Investors Flock to Pakistan ETF Before Emerging Market Entry
- Bearish bets in Global X Pakistan Fund dwindle amid inflows
- Fund assets quadruple to record in 2017 amid buoyant market
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Investors are snapping up a U.S.-listed exchange-traded fund dedicated to Pakistani stocks before the nation’s entry into MSCI Inc.’s emerging-market index next week.
Global X MSCI Pakistan ETF is on course for the biggest monthly inflow since it started two years ago after investors added $11.8 million from May 1 through May 24, data compiled by Bloomberg show. In the past six weeks, more than $1 million short positions have been cut as bearish bets were pared to the lowest since December.