Exchange traded funds are a cheap and easy way to help investors access targeted markets around the globe through country- and region-specific strategies.
“We looked at the world as a whole and we thought to ourselves, ‘There’s a huge opportunity set for us to come in, get exposures across a whole bunch of different countries and do it at a price point that we think has really been done in the U.S. but hasn’t been done been done a lot in these country and regional funds,’” Pierre Caramazza, Head of Financial Institutions Group U.S., Head of ETF Distribution, Franklin Templeton, said at the Morningstar Investment Conference.
Franklin Templeton offers a number of country- and region-specific ETFs, including:
- Franklin FTSE Australia ETF (FLAU)
- Franklin FTSE Canada ETF (FLCA)
- Franklin FTSE Europe ETF (FLEE)
- Franklin FTSE Europe Hedged ETF (FLEH)
- Franklin FTSE France ETF (FLFR)
- Franklin FTSE Germany ETF (FLGR)
- Franklin FTSE Hong Kong ETF (FLHK)
- Franklin FTSE Italy ETF (FLIY)
- Franklin FTSE Japan ETF (FLJP)
- Franklin FTSE Japan Hedged ETF (FLJH)
- Franklin FTSE United Kingdom ETF (FLGB)
- Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF (FLKR)
- Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF (FLBR)
- Franklin FTSE China ETF (FLCH)
- Franklin FTSE Mexico ETF (FLMX)
- Franklin FTSE Taiwan ETF (FLTW)
- Franklin FTSE India ETF (FLIN)
- Franklin FTSE Russia ETF (FLRU)
- Franklin FTSE Switzerland ETF (FLSW)
- Franklin FTSE Asia ex Japan ETF (FLAX)
The ETFs each come with a low 0.09% to 0.19% expense ratio. These Franklin Templeton country-specific ETFs are among the cheapest options available for targeting their respective markets. The country- and region-specific ETFs are market cap-weighted and benchmarked to country and regional indices from FTSE Russell.
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