iShares, the exchange traded fund unit of BlackRock, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch three new emerging market ETFs, including a fund tracking dividend payers.
For investors who can stomach more risk, there are exchange traded funds that invest in emerging markets and seek to provide a dividend stream on the side. [Emerging Market Dividend ETFs]
The new ETFs proposed from BlackRock are the iShares MSCI Vietnam Investable Market Index Fund, the iShares Emerging Market Dividend Fund and the iShares MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Select Index Fund , Benzinga reports. [Emerging Markets ETFs Submerged in Risk-off Trend]
The ETF structure will allow investors to gain exposure to the growth in frontier market countries without the risk of putting a lot of capital into one sector or country. This will help quell the geopolitical risk factor that is associated with emerging market investing. [Emerging Asia ETFs]