iShares Closes 16 ETFs
The funds never really took off.
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Yesterday was the last day of trading for 16 iShares ETFs. The funds that shut down comprise members of iShares’ currency-hedged, minimum-volatility and multifactor families.
The shuttered funds are:
- iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol Global Currency Hedged ETF (HACV)
- iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EM Currency Hedged ETF (HEMV)
- iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Currency Hedged ETF (HEFV)
- iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol Europe Currency Hedged ETF (HEUV)
- iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Europe Small-Cap ETF (HEUS)
- iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ETF (HACW)
- iShares Currency Hedged International High Yield Bond ETF (HHYX)
- iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Utilities ETF (UTLF)
- iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Energy ETF (ERGF)
- iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF (CNSF)
- iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Healthcare ETF (HCRF)
- iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Financials ETF (FNCF)
- iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Technology ETF (TCHF)
- iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Industrials ETF (INDF)
- iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF (CNDF)
- iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Materials ETF (MATF)
With these closures, the number of shutdowns for 2018 so far totals 113. By this time last year, there had been just 63 closures. Much of that difference can be accounted for by the 50 ETNs that were shuttered by Barclays’ iPath unit back in April. Without that wave of closures, 2018 would be conspicuous for its lower level of shutdowns.
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