BlackRock given go ahead
BlackRock’s acquisition of Credit Suisse’s ETF business is due to complete by 1 July after being approved by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
BlackRock’s acquisition of Credit Suisse’s ETF business is due to complete by 1 July after being approved by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
BlackRock iShares is launching Europe’s first ETF with an international security structure, with the aim of improving liquidity, easing cross-border ETF processing and lowering transaction costs for investors.
Developed market equities and short-dated fixed income remain key asset classes for ETF investors, according to data from iShares.
iShares has added a financials ETF to its European corporate bond range, which offers exposure to the European financials sector of the investment grade corporate bond market.
iShares has created a “toolkit” to help advisers assess the role ETFs can play in portfolios, including calculation of total costs, tax implications and what to look for in available funds.
BlackRock exchange traded fund (ETF) business iShares plans to change the underlying indices on a number of its corporate bond products.
Investors showed a surge in risk appetite last week, according to the latest weekly fund flows from iShares, with $203m pouring into European Property.
On the face of it the arrival of yet another new ETF provider is not good news and goes against the trend of providers closing products, with at least two providers already up for sale.
iShares has listed a suite of minimum volatility ETFs on the London Stock Exchange, the funds of this type it has launched in Europe.
The first European exchange-traded fund (ETF) providing exposure to global high-yield bonds has been launched by iShares.
iShares has adjusted the methodology of the index used by its Market iBoxx Euro High Yield Bond ETF to mitigate risk of over-concentration in any particular country in the event of a credit rating downgrade.
The level of fund flows into exchange-traded funds in Europe is just 10% down on its record high of 2010.