Weekly roundup: iShares lists low volatility ETFs; Stoxx ex-financials and banks indices

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ETFM provides a roundup of some of this week's ETF and indexing news.

iShares has launched a suite of low volatility ETFs, which are designed to manage risk in equity exposures. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets MinimumVolatility Index Fund, iShares MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility Index Fund, iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility Index Fund and the iShares MSCI All Country World Minimum Volatility Index Fund are listed in New York. Passive volatility reduction strategies are gaining interest as a result of events in 2008 and then the return to high volatility this year, which have highlighted the benefits of such strategies. Stoxx has created a set of ex-...

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