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Van Eck Plans Small Cap Emerging Markets, CEF ETFs

By: ETFdb
Van Eck, the New York City-based issuer known in the ETF world for funds offering exposure to hard assets and emerging markets, continues to get creative in its product development efforts. In recent SEC filings the company detailed plans for a small cap emerging markets ETF and an ETF that invests in closed-end funds, putting twists on existing products offered by State Street and PowerShares. The Market Vectors GDP – Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity ETF would seek to replicate an index consisting of small cap emerging market stocks. The proposed Van Eck fund would be similar to the SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF (EWX), though some nuances of the underlying indexes would result in different risk/return profiles. The Market Vectors fund would be linked to an index that weights individual countries based on GDP relative to other economies in the portfolio. So China would presumably receive the largest [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Does South Korea Belong In Your Emerging Markets ETF? State Street Debuts Two New Emerging Markets ETFs Going Beyond EEM: Rounding Out Emerging Markets Exposure With ETFs Ten New Years’ Resolutions For ETF Investors ETF Tax Efficiency Report Card
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