iShares Introduces Frontier Markets ETF

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) announced today that its iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world’s largest manager of ETFs, launched the iShares MSCI Frontier 100 Index Fund (NYSEArca: FM). This is the first ETF available to U.S. investors benchmarked to the MSCI Frontier Markets 100 Index. The Index provides exposure to frontier market securities that are specifically screened for liquidity. The frontier markets that are currently included in the Index are Argentina, Bangladesh, Croatia, Estonia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritius, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.