Index description

Universe of Index Components
Investment Funds whose investment objective is to invest predominantly into stocks and equity related financial instruments with focus of German companies in the small- and medium cap segment.
Index Components and their selection
The selection of the index components is determined by pre-defined requirement criteria and a rule-based trend follower model. Only funds that meet the selection criteria can be included in the index. One of the conditions is that only UCITS funds can be part of the index. In addition, only funds with at least EUR 50 million of assets under management are eligible as index components.
Allocation of Index Components
The weighting of the index components is performed by the index administrator within the specified rules, based on the recommendations of the index allocator.