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As of March 29, 2017, WisdomTree Trust - WisdomTree Japan Hedged Tech, Media and Telecom Fund has gone out of business. WisdomTree Trust - WisdomTree Japan Hedged Tech, Media and Telecom Fund is an exchange traded fund launched by WisdomTree Investments, Inc. It is co-managed by WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. and Mellon Capital Management Corporation. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Japan. It invests directly and through derivatives such as forward currency contracts or futures contracts to invest in the stocks of companies operating in the information technology, media and telecommunications sectors, which includes wireless telecommunications services, media, photographic products, leisure products (video gaming related companies), internet and catalog retail, consumer electronics, and electronic components companies. The fund invests in stocks of having market capitalization of at least $500 million. It uses derivatives to hedge against fluctuations in the relative value of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar. The fund seeks to replicate the performance of the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Tech, Media and Telecom Index, by using representative sampling methodology. WisdomTree Trust - WisdomTree Japan Hedged Tech, Media and Telecom Fund was formed on April 8, 2014 and is domiciled in the United States.