IndexIQ Offers Suite Of Single Country ETFs
IndexIQ, a NY based firm offering asset management service is offering a line of single country ETFs with small capital outlay. The ETFs shall focus on high growth Asian countries like Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Philippines. The firm aims to help US investors gain from the China success story by investing money [...]
iShares Introduces the First Philippines ETF
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that the iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world’s largest provider of ETFs, launched three new iShares emerging markets ETFs on the NYSE Arca. The new funds are the iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund (EWZS), iShares MSCI China Small Cap Index Fund (ECNS) and the iShares [...]
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. [...]
EGA Builds New Lineup BRIC by BRIC
EGA Emerging Global Shares has filed for a new line of seven exchange-traded funds that would center on BRIC nations and their economies. Six of the funds target infrastructure and mid cap stocks, while the remainder is set to track a broader index of Asian companies. The new funds filed with the SEC are: 1. [...]
Barclays Lists New ETN Bringing Eight Asian Currencies Together
Barclays Bank has provided a diversified opportunity to invest in various currencies of the Asian region. According to the Mondo Visione article, Barclays has listed a new ETN on the NYSE Arca that gives access to eight different currencies within emerging markets of Asia. The new ETN, known as the Barclays GEMS Asia 8 ETN [...]
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 [...]
Philippines to Join the World of ETFs
The Philippine Stock Exchange is taking the necessary steps with the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission to bring ETFs into their market for the first time. According to the Index Universe article, the Philippines is the only emerging market in Asia without a single ETF trading on its exchange. The Philippine Stock Exchange believes that [...]
