BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that iShares, the global leader in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), has updated its website for DIFC financial professionals. As the primary source of information for financial professionals, the iShares website provides detailed fund information on over 340 iShares’ products throughout Europe and the US, including access to the most relevant and updated iShares documents covering financial analysis, brochures and fact sheets. This announcement comes as the world’s largest ETF provider celebrates its 10th anniversary while achieving $500 Billion Assets Under Management.
The most significant addition to the website is access to daily fund fact sheets, holdings and performance data. Additionally, a suite of flexible tools has been added that include performance charts, index return charts and a fund search capability. These three tools examine an iShares ETF relationship to its benchmark, research more than 150 worldwide indices and dynamically filter iShares ETFs by a wide range of criteria, including asset class and holding exposure.
“We’re excited about being able to provide DIFC financial professionals the most up to date and relevant information for their ETF needs on a web-based platform. The market conditions of the past eighteen months or so has placed a greater demand from investors for transparency and through the latest upgrades we can now provide daily transparency on the underlying holdings of all of the iShares’ funds. Additionally, we constantly strive to provide our clients with the tools they need to make the best informed investment decisions. The new iShares’ website enables just that,” Norah Ali Alyusuf, Vice President of BlackRock explained.
Through the user-friendly interface on the iShares regional website, the user can now create and modify watch lists and save their favorite iShares in their personal lists. An additional feature is the registration page, which allows a user to sign up and receive regular educational information and to stay up-to-date with the latest iShares news.
With updates on a regular basis and in-depth information on the world of ETFs, the iShares DIFC Professional website acts as the one-stop-shop for users and equips them with the fundamentals of ETFs and relevant information that will play a significant role on a regional and global level.
The upgrades made to the local site increase its online product coverage in EMEA which includes 10 countries and 6 languages. The website also offers the complete range of funds spanning Europe and the US.
