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iShares claims European first with timber ETF

Nyree Stewart

25 October 2007 •

iShares has launched what it claims is the first timber and forestry exchange-traded fund in Europe.

The launch of the iShares S&P Global Timber and Forestry and the iShares MSCI Latin America ETFs brings the firm’s total number of ETFs listed on the London Stock Exchange to 52. It said the timbe...

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