iShares lists global equity ETF

The underlying index comprises of stocks from 24 developed and 21 emerging markets; the ETF is physically-replicated and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Axel Lomholt, head of iShares product development Emea says that the ETF can be used as a core building block by investors or "in a combination with regional or single country iShares' ETFs, to tilt portfolio exposure when investors have strong convictions towards a selected country or a region". He says that "iShares launched iShares MSCI ACWI ETF in response to the increasing client demand for broad global equity exposure". ...