FLLA News and Press, Franklin FTSE Latin America From 07/22/23

2023-07-22 03:35:00 ET Summary Allocation and stock selection in Brazil and Georgia lead to fund outperformance in Q2 2023. The VanEck Emerging Markets Fund slightly outperformed the MSCI EM IMI Index on the QTD basis ending June 30, 2023 (+2.24% for Fund vs +1.62% for Index). ...

2023-07-17 11:10:00 ET Summary We favor emerging market to developed market assets on a brighter macro backdrop. We get granular and harness mega forces, per our playbook. U.S. bond yields slumped last week on softer CPI inflation data. We think still-tight labor markets will comp...

2023-06-27 14:13:18 ET Franklin FTSE Latin America ETF ( FLLA ) - $0.5243 . Payable Jun 27; for shareholders of record Jun 20; ex-div Jun 16. For further details see: Franklin FTSE Latin America ETF declares semi-annual distribution of $0.5243

2023-06-24 00:20:00 ET Summary Latin American local currency debt faced challenges in 2022 including rising U.S. interest rates, reduced demand for commodities, political instability and persistent regional inflation. Surprisingly, the asset class has shown remarkable resilience s...

2023-05-13 04:51:00 ET Summary Mexico, Latin America’s second-largest economy, will grow 1.7% this year, while Brazil’s GDP will inch up just 1.2%, according to estimates from the IMF. The Brazilian real, Colombian peso, Argentine peso and other Latin American curren...

2023-04-12 01:39:00 ET Summary We believe that beyond China, EMs offer an attractive and differentiated opportunity set - one which drove our launch of our EM ex China Growth strategy. Ex China, EMs have much more technology (particularly semiconductor and broad hardware), materia...

2023-04-03 09:00:00 ET Summary The Franklin FTSE Latin America ETF is an index-based ETF that invests in the Latin America and Caribbean region of the Western Hemisphere (sort of). Investment selection is based on the FTSE Latin America RIC Capped Index. Despite the name, 90% of t...

2023-03-08 01:26:00 ET Summary Higher US bond yields and interest-rate expectations have a negative impact on long duration assets, including technology companies. Selected companies in India and Hong Kong which are perceived to have below-average corporate governance have come un...

Summary Loosening Big Tech's labor stronghold may help level the global playing field. We believe many of our international holdings will be able to capitalize on dislocated labor markets. International investing offers the opportunity to access markets with technology innovators wh...

Summary The MSCI Latin America Index has performed better than the MSCI Emerging Market Index cumulatively over the past 5 and 7 years as well as over longer time periods, buoyed by its natural resource companies. The region is well placed to take advantage of the opportunities created ...