NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- XShares Advisors LLC, on behalf of the HealthShares(TM) family of ETFs, kicked off a 12-month supporting relationship with the Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF), a leading national presence in Parkinson's research, education and public advocacy.
XShares' platinum level support of the PDF 50th Anniversary Educational Symposium, Frontiers of Science and Clinical Advances in Quality of Life, and exclusive support of the symposium webcast, will introduce the HealthShares(TM) family of ETFs and, in particular, the HealthShares(TM) Neuroscience ETF (NYSE: HHN) as an innovative means to invest in companies engaged in Parkinson's research.
"XShares' relationship with the PDF allows us to support an outstanding organization while building awareness of the HealthShares(TM) family of ETFs," said Jeff Feldman, Chairman and Founder of XShares Group LLC. "We believe that those who are personally invested in the PDF's mission-whether as donors, educators, advocates or volunteers-will value the opportunity to invest in a neuroscience portfolio that represents some of the most exciting Parkinson's research taking place in publicly-traded companies."
The two-day symposium is expected to attract 700+ on-site attendees, a webcast audience of thousands and tens of thousands of new and repeat viewers once the webcast is archived on http://www.pdf.org.
"Parkinson's is devastating disease that affects nearly one million
Americans," said Robin Elliott, PDF's Executive Director. "We are grateful
that HealthShares' support of the Parkinson's Disease Foundation's 50th
Anniversary Educational Symposium webcast will enable PDF to reach even
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