BlackRock tuo Euroopan markkinoille uuden iShares ETF-tuotesarjan

Asiakkaiden toivomusten perusteella suunniteltuun tuotesarjaan kuuluu laadukkaita mutta edullisia rahastoja pitkän aikavälin sijoittajille.

ETF-markkinat ovat kasvaneet ja kehittyneet merkittävästi Euroopassa viime vuosien aikana. Viimeisen viiden vuoden aikana ETF-markkinat ovat kasvaneet 23 prosentin vuosivauhtia. Kasvaneen kysynnän johdosta BlackRock tuo markkinoille iShares Core Series -tuotesarjan eurooppalaisille sijoittajille. Sarjan 14 ETF:n avulla sijoittajilla on mahdollisuus päästä käsiksi suosituimpiin kohteisiin edulliseen hintaan.

”Yksityisten sijoittajien ja heidän käyttämiensä välittäjien merkitys ETF-markkinoilla kasvaa. Passiiviset rahastot ovat yhä useamman sijoitussalkun ydin”, toteaa iSharesin Pohjoismaiden toiminnoista vastaavan johtajan Geir Espeskog.

iShares Core Series on suunniteltu pitkän aikavälin sijoitusportfolion ytimeksi, oli sijoittajan tavoitteena sitten pitkäaikainen eläkesäästäminen tai lyhyemmän aikavälin tuoton saaminen.

Tuotesarjaan kuuluu yhdeksän on osake-ETF:ää, joista yksi on juuri julkaistu iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets IMI UCITS ETF. Loput viisi ovat korko-ETF:iä. Kaikki sarjan tuotteet ovat fyysisiä ETF:iä.

“Sijoittajat ja sijoitusneuvojat käyttävät ETF-tuotteita yhä enemmän rakentaakseen monipuolisia portfolioita, joilla on matala kustannustaso ja pitkä sijoitushorisontti. ETF:t eivät enää ole vain institutionaalisten sijoittajien työkaluja, vaan ovat nykyään laajasti erilaisten sijoittajien käytössä”, sanoo Rachel Lord, iSharesin EMEA-alueen johtaja.

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BlackRock launches the iShares Core Series in Europe

Responds to the European ETF market “coming of age”

Range includes high quality, low cost equity and fixed income funds for long term investors

London, 2 June 2014 – BlackRock launches the iShares Core Series for European investors. The suite consists of 14 ETFs designed to provide access to some of the most popular exposures used by investors today, at some of the lowest prices in Europe. 

The launch follows the impressive growth and evolution in the European ETF market.  The industry has grown 23% annually over the last five years[1] which has led to new uses and demand for ETFs, from a wide variety of investors across institutional and retail, and the iShares Core Series responds to this.

The iShares Core Series comprises nine equity ETFs, including the newly launched iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets IMI UCITS ETF, and five fixed income ETFs. Some of the funds have had their headline prices reduced and all are physically replicating, purchasing and holding the underlying securities.  

The iShares Core Series is designed as a range of building blocks for longer-term positions at the core of investors’ portfolios.  It is particularly suited to the needs of UK and European financial intermediaries and their clients.  The range can be complemented with iShares ETFs that address investors’ more specific investment objectives - from earning income in retirement to capitalising on market opportunities in the shorter-term. 

The European iShares Core Series follows the launch of a similar Core series in the U.S. in 2012 and the Canadian series launched in March 2014. 

Rachel Lord, Head of iShares for EMEA said:

“ETFs are coming of age in Europe. The industry is at a tipping point for mass market usage. What started as a tool for institutions has now been adopted by a broad spectrum of investors. We are seeing a shift in usage as passive investments increasingly move to the core of client portfolios and investors use them to build low cost and diversified solutions for the long term.” 

“For the iShares Core Series we’ve taken the most popular markets investors want exposure to and ensured our ETFs are attractively priced without compromising on quality.  As the ETF market evolves, our clients’ needs change and we respond; the iShares Core Series is testament to this.”

Geir Espeskog, Head of iShares Nordics, said:

“Retail investors, and the intermediaries and platforms they invest through, will be a key driver of ETF industry growth.  Passive funds are becoming a key starting point for many discussions on portfolio design and the iShares Core series gives advisers the building blocks they need to create cost effective solutions for their clients.”

The European iShares Core Series:

AMC = Annual Management Charge. iShares Swiss domiciled funds have a variable TER which includes AMC plus variable charges on an annual basis.

All of the iShares Core equity funds are accumulating funds, except for iShares Core SPI® (CH), meaning that income from holdings is automatically re-invested to make managing portfolios easier.

[1] BlackRock data as of May 30th 2014.
[2] New Total Expense Ratios (TER) to become effective on 2 June 2014. New TER for the iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF became effective on 7 April 2014.
[3] As of Monday, 9 June 2014 the name of each of these funds has been amended to include ‘Core’ in their title. For further information please refer to the shareholder letter, dated 2 June, on the ‘All Documents’ section on the funds webpage.
[4] As at the date of this document these funds are named iShares SPI® (CH) and iShares CHF Corporate Bond (CH). The names of these Funds will be amended to include “Core” in their title subject to regulatory approval.

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