I was thinking the other day about the fact that most non-US investors are, for regulatory purposes, prevented from investing directly into US funds (including ETFs), whereas they are completely free to invest directly into individually listed US shares of stock. Interest in dividend growth investing is global, so you could see how dividend growth ETFs would have a natural appeal to investors both within and outside of the USA.
So why not just cut out the middle man? Track the holdings of the top dividend growth ETFs, and cherry pick out all the individual