To accommodate any future rollouts of new series with different currency exposures, Invesco has announced changes to six Canadian-listed PowerShares ETFs as well as to the ticker symbols for five of those ETFs, effective on or about January 12, 2017.

But there will be no changes to the underlying strategies of existing series of these ETFs, and current investors will not be impacted by these changes.

The following table illustrates the upcoming changes to ETF names and tickers. Effective on or about January 12, 2017, any trades using the old tickers will not be executed.

Current name Current

ticker(s)

 New name New

ticker
PowerShares Senior Loan (CAD Hedged) Index ETF

 BKL PowerShares Senior Loan Index ETF BKL.F
PowerShares Fundamental High Yield Corporate Bond (CAD Hedged) Index ETF

 PFH PowerShares Fundamental High Yield Corporate Bond Index ETF PFH.F
PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility (CAD Hedged) Index ETF

 ULV PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Index ETF ULV.F
PowerShares FTSE RAFI U.S. Fundamental (CAD Hedged) Index ETF

 PXU PowerShares FTSE RAFI U.S. Fundamental Index ETF PXU.F
PowerShares FTSE RAFI U.S. Fundamental Index ETF

 PXS/
PXS.U		 PowerShares FTSE RAFI U.S. Fundamental Index ETF II No change
PowerShares QQQ (CAD Hedged) Index ETF

 QQC PowerShares QQQ Index ETF QQC.F