ETF Issuers
iShares is the world’s No. 1 provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs). With the broadest range of cash-based ETFs, investors have access to a variety of asset classes and markets based upon the world’s leading indices. iShares commitment to transparency ensures that investors know exactly what they own; this combined with greater liquidity, deeper markets and tighter spreads means that iShares ETFs can be easily bought and sold on the London Stock Exchange. iShares are issued by Blackrock of which Barclays Bank PLC holds a 19.9% stake in the company.
db x-trackers ETFs - with over 70 products listed on the London Stock Exchange, db x-trackers ETFs is one of the leading providers of ETFs in the UK offering access to both domestic and international developed and developing markets. The product range includes access to fixed income markets, developing market equities, daily short and leverage indices, money markets, European sectors (long and short) and alternative asset classes such as commodities and hedge funds.
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ETF Securities is a provider of Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs) and 3rd generation exchange traded funds (ETFs). ETF Securities offer more than 140 exchange traded products (ETPs) with $12 billion in assets. The ETPs provide investors with a wide variety of investment strategies, with ETPs offering resource equities, physical, long, forward, leveraged and short exposure to all commodity sectors.
SPDR ETFs - Offered by State Street Global Advisors, SPDR ETFs provide investors with the flexibility to select investments that are precisely aligned to their investment strategy.
Recognised as an industry pioneer, State Street Global Advisors created the first ETF in 1993 (SPDR S&P® 500) and manages more than $262Bn of ETF assets worldwide.1
State Street Global Advisors is a global leader in asset management. The firm is relied on by investors worldwide for its disciplined investment process, powerful global investment platform and access to every major asset class, capitalisation range and style. SSgA is the asset management business of State Street, one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors.
1. As of 30.6.2011.
Invesco PowerShares is a specialist provider of fundamentally-weighted exchange traded funds (ETFs) and operates in the US, Europe and the UK. In total, Invesco PowerShares manages over 120 different ETFs ranging from commodity and speciality access ETFs to currency and broad market ETFs, 13 of which are listed and trade on the London Stock Exchange.
Lyxor ETF - index-tracking funds that can be bought or sold like ordinary shares on the stock exchange. They track the performance of a given index and combine the simplicity and liquidity of shares with the diversification benefits of a traditional collective investment scheme. They provide indisputable advantages to institutional investors: liquidity, transparency, and efficient cost structure (no entry or exit fees when traded in the secondary market, very low management fees - 44 bps in average in Europe and same dealing/settlement costs as domestic shares).
HSBC Group has over US$730bn of assets under management worldwide, and is one of the world's leading financial institutions. HSBC Global Asset Management has long-standing experience of managing funds tracking a diverse range of indices. When it comes to market making, HSBC's Global Markets business, one of the largest of its kind, offers 24-hour coverage and knowledge of local markets and products, including ETFs.
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