EUROPE - iShares, the range of exchange traded funds (ETFs) managed by Barclays Global Investors, is to close its nine sector funds after they failed to attract investor interest.
The sector funds were first launched in 2000. Lee Kranefuss, director of iShares, said: “Sector funds, generally, are just not a priority for European buyers of ETFs – there is a much bigger app...
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