ETF Ideas that Bring Institutional-Level Strategies to the Masses

An increasing number of sophisticated and time-tested money managers have partnered up with the ETF industry to bring institutional-level strategies to retail investors through a convenient and easy-to-use investment vehicle.

For example, Transamerica Asset Management has partnered up with Milliman Financial Risk Management in providing the DeltShares ETF suite to help investors gain a core equity strategy with an innate risk-management feature that is implemented by some of the largest insurers in the financial industry.

The DeltaShares S&P 500 Managed Risk ETF (NYSEArca: DMRL), which tracks the S&P 500 Managed Risk 2.0 Index, a benchmark designed to measure U.S. large-cap equities using a managed risk strategy seeking to limit losses and capture the upside in rising markets.

The DeltaShares S&P 400 Managed Risk ETF (NYSEArca: DMRM), which tracks the S&P 400 Managed Risk 2.0 Index, a benchmark designed to measure U.S. mid-cap equities using a managed risk strategy seeking to limit losses and capture the upside in rising markets.