Adjustment of the Solactive Country Classification Framework | October 2018

Today, on 04 October 2018, Solactive announces the following changes to the Solactive Country Classification Framework:

In certain situations, the criteria pursuant to section 2.1 to 2.3 in the Solactive Country Classification Framework do not reflect the complete economic environment of a country (e.g. openness to foreign investors, market infrastructure, etc.) and would lead to an insufficient determination of a country’s classification (extraordinary market environment).

In case of an extraordinary market environment additional criteria must be considered when classifying a country. The Solactive Country Classification Framework has therefore been adjusted and section 2.4 Extraordinary Market Conditions was added to the framework.