London, April 2010

To mark the 10th anniversary of the first ETF in Europe Blackrock have just published a special report reviewing the history of ETFs in Europe as well as some predictions for the future.

Ten years ago in April 2000 the first ETFs to be launched in Europe were the iShares DJ STOXX 50 (EUN1 GY) and iShares DJ Euro STOXX 50 (EUN2 GY) listed on 11 April 2000 on the Deutsche Boerse, followed by the iShares FTSE 100 (ISF LN) on the London Stock Exchange extraMARK segment on 28 April 2000. The first two ETFs were originally branded as 'LDRS', sponsored by Merrill Lynch International and later acquired by iShares in September 2003. Read more .....

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