Of course they're more volatile. But can emerging markets sector ETFs offer diversification tools to cut overlap and limit overall portfolio risks?

 

Bob Holderith is chief executive of Emerging Global Advisors. Richard Kang is chief investment officer for the New York-based company, which recently launched the first exchange-traded funds focused on specific sectors in emerging markets. (See related story here.)

EGA is expected to launch soon a third ETF that will act as a composite of the 10 underlying sectors in the Dow Jones emerging markets indexing series it’s using for current and upcoming funds.

The company says that nine more are in the works focusing on emerging markets sectors. Those will join the May launches of the EGS Emerging Markets Energy Fund (NYSE Arca: EEO) and the  EGS Emerging Markets Metals & Mining Fund (NYSE Arca: EMT).

IndexUniverse.com’s Murray Coleman caught up with Holderith and Kang late Thursday to

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Of course they're more volatile than rival iShares and SPDRs. But international sector ETFs focused on developing markets can help diversify portfolios, say firm's managers.

 

Bob Holderith is chief executive of Emerging Global Advisors. Richard Kang is chief investment officer for the New York-based company, which recently launched the first exchange-traded funds focused on specific sectors in emerging markets. (See related story here.)

EGA is expected to launch soon a third ETF that will act as a composite of the 10 underlying sectors in the Dow Jones emerging markets indexing series it’s using for current and upcoming funds.

The company says that nine more are in the works focusing on emerging markets sectors. Those will join the May launches of the EGS Emerging Markets Energy Fund (NYSE Arca: EEO) and the  EGS Emerging Markets Metals & Mining Fund (NYSE Arca: EMT).

IndexUniverse.com’s Murray Coleman caught up with Holderith and Kang

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Of course they're more volatile. But can emerging markets sector ETFs reduce exposure overlaps and limit overall portfolio risks?

 

Bob Holderith is chief executive of Emerging Global Advisors. Richard Kang is chief investment officer for the New York-based company, which recently launched the first exchange-traded funds focused on specific sectors in emerging markets. (See related story here.)

EGA is expected to launch soon a third ETF that will act as a composite of the 10 underlying sectors in the Dow Jones emerging markets indexing series it’s using for current and upcoming funds.

The company says that nine more are in the works focusing on emerging markets sectors. Those will join the May launches of the EGS Emerging Markets Energy Fund (NYSE Arca: EEO) and the EGS Emerging Markets Metals & Mining Fund (NYSE Arca: EMT).

IndexUniverse.com’s Murray Coleman caught up with Holderith and Kang late Thursday to discuss the future

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First ETFs to take sector-only approach to emerging markets launch.

 

The growth in emerging markets can now be played by country-specific exchange-traded funds as well as broad-based stock portfolios.

But on Thursday, another option became available to investors. The first family of ETFs offering exposure to sectors within emerging markets was launched by New York-based Emerging Global Advisors.

EEO's Top 10

Wgt (%)

Russia

36.31

India

18.88

China (offshore)

16.32

Brazil

9.52

South Africa

6.82

Thailand

4.15

Chile

2.53

Colombia

1.87

Poland

1.61

Hungary

0.91

That's the group whose chief executive, Robert Holderith, has been a leader in developing new ways to unfreeze credit markets around the world. (See related article here.)

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The first-ever emerging market sector family of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) has been introduced by Emerging Global Advisors, LLC, (EGA) it was announced today.

The new Emerging Global Shares (EGS) family of ETFs is based on the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Sector Titans Indexes and is designed to provide institutional investors with broad-based exposure to leading emerging market companies across multiple industry sectors. The initial funds will focus on Energy and Metals & Mining. All the ETFs will be listed on the NYSE Arca electronic exchange.

“For the first time, institutional investors will have a transparent vehicle for gaining sector-based exposure to the emerging markets,” said Robert Holderith, chief executive officer at Emerging Global Advisors. “Our family of ETFs will provide the market access and liquidity to allow institutions to execute trading and investment strategies that have not been previously possible.”

The initial

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