Equity ETF Sponsor Sites

U.S. Traded ETF Sponsors

Below is a listing of all U.S. traded ETF Sponsors with actively trading Exchange Traded Funds. Click on the logos to go to their web sites for more information on their individual funds. For a complete downloadable list of all ETFs in .csv format, click here.

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iShares is the contribution to the world of personal investment management from Barclays Global Investors, the world's largest manager of indexed investment products.

		State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is the investment management arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) and the largest institutional fund manager in the world.

PowerShares ETFs are aligned with some of the leading ETF companies as service providers, including the American Stock Exchange LLC, The Bank of New York, LaBranche Structured Products LLC, Kellogg Capital Group, Goldman Sachs & Co. and Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.


		Powershares BLDRS are a family of exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") based on The Bank of New York ADR Index^SM, a real-time index tracking U.S. traded depositary receipts. Powershares BLDRS represent a way to diversify your institutional or retail portfolio by investing in depositary receipts at low expense ratios.

HOLDRS are securities that represent an investor’s ownership in the common stock or ADRs of specified companies in a particular industry, sector or group. HOLDRS allow investors to own a diversified group of stocks in a single investment that is highly transparent, liquid and efficient.

Vanguard ETFs range from highly targeted sectors to international markets to broad domestic indexes. Built on 30 years of indexing expertise. Designed for better market tracking. Significantly lower costs than other ETFs.

		Rydex Investments and sister asset management firm Security Global Investors are now Rydex\|SGI—a forward thinking asset management firm dedicated to providing high quality, innovative investment solutions across the asset allocation spectrum to help meet investors’ diverse and evolving needs.

		The Rydex CurrencyShares products offer investors and institutions a convenient and cost-effective method of gaining investment benefits similar to that of holding foreign currencies. The foreign currencies market is the largest and most liquid financial market in the world.

First Trust®, a unit investment trust (UIT) product line, was created in 1974, and is currently sponsored by First Trust Portfolios L.P. Since 1974, approximately 2500 products have been deposited, providing customers all over the world with strategically diverse investment opportunities.

ProShares take exchange traded funds (ETFs) to the next level, making it easy to implement complex investment strategies in a single trade. Like ordinary ETFs, ProShares offer a simple way to gain exposure to market indexes. But ProShares also provide innovative new ways to manage risk and enhance return potential in your portfolios.

WisdomTree Investments, Inc., is a publicly traded company specializing in the creation of proprietary stock indices. WisdomTree Investments is the parent company of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. WisdomTree Asset Management is registered as an investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is the investment adviser to the WisdomTree Trust, a family of numerous ETFs. As investment adviser, WisdomTree Asset Management has overall responsibility for the general management and administration of each fund of the Trust.

Seeks to provide investment returns that closely correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq Composite Index.

		Founded in 1955, Van Eck Associates Corporation was among the first U.S. money managers helping investors achieve greater diversification through global investing.

		Today the firm continues the 50+ year tradition by offering global investment choices in hard assets, emerging markets, precious metals including gold, and other specialized asset classes.

Claymore ETFs provide access to innovative indexes distinctly designed as investment solutions. Unlike ETFs that track traditional indexes representing market participation, the indexes Claymore ETFs track seek to best capture the investment potential of unique strategies.


		United States Commodity Funds LLC (“USCF”), the General Partner and manager of United States Oil Fund, LP (“USO”), United States Natural Gas Fund, LP (“UNG”), United States 12 Month Oil Fund, LP (“USL”), United States Gasoline Fund, LP (“UGA”) and United States Heating Oil Fund, LP (“UHN”) does not have a web site, but instead individual web sites for each of its five commodity based ETFs.

XShares Group, Inc., a New York based financial services company, was founded in 2005 by Jeffrey Feldman and several experienced financial professionals. The company secured an exemptive order from the SEC to launch ETFs in November 2006. XShares Advisors, a wholly owned subsidiary of XShares Group, Inc., develops focused and innovative exchange traded funds.

