iShares Provides Expanded Access to Developed Market Equities With Launch of Three New Funds
The Only ETFs to Offer MSCI World, Hong Kong Small Cap and Singapore Small Cap Exposure
(firmenpresse) - SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/12/12 -- BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that its iShares® Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world's largest manager of ETFs, has launched three new equity ETFs on the NYSE Arca. The ETFs are the iShares MSCI World Index Fund (URTH), iShares MSCI Hong Kong Small Cap Index Fund (EWHS) and iShares MSCI Singapore Small Cap Index Fund (EWSS).
The iShares MSCI World Index Fund responds to client interest in a global developed equities "pure play" without emerging markets exposure, while the Hong Kong Small Cap and Singapore Small Cap ETFs offer access to smaller developed markets, according to Darek Wojnar, Head of U.S. iShares Product Development and Management at BlackRock.
"Investors increasingly want to customize their global equity exposure by dialing up or down certain countries and market caps -- a need that iShares is uniquely equipped to address, with the industry's largest suite of international and global equity ETFs," Wojnar said. "We will continue to expand our robust product line-up to support the growing number of investors seeking to build portfolios very closely suited to their specific needs."
The iShares MSCI World Index Fund includes 1,487 stocks from 24 key developed countries around the world, tracking an index maintained by MSCI Inc.(1)
The new iShares MSCI Hong Kong Small Cap and iShares MSCI Singapore Small Cap ETFs can be appropriate for investors looking for developed markets that potentially offer stronger relative growth. In this month's "iShares Market Perspectives 2012 Outlook," Russ Koesterich, iShares Global Chief Investment Strategist, suggests that investors may look to smaller developed markets such as Canada, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, and Hong Kong (the "CASSH" markets) for stronger growth potential and better fiscal health than other developed markets this year.
All three of the funds launched today are market cap weighted and benchmarked to MSCI indexes, and offer exposure to local securities.
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Details about the new funds can be found using the links below.
iShares MSCI Hong Kong Small Cap Index Fund
iShares MSCI Singapore Small Cap Index Fund
iShares MSCI World Index Fund
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Holdings are subject to change.
This material represents an assessment of the market environment at a specific time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events or a guarantee of future results. This information should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice regarding the funds or any security in particular.
Transactions in shares of the iShares Funds will result in brokerage commissions and will generate tax consequences. iShares Funds are obliged to distribute portfolio gains to shareholders. Shares of the iShares Funds may be sold throughout the day on the exchange through any brokerage account. However, shares may only be redeemed directly from a Fund by Authorized Participants, in very large creation/redemption units.
The iShares Funds ("Funds") are distributed by SEI Investments Distribution Co. ("SEI"). BlackRock Fund Advisors ("BFA") serves as the investment advisor to the Funds. BlackRock Investments, LLC ("BRIL"), assists in the marketing of the Funds. BFA and BRIL are affiliates of BlackRock, Inc., none of which is affiliated with SEI.
The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by MSCI Inc., nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Funds. Neither SEI, nor BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., nor any of their affiliates, are affiliated with the company listed above.
(1) BlackRock and MSCI, as of 1/12/2012.
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