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GDEF (Goldman Sachs Defensive Equity ETF) is no longer actively trading.
This usually means the fund has been liquidated, merged into another product, or its ticker has been retired. Every price, valuation, dividend, and analyst figure on this page is frozen at the last available trading session and reads as historical reference — not a current-day signal.
This week opened with a deluge of 15 new ETFs on Monday, with only a single launch occurring after that. Perhaps the most notable of the debuts was the first buffer ETF from iShares.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Goldman Sachs Asset Management (“GSAM”), the investment adviser for the Goldman Sachs Defensive Equity ETF (the “Fund”), announced today that the Fund's Board of Trustees, at the recommendation of GSAM, has approved a plan of liquidation (the “Plan”) for the Fund. Under the Plan, which is effective today, the Fund will begin the process of liquidating portfolio assets and unwinding its affairs in an orderly fashion over time. The Plan is not subject to shareholder app.
Alex von Obelitz, head of ETF strategy at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, told NYSE's Judy Shaw for “ETF Leaders, Powered by the New York Stock Exchange,” that for investors looking to play defense in their equity portfolios, the Goldman Sachs Defensive Equity ETF (GDEF) may be something worth looking into.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has converted its defensive equity strategy into the Goldman Sachs Defensive Equity ETF (NYSE Arca: GDEF) in its first mutual fund to ETF conversion. The investment strategy and portfolio management of the ETF will be consistent with that of the mutual fund.
SEC filings for GDEF aren't indexed yet — common for recently launched funds. Browse the issuer's filings on SEC EDGAR directly.