Invesco PowerShares has listed an international corporate bond ETF. The PowerShares International Corporate Bond Portfolio (PICB) is based on the S&P International Corporate Bond Index.
iShares has launched an exchange traded fund that provides investors with exposure to Poland. The MSCI Poland Investable Market Index Fund (EPOL) tracks an index designed to measure the performance of the top 99% of equity securities listed on stock exchanges in Poland.
State Street has launched the SPDR Barclays Capital International Corporate Bond ETF (IBND), an exchange traded fund designed to provide investors with cost efficient exposure to investment-grade corporate bonds outside of the US.
Adding to its portfolio of international small cap ETFs, IndexIQ recently launched a Taiwan fund. The IQ Taiwan Small Cap ETF (TWON) tracks the overall performance of the small capitalization sector of publicly traded companies domiciled and primarily listed on an exchange in Taiwan.
Three single country exchange traded funds that provide exposure to Ireland, Indonesia and the US recently started trading.
Vanguard has joined Fidelity and Schwab in offering commission-free ETFs. Vanguard brokerage clients may make commission-free transactions in Vanguard’s entire line-up of 46 low-cost ETFs.
ProShares has added four leveraged international ETFs that complement existing short funds.
ProShares and KBW have brought two new ETFs to market that provide leveraged and inverse exposure to regional bank equities.
IndexIQ has brought another international small cap ETF to market. The IQ South Korea Small Cap ETF (SKOR) track indices intended to give investors a means of passively tracking the overall performance of the small-capitalization sector of publicly traded companies domiciled and primarily listed on an exchange in South Korea.
BlackRock’s Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) platform, iShares, reached global Assets under Management (AUM) of $509 billion as of March 31, 2010.