Stark tillväxt för ETFer under 2011

Stockholm, 9 januari 2012 – iShares, BlackRocks (NYSE:BLK) plattform för börshandlade fonder och världens största leverantör av ETFer rapporterar idag ett starkt nettoinflöde av nytt kapital under 2011, trots utmanande makroekonomiska förhållanden. Det totala nettoinflödet i iShares ETFer var under 2011, i EMEA-regionen, 18 miljarder US dollar, en ökning med 43 procent från 2010 (12,6 miljarder US dollar).

iShares totala tillgångar under förvaltning ökade under perioden med 4 procent till 105,9 miljarder dollar per sista december 2011[1].

Totalt fångade iShares under 2011 över 70 procent av alla inflöden till marknaden för ETFer i EMEA-regionen, och bibehöll därmed sin marknadsledande position.[2] Intresset för fonder med fokus på amerikanska och tyska aktier samt företagsobligationer var särskilt stort.

Joe Linhares, chef för iShares EMEA, kommenterar:

“I takt med att fler investerare återvänder till marknaden och justerar sina portföljer inför 2012 bedömer vi att intresset för ETFer kommer att vara fortsatt stort och vi ser optimistiskt på utsikterna för en fortsatt tillväxt för branschen. Investerare attraheras i allt högre grad av ETFer på grund av dess transparens och likviditet, för att bygga och positionera långsiktiga portföljer.”

Geir Espeskog, chef för iShares i Norden, kommenterar:

“Vad gäller den svenska marknaden ser vi en signifikant ökning i intresset svenska investerare visar i börshandlade fonder jämfört mot föregående år”.

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Caroline Hancock
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Caroline.Hancock@blackrock.com

Fredrik Wincrantz
Burson-Marsteller
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Fredrik.Wincrantz@bm.com

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[1] Source: December 2011 BlackRock ETF Landscape Report

[2] Source: December 2011 BlackRock ETF Landscape Report