South America

Precious metals based ETFs provided good returns in 2010 along with other funds that invest in countries like Peru and Colombia. The iShares MSCI Peru ETF (EPU) and the Global X/InterBolsa FTSE Colombia ETF (GXG) invested in these two raw material rich growing economies and offered returns in excess of 52% and 57% respectively. The [...]

Global X Funds has launched the first ETF to focus on the Andean region – the Global X FTSE Andean 40 ETF. The ETF tracks an index composed of 40 biggest corporate organizations in South American countries Chile, Colombia and Peru. The top 10 companies make up more than 50% of the entire holdings of [...]

Already a power-player in the U.S. ETF industry, iShares is seeking to expand its operations throughout South America. The expansion would allow iShares to expand its presence in foreign stock exchanges, while bringing ETFs back to the U.S. through ADRs. Much of the expansion is riding on the success of iShares’ new Chilean ETF, which [...]

As ProShares extends its double and triple leveraged funds around the world, it is seeking the help of JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services, which already manages 64 different ProShares funds with more than $25 billion in assets. The agreement between the two firms will add another eight funds to the list of those managed by [...]

The countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China make up the well-known ‘BRIC’ ETF that provides investor access to four diverse markets around the world. While each country has had its share of good and bad times, Russia has propelled the fund with a remarkable week of growth. According to Kevin Baker of TheStreet.com, Russia [...]

The Colombian market has never been more accessible to U.S. investors. Global X Management Company, along with leading Colombian broker InterBolsa S.A. Comisionista de Bolsa, has just released a new ETF on the NYSE Arca that provides a convenient way to capture the country-specific performance. PRNewswire identifies the new fund as Global X/InterBolsa FTSE Colombia [...]

Barclays in Brazil, as reported by Bloomberg.com, just developed its first ETFs in response to investor demand for diverse and easily tradable funds. The new ETFs just began trading in Sao Paulo. In contrast to the U.S., where the first ETF began trading in the 1993, the first Brazilian ETF was created in 2004. The [...]

Among the eight Ivy League universities of the Northeastern United States, the institution with largest financial endowment diversifies with domestic and international ETFs. Despite the diversification of ETFs internationally, the $37 billion endowment for Harvard University is not immune to the current economic woes, according to Indie Research. The top three positions of the endowment [...]

RevenueShares has taken international investing to a new level with the debut of its new ETF on the NYSE Arca. The RevenueShares ADR Fund (RTR: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) is designed to rank its holdings with a revenue weighting process and offer stronger diversification, according to the Business Wire press release. RTR tracks the [...]

The Street has released its ETF popularity report for October highlighting the top twenty ETFs ranked by daily trading activity. The findings listed in the TheStreet.com and Bloomberg study showed half of the top twenty funds improved their popularity ranking compared to the previous month, while five lost positioning and another five stayed the same. [...]