WisdomTree announced a name change for the firm’s suite of dividend income funds.
The funds currently known as High Yield Equity, will change their names to Equity Income.
WisdomTree executives stated that the equity income name better articulates the investment strategy of these six funds which focus on the highest dividend-yielding stocks in their respective indexes.
See the WisdomTree ETF directory for a complete listing of the funds.
The new and former fund names are:
Ticker | New Fund Name | Previous Name | ||
DHS | WisdomTree Equity Income Fund | WisdomTree High-Yielding Equity Fund | ||
DTH | WisdomTree DEFA Equity Income Fund | WisdomTree DEFA High-Yielding Equity Fund | ||
DEW | WisdomTree Europe Equity Income Fund | WisdomTree Europe High-Yielding Equity Fund | ||
DNL | WisdomTree Japan Equity Income Fund | WisdomTree Japan High-Yielding Equity Fund | ||
DNH | WisdomTree Pacific ex-Japan Equity Income Fund | WisdomTree Pacific ex-Japan High-Yielding Equity Fund | ||
DEM | WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund | WisdomTree Emerging Markets High-Yielding Equity Fund |