Australia
VanEck lists multifactor EM fund
VanEck's Australian division has listed an emerging markets ETF that uses a multifactor approach to pick stocks.
The VanEck Vectors MSCI Multifactor Emerging Markets Equity ETF (EMKT) will take MSCI's famous Emerging Markets Index and pass it through a four factor model. The factors looked at are: quality, value, momentum and low size. The index includes large and mid-cap stocks across 24 emerging markets countries.
While Australia has emerging market ETFs there are to date no multifactor ones.
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