iShares Starts Land Grab in Country-Specific ETFs
The race to dominate country specific funds is in full swing. iShares recently filed with the SEC to create another six country-specific ETFs. The six new funds are: 1. iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund 2. iShares MSCI Egypt Capped Investable Market Index Fund 3. iShares MSCI Ireland Capped Investable Market Index Fund 4. [...]
Nigeria and Financials are the Focus of Africa’s Newest ETF
South Africa has been considered the prominent way to invest in the African market; however, a new country has taken the top spot in the latest ETF. TheStreet.com has broken down the components of Market Vectors Africa Index ETF (AFK) and explains that Nigeria and Financials are weighted the heaviest for country and sector, respectively. [...]
New ETF from WisdomTree Captures Middle Eastern Markets
Investors now have a vehicle to track the performance of the Middle East region. WisdomTree has just debuted its newest ETF on the Nasdaq Stock Market, known as WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund (GULF). Business Wire reports that GULF will provide exposure to about 70 dividend-paying companies located in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, [...]
New Frontier Market ETF from Claymore Has Expanded to 17 Countries
On June 12, 2008, Claymore Securities and The Bank of New York Mellon pioneered the only U.S.-listed frontier market ETF, known as Claymore/BNY Mellon Frontier Markets ETF (FRN). Two weeks after the launch of FRN, Claymore has announced a change to the underlying index meant to rebalance the markets. As a result of the change, [...]
