Franklin Templeton Investments has announced it will roll out a suite of 16 single country and regional market-cap weighted exchange-traded funds that will be listed on NYSE Arca on Monday, November 6.
According to Franklin Templeton, this lineup of passive ETFs that track FTSE Russell indexes will provide investors with exposure to a specific country or region at expense ratios that are among the lowest in the industry for their respective categories. The new ETFs will target exposures to developed countries at an expense ratio of 0.09 percent and to emerging markets at 0.19 percent.
The new ETFs comprise the following:
Ticker ETF Name Expense Ratio %
FLAU Franklin FTSE Australia ETF 0.09%
FLCA Franklin FTSE Canada ETF 0.09%
FLEE Franklin FTSE Europe ETF 0.09%
FLEH Franklin FTSE Europe Hedged ETF 0.09%
FLFR Franklin FTSE France ETF 0.09%
FLGR Franklin FTSE Germany ETF 0.09%
FLHK Franklin FTSE Hong Kong ETF 0.09%
FLIY Franklin FTSE Italy ETF 0.09%
FLJP Franklin FTSE Japan ETF 0.09%
FLJH Franklin FTSE Japan Hedged ETF 0.09%
FLGB Franklin FTSE United Kingdom ETF 0.09%
FLKR Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF 0.09%
FLBR Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF 0.19%
FLCH Franklin FTSE China ETF 0.19%
FLMX Franklin FTSE Mexico ETF 0.19%
FLTW Franklin FTSE Taiwan ETF 0.19%
Franklin Templeton’s existing LibertyShares ETF platform consists of six actively managed funds—two equity funds and four fixed-income funds—and a suite of seven smart beta funds.
Franklin LibertyShares had more than $938 million in assets under management globally as of this year’s third quarter.