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iShares Launches Two New Target Date ETFs that Expand the iShares Target Date Series
August, 18, 2011 - BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that its iShares® Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world's largest manager of ETFs, has launched two new iShares ETFs on the NYSE Arca. The funds are the iShares S&P Target Date 2045 (NYSEArca: TZW) and iShares S&P Target Date 2050 (NYSEArca: TZY) Index Funds.
The new funds provide a continuation of the existing iShares target series products, which are designed to provide investors with a diversified portfolio of iShares ETFs within an efficient ETF structure and can help investors prepare for an anticipated future need for funding a life event such as retirement.
"Implementing target date funds in retirement portfolios can be an increasingly attractive strategy for investors," said Chip Castille, Managing Director and head of BlackRock's U.S. and Canada Defined Contribution Group. "Target date products each offer a diversified, cost-effective way to help investors meet their investment needs. They also help mitigate common investor pitfalls such as poor asset allocation and failure to make portfolio changes over time, two actions that can reduce portfolio returns."
The two funds are benchmarked to the S&P Target Date 2045/2050 indices, which are designed to provide exposure to a diversified array of asset classes. The indices are rebalanced monthly, while on a yearly basis S&P conducts a survey of target date funds and derives an allocation strategy for the indices. S&P uses iShares ETFs to track each asset class.
Source: BlackRock
Canada Private Equity Investments Up 40% In 2Q
August 17, 2011--The second quarter marked the most active period for Canada's buyout and private-equity market since the fourth quarter of 2008, while the venture-capital sector continued to struggle, underscoring that investors see more risk in early-stage investing.
The number of buyout and private-equity deals jumped 40% year-over-year, as total investments hit C$5.7 billion (US$5.8 billion), fueled in part by the first C$1 billion-plus investments in over two years, Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association, or CVCA, reported Wednesday. The deals included the C$2.1 billion purchase of Husky International Ltd. by OMERS Private Equity and Berkshire Partners from Onex Corp. (OCX.T) and the acquisition of Timberwest Forest by B.C. Investment Management Corp. and PSP Investment Board.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
