6 Vanguard ETFs receive new names

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. has announced changes to its Canadian ETF line-up. The firm is aiming to move six Vanguard TSX-listed international equity index ETFs to all-capitalization benchmarks.

The proposed changes, which would occur over several months, will also give Vanguard’s Emerging Markets Index ETF and All-World ex Canada Index ETF exposure to China A-shares, notes the firm. Currently, no similar broad-based TSX-listed index ETFs offer access to these shares, it says.

The changes are listed in the table below.

Vanguard ETFTM	TSX ticker	Current FTSE benchmark	Proposed FTSE benchmark	Proposed new name
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index ETF	VEE	FTSE Emerging Index	FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index**	Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap Index ETF
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex Canada Index ETF	VXC	FTSE All-World ex Canada Index	FTSE Global All Cap ex Canada China A Inclusion Index	Vanguard FTSE Global All Cap ex Canada Index ETF
Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe Index ETF	VE	FTSE Developed Europe Index	FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index	Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index ETF
Vanguard FTSE Developed Asia Pacific Index ETF	VA	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific Index	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index	Vanguard FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index ETF
Vanguard FTSE Developed ex North America Index ETF	VDU	FTSE Developed ex North America Index	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index	Vanguard FTSE Developed All Cap ex U.S. Index ETF
Vanguard FTSE Developed ex North America Index ETF (CAD-hedged)	VEF	FTSE Developed ex North America Hedged CAD Index	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Hedged CAD Index	Vanguard FTSE Developed All Cap ex U.S. Index ETF (CAD-hedged)

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