iShares Adds Small Cap India ETF

iShares, by far the most active ETF issuer on the product development front to this point in 2012, continued the aggressive expansion of its international ETF lineup this week with the debut of a new product targeting small cap Indian stocks. The new MSCI India Small Cap Index Fund (SMIN) becomes the third product to specifically target small Indian companies. SMIN will complement existing ETFs from iShares that target primarily large Indian companies, including the S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund (INDY) and the recently-launched MSCI India Index Fund (INDA). Under The Hood The index to which SMIN will be linked consists of about 235 individual stocks, though the fact sheet indicates that the new ETF will hold only about 88 stocks at launch. Liquidity can be an issue even with some larger Indian stocks, so it wouldn’t be surprising if SMIN implements a sampling strategy that results in the [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Coming Soon To An ETF Near You: Finland, Small Cap UK Funds From iShares Evaluating India ETFs: Three Important Factors To Consider Can India ETFs Beat Inflation Epidemic? India ETFs: Warning Signs In GDP Report? India ETFs: Five Ways To Play