BlackRock’s iShares exchange-traded funds business is to change the investment objective of the iShares MSCI Ireland Capped ETF to track a new underlying index effective 27 November 2013.
The new index is the MSCI All Ireland Capped Index which includes companies that are domiciled in or have significant business in Ireland.
The changes are being implemented in order to increase the fund's diversification.
The fund's name and trading symbol will not change.