Federated Hermes, Inc. launches four MDT quantitative active ETFs

•  New products double the number of Federated Hermes ETFs 

PITTSBURGH, July 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Federated Hermes, Inc. (NYSE: FHI), a global leader in investment management, today announced the launch of four actively managed ETFs that take a quantitative approach to stock selection. The new products offer investors another way to access the disciplined Federated Hermes MDT investment process, crafted and refined for more than 30 years and now available in an ETF structure.

The new ETFs offer core and style-specific bottom-up strategies based on the Federated Hermes MDT approach, all seeking long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in stocks of U.S. companies. The new ETFs and their NYSE ticker symbols are:

• Federated Hermes MDT Large Cap Core ETF (FLCC)
• Federated Hermes MDT Large Cap Growth ETF (FLCG)
• Federated Hermes MDT Large Cap Value ETF (FLCV)
• Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core ETF (FSCC)

The Federated Hermes MDT stock-selection process utilizes cutting-edge research, technology and daily data from multiple market cycles.

"With the rising appeal of active ETFs and continued interest in our MDT strategies, these new offerings are timely additions to our range of products, building upon Federated Hermes' ETF capabilities launched in 2021," said John B. Fisher, president and chief executive officer of Federated Advisory Companies. "Our MDT team has extensive experience in successfully managing and advancing quantitative investment strategies across market cycles, and these new ETFs can be useful in building diversified asset-allocation portfolios."

The strategies are managed by a veteran portfolio management team: Daniel Mahr, CFA, who serves as Head of the MDT Group and has 22 years of experience; Damien Zhang, CFA, who is Head of MDT Research and has 15 years of experience; Frederick Konopka, CFA, who is Portfolio and Trading Manager and has 27 years of experience; and John Paul Lewicke, who serves as Research Manager and has 17 years of experience. The ETF investment team also manages more than $10 billion in several Federated Hermes MDT mutual funds, institutional separate accounts and separately managed accounts (SMAs).

"We believe above-market returns can be achieved using an active, systematic investment approach with an analytical edge, which confers the advantages of discipline, testability and repeatability," said Mahr. "Utilizing advanced modeling techniques, which harness the benefit of machine learning, our investment teams aim to identify a diverse range of unique alpha-seeking opportunities in an effort to drive differentiated active performance. Our research-intensive approach is differentiated from other quantitative strategies, and we believe the modeling techniques and objective, unemotional nature of our vetting process present advantages over traditional fundamental strategies."

The four new ETFs follow the launch of Federated Hermes Total Return Bond ETF (NYSE: FTRB) earlier this year, the 2022 launch of Federated Hermes U.S. Strategic Dividend ETF (NYSE: FDV), and the 2021 introduction of Federated Hermes Short Duration High Yield ETF (NYSE: FHYS) and Federated Hermes Short Duration Corporate ETF (NYSE: FCSH).

Federated Hermes, Inc. is a global leader in active, responsible investment management, with $782.7 billion in assets under management, as of June 30, 2024. We deliver investment solutions that help investors target a broad range of outcomes and provide equity, fixed-income, alternative/private markets, multi-asset and liquidity management strategies to more than 10,000 institutions and intermediaries worldwide. Our clients include corporations, government entities, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, banks and broker/dealers. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Federated Hermes has more than 2,000 employees in London, New York, Boston and offices worldwide. For more information, visit FederatedHermes.com/us.

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