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U.S. Traded ETF Sponsors
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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. As always, we endeavor to be
as accurate and complete as possible in our content. The publicly
available information, however, is often less than clear and errors may
therefore occur. Your help in notifying us of any error is greatly
appreciated by
clicking 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Powershares BLDRS
are a family of exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") based on The
Bank of New York ADR IndexSM, 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Seeks
to provide investment returns that closely correspond to the price and yield
performance of the Nasdaq Composite Index. |
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Founded
in 1955, Van Eck Associates Corporation was among the first U.S. money
managers helping investors achieve greater diversification through global
investing. |
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global investment choices in hard assets, emerging markets, precious metals
including gold, and other specialized asset classes. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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ETF Securities, Europe's leading provider of commodity exchange
traded products, enters the US market. |
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Collateralized, exchange-traded securities that deliver the
returns (or inverse returns) of important asset classes and valuable
economic interests. |
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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. |
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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®. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Following is the beginning list of sponsors outside the U.S.
We will soon provide constituent lists on many ETFs from these sponsors. |
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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. |
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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). |
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