SAN FRANCISCO–January 15, 2009–Grail Advisors, an innovator in the development and distribution of active Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), has filed a registration statement for two new actively managed ETFs, the Grail American Beacon Large Cap Value ETF and the Grail American Beacon International Equity ETF. The funds represent the industry’s first actively managed ETFs in the equity space using traditional active management.

GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund (GCC) is an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) that provides an innovative and efficient way to deliver broad based, diversified commodity exposure. It aims to achieve this by using futures contracts to track the Continuous Commodity Index-Total Return (CCI-TR)†. The CCI-TR is an equal weighted index of 17 commodities plus an additional Treasury Bill yield.

Through the North Track NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index Fund, an investor has the opportunity to own shares in a mutual fund which represents 100 companies in 14 different technology-related industries. The objective of this fund is to replicate the total return of the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index.

Direxion is a pioneer in providing sophisticated investment solutions and helping investors optimize their portfolio strategies. Our multi-directional and leveraged products offer the opportunity for investors to effectively manage risk and returns in all market conditions.

The new ETF, Global X/InterBolsa FTSE Colombia 20 ETF (GXG), which was listed on NYSE Arca in February, tracks the price and yield performance of the FTSE Colombia 20 Index, a basket of the 20 most liquid securities in the Colombian market.

The JETS Dow Jones Islamic Market International Index Fund is an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) that seeks performance results which, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of Shari'ah compliant securities

We believe Emerging Global Shares will represent the next wave of innovation in the highly evolving world of investing and exchange traded funds (ETFs). In particular, our initial ETF family offering will seek to combine the benefits of sector based exposures with the rising powers that are the emerging markets.

ETF Securities, Europe's leading provider of commodity exchange traded products, enters the US market.

Collateralized, exchange-traded securities that deliver the returns (or inverse returns) of important asset classes and valuable economic interests.

ELEMENTS are exchange-traded notes designed to track the return of a specific underlying market measure. ELEMENTS provide convenient access to markets and strategies that may not be readily available to individual investors.

Weighting by REVENUE (as opposed to MARKET CAPITALIZATION) can be a less volatile, and potentially more rewarding way to leverage the stocks in an index like the S&P 500®.

AdvisorShares ETFs offer operational and tax efficiencies, which lower investment expenses and typically improve the overall investment return. ETFs are, however, subject to commission costs each time you buy or sell.

At Jefferies Asset Management, LLC (JAM), our goal is to provide investors with a diversified suite of high quality asset management products based upon a deep understanding of the markets developed through years of experience. We seek to achieve attractive returns across various strategies in all market conditions.

IndexIQ offers next generation alternative investments that are liquid, transparent, low cost and tax-efficient.* Our ETF-based strategies help fill an industry gap, offering investors access to lower cost, non-correlated investment solutions.

Geary Advisors, LLC, has launched an Oklahoma Exchange-Traded Fund with the stock symbol "OOK." OOK trades on the NYSE Arca. The Fund invests in a portfolio of securities that represents a benchmark index of publicly traded Oklahoma-based companies that have their headquarters or principal place of business in Oklahoma.

ETF investors appreciate the flexibility and simplicity of being able to access important sectors of the financial markets in a single intraday trade. PIMCO’s ETF offerings are being designed to provide well-engineered solutions to a broad range of investors’ needs.

Following is the beginning list of sponsors outside the U.S. We will soon provide constituent lists on many ETFs from these sponsors.

TORONTO, June 4, 2009 – Today marked the first day of trading for BMO Exchange Traded Funds, making BMO Financial Group, through Jones Heward Investment Counsel Inc., the only major Canadian financial group to offer a family of ETFs.

iShares™ ETFs are a powerful investment vehicle, combining the best elements of stocks, mutual funds and index investing. Traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, iShares funds continue the forward-thinking tradition of Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited (Barclays Canada).