Global X Seeks to Expand Empire with 13 New ETFs
Global X Funds will take on its largest expansion yet, filing with the SEC to create thirteen new ETFs. Six of the new funds will target Chinese sectors, while the other seven are set to tap markets typically unavailable to U.S. investors. The Chinese funds are as follows: Global X Consumer, Global X China Energy, [...]
Barclays Expands in Asia with Newest iShares ETF
Barclays Global Investors has announced the launch of its newest iShares ETF to capture a broad and diversified piece of various Asian markets. Michael Latham, CEO of U.S. iShares at Barclays is quoted to say, “Since iShares launched the first pure mainland China ETF for U.S. investors in 2005, investors have continued to ask for [...]
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, [...]
