I'm just curious to hear what the advisors (and others, especially current iShare shareholders) have to say about the changes Blackrock has announced.
Summary:
MER cuts on six funds:
IVV drops from 0.09% to 0.07% IJH drops from 0.21% to 0.15% IJR drops from 0.22% to 0.16% AGG drops from 0.20% to 0.08% (!) ISI drops from 0.20% to 0.07% and is re-symboled to ITOT GLJ drops from 0.20% to 0.12% and is re-symboled to ILTB
Four new "core" funds are being launched:
IXUS at 0.16% (comparable fund is ACWX at 0.34%) IEMG at 0.18% (comparable fund is EEM at 0.67%) IEFA at 0.14% (comparable fund is EFA at 0.34%) ISTB at 0.12% (comparable fund is SHY at 0.15%)
Some coverage from IndexUniverse on this: