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BATS Welcomes Five New iShares ETFs To Its U.S. Market - Company Continues To Expand Partnership With iShares - New ETFs Began Trading Today

Date 02/11/2015

BATS Global Markets (BATS), the #1 U.S. market for the trading of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today welcomed five new iShares ETFs from BlackRock, a global leader in ETFs, to the BATS ETF Marketplace.

The following five ETFs are trading, as of today, on BATS Exchange, bringing the total number of iShares ETFs listed on the BATS U.S. market to 25.

  • iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EM Minimum Volatility ETF (BATS: HEMV)
  • iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility ETF (BATS: HEFV)
  • iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI Minimum Volatility ETF (BATS: HACV)
  • iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Europe Minimum Volatility ETF (BATS: HEUV)
  • iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Europe Small-Cap ETF (BATS: HEUS)

“We are delighted to build on our relationship with iShares, the first issuer to list on BATS back in 2012, with the addition of these five new innovative products,” said Laura Morrison, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Exchange-Traded Products at BATS. “BATS has great respect for BlackRock’s iShares team and their thought leadership in the ETF industry. We appreciate their continued support for our business and will continue to strive to help make markets better for today’s ETF issuers and investors.”

BATS ranks as the top exchange operator for ETF trading with the BATS Exchanges – BYX, BZX, EGDA, EDGX – executing 28.2% of all U.S. ETF volume in September. BATS has been the #1 U.S. market for ETF trading for every month of 2015 and the #2 U.S. market for overall equities trading.

Additional information on the iShares ETFs is available on the iShares website.

Additional information on The BATS ETF Marketplace is available here. ETF issuers interested in joining the growing number of firms listing on BATS may email listings@bats.com.