With the iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (NYSEArca: EWY) up just 0.2% this year, EEM is up 2.4%, trailing the 4% gain posted by VWO.
Investors don’t have to wonder what a diversified emerging markets with an appropriate A-shares allocation and no South Korea weight looks like because the KraneShares FTSE Emerging Markets Plus ETF (BATS: KEMP) answers that question. KEMP is the first diversified emerging markets ETF to include A-shares by way of 24.5% weight to the KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A ETF (NYSEArca: KBA), the lone U.S.-listed A-shares ETF that tracks an MSCI index. [What A-Shares Look Like in a Broad EM ETF]
KEMP has outpaced EEM and VWO this year. S&P Capital IQ has marketweight ratings on EEM and VWO.
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
