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Barclays Global Investors celebrates four iShares ETFs (NYSE Arca-Listed TOK, SCZ, SCJ and EMB) recently listed on NYSE Arca. In honor of the occasion, Barclays Managing Director and Head of Japan Institutional Business Group Masahiro Fukuhara rings The Opening BellSM.
Barclays Global Investors
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) is one of the world's largest asset managers¹ providing structured investment strategies such as risk-controlled active strategies and indexing. In the US, BGI is one of the largest active managers², set apart by its risk-controlled approach. BGI manages 65% of the world's 100 largest pension plans³ and is a leader in assets and products in exchange traded funds (ETFs) through its iShares® brand with more than 190 ETFs globally. The firm managed over $2 trillion in assets as of 6/30/07, for more than 2,900 clients in 52 countries around the world. BGI is a majority-owned subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC.
The MSCI Kokusai ETF tracks the MSCI Kokusai Index that consists of securities of issuers from 22 countries classified as having developed economies, excluding Japan ("DEEJ"). The MSCI Small Cap Index targets 40% of the eligible small cap universe in each industry group of each country represented by the MSCI EAFE Index. The MSCI Small Cap Japan ETF tracks the MSCI Japan Index that targets 40% of the eligible small cap universe within each industry group in the MSCI Japan Index, which consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund ETF tracks the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index is a broad, diverse US dollar denominated emerging markets debt benchmark which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.
iShares are part of a family of over 291 exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") from Barclays Global Investors ("BGI"), one of the largest money managers in the world. iShares are currently trading on over 10 different stock exchanges around the world.
NYSE Group has 240 primary ETF listings. Combined with ETFs trading on an unlisted trading privilege basis (UTP), ETFs on the NYSE Group represent a 40.4% share of handled trading in the overall U.S. market in 2007.
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