EMXF News and Press, iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF From 12/27/21

There are several reasons to be constructive about emerging markets (EMs) heading into 2022. Across EMs, positive structural forces remain apparent and are likely to foster fresh investment opportunities. Certain risks could change our overall EM outlook, although they are not in ...

We have seen crypto disruption expand across the financial system and expect this to continue. Inflation pressures may linger through 2022 and pose a risk of spiraling into a more persistent economic factor. Historically in these market environments, real assets—including n...

COP26 was expected to deliver significant pledges to limit global warming to 1.5c degrees above pre-industrial levels. If national governments fail to meet their targets, companies will feel the pressure to pick up the slack. Our active ownership program has strategic focus areas ...

The U.S. stock market is oversold, and there are less than two weeks of trading until the end of 2021. Inflation readings were very low at the end of 2020, but the December 2021 CPI numbers, when reported in January, could be over 7% higher due to base effects and low numbers rolling ...

The pandemic has given digitalization in emerging markets a permanent uplift. We view resilient technology demand as a multiyear tailwind for EMs. We see technology playing a critical role in another secular trend—the pursuit of net-zero carbon emissions in EMs. For f...

New therapies to prevent serious illness are promising but we should expect a focus on COVID and a return to normal life to continue in 2022. The seized gears of the supply chain caused many to speculate that the world would move manufacturing away from China or even onshore productio...

Easing global growth weighs on exports and commodities. Expectations of higher interest rates in developed economies, stronger dollar and rising inflation put pressure on EM central banks to tighten. These factors pose notable risks to EM growth in 2022. For further details ...

Twenty years ago, investors mocked the launch of the first ESG focused index called FTSE4Good. Two decades later, interest in ESG indices is driving some of the biggest allocations of capital today. FTSE Russell Americas Head of Sustainable Investment Tony Campos discusses what ha...

Chinese equities, particularly offshore equities, suffered relentlessly in the headlines for their negative performance. And both India and China have been increasingly reliant on imported energy, which includes coal, oil, and others. The more volatile the weather and global deman...

Chinese authorities recently presented a draft plan to reduce heavy metal emissions by 5% by 2025. China will accelerate the transfer of professional electroplating companies to special industrial parks, the Global Times reported. Environment pollution has been troubling China for...