iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

As the smart or strategic beta class of exchange-traded funds has gained momentum and, more importantly, assets, the funds occupying this fast-growing segment of the ETF universe have also become increasingly sophisticated. In fact, some established factor-based ETFs have even changed indices...

BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world's largest ETF issuer, added to its lineup of factor-driven ETFs today with the debut of five new funds. Two of the new ETFs are managed using BlackRock research rather than tracking an index while the other three are iShares MSCI Factor ETFs, which...