The Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF (FNDC) was launched on 08/13/2013, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Broad Developed World ETFs category of the market.
Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF implements the RAFI methodology in an ex-US developed small cap universe. FNDC is overweight in Japan and heavy in industrials, but well-diversified across a large number of companies. Over the last few years, FNDC has lagged a number of factor-based ETFs in the same universe.