductions in carbon emissions and greenhouse gases relative to peers, with constituents selected from the MSCI ACWI ex Select Countries Index excluding certain emerging markets such as Indonesia, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in component securities of the Underlying Index, primarily equities from issuers in countries including China, Taiwan, India, South Korea, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, and Greece; top sectors include financials, information technology, and consumer discretionary, with leading holdings such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Tencent Holdings, and Alibaba Group Holding; as of September 2025, the fund manages approximately $759 million in net assets with a net expense ratio of 0.15%, 64 holdings, and trades on the NYSE Arca. Launched on December 4, 2018, and headquartered with its investment adviser DBX Advisors LLC, a subsidiary of DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA in New York, the fund previously operated as Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets ESG Leaders Equity ETF tracking the MSCI Emerging Markets ESG Leaders Index until November 5, 2024, when it changed its name, investment objective, and Underlying Index to its current climate-focused mandate. Effective June 2, 2025, the Parent Index methodology was revised to remove fossil fuel power generation as a controversial business involvement criterion and impose stricter thermal coal power exclusions at 5% thresholds for revenue, capacity, and power generation. In 2024, Daniel Park joined as an additional portfolio manager.