Issuers of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Issuers of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Below is a listing of all U.S. traded ETF issuers with actively trading Exchange Traded Funds. Fund info includes:

Number of ETFs
Assets under management
Types of funds offered
The provider’s expertise in a particular area

(* Click on the logos to go to specific web sites for more information on the funds.)

Fund name	Issuer	Issuer Info
	In 2009, Barclays sold its Barclays Global Investors unit, which includes iShares, to BlackRock for approximately $13.5 billion. BlackRock is one of the world's largest publicly traded investment management firms, and the combined entity will have more than $2.7 trillion in assets under management.	Largest ETF provider in the world and the U.S. 186 ETFs $364 billion in assets 51.7% of the total ETF market in the U.S. iShares is known for a varied and large product lineup – sector and industry-group, commodity, single-country funds, bonds
	Headquartered in Boston, State Street Global Advisors was founded in 1978 as a division of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), which was originally founded in 1792. State Street has more than $1.4 trillion in assets under management and is the largest institutional fund manager in the world.	88 ETFs $149 billion in assets 21% of the U.S. ETF market Known for sector funds that are plays on the S&P 500 sectors, as well as a varied fixed-income lineup ranging from plays on junk bonds to Treasuries Provides two of the most actively traded ETFs in the world: SPDRs (NYSEArca: SPY, tracks the S&P 500) and SPDRs Gold Shares (GLD) SPDR stands for S&P Depositary Receipt.
		46 ETFs $92 billion in assets Offers sector and industry group ETFs Lowest expense ratios in the industry The sector ETFs span the ten sectors of the Global Industry Classification Standard jointly developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and Standard & Poor's. The industry group ETF focuses on real-estate investment trusts (REITs).
	PowerShares Capital Management, LLC is a unit of UK-based investment management company, INVESCO PLC. Founded in 2003.	106 ETFs $33 billion in assets Offers a diverse set of offerings: plays on global sectors, commodities, alternative energy, emerging markets Provides the PowerShares QQQ (NASDAQ: QQQQ), one of the world’s largest ETFs. It has been tracking the Nasdaq-100 Index since 1999. Was the first provider to launch actively managed ETFs.
	Bethesda, Maryland ProFunds launched in 1997; ProShares in 2006	78 ETFs $23.2 billion in assets First provider to create leveraged and short ETFs Largest manager of leveraged and short ETFs
	Van Eck Global, New York, NY Founded in 1955	23 equity and 6 fixed income ETFs $20 billion in assets Known for niche ETFs: broad and single-country frontier/emerging market plays, currency, and sector plays on nuclear, steel and solar power
	Headquartered in New York, founded in 1988	52 ETFs $6.5 billion in assets Known for their dividends strategy, building funds by looking at companies that pay dividends and weighting accordingly Because these ETFs track proprietary indices that are dividend-weighted and/or earnings-weighted, they claim that their ETFs address the structural flaw built into market cap-weighted indices that most ETFs track.
	Direxion was founded in 1997 and is based in Newton, Mass Direxion Shares are distributed by Rafferty Asset Management LLC.	26 ETFs $5 billion in assets Specialize in leveraged ETFs In 2008 became the first to provide 3x leveraged ETF products, which are designed to track daily investment results of 300% of the performance of their benchmarks.
	Rockville, Maryland	31 ETFs $3.1 billion in assets Known for leveraged and inverse ETFs, and currency funds (CurrencyShares) Also known for its equal weighting strategy on a variety of sectors and the S&P 500
	Claymore Securities is headquartered in Lisle, Illinois. Founded in 2001.	32 ETFs $2.9 billion in assets Known for several innovative ETFs, including several that represent industry firsts, including global airlines, global shipping, solar power, and global water, frontier markets Acquired by Guggenheim Partners in 2009
	First Trust®, a unit investment trust (UIT) product line, was created in 1974, and is currently sponsored by First Trust Portfolios L.P.	Offers a variety of funds targeting sectors, size/style, niche funds and funds with global exposure. Known for their quantitatively-driven AlphaDEX funds, which are quantitatively driven, "beat the market"-style, active index funds.
	Charles Schwab is one of the country's largest asset managers with total AUM of more than $200 billion (as of September 2009).	In November 2009, Schwab became the first provider to offer a line of ETFs that trade commission-free for clients in Schwab accounts.
		Their offerings range from plays on Treasuries, TIPS and two actively managed funds focusing on muni bonds and short-term investment-grade securities. US Treasury Index ETFs
Emerging Global Shares	EG Shares is headquartered in New York Launched first ETFs in May 2009	Specializes in emerging market sector ETFs - e.g. technology, energy, metals and mining sectors in developing countries.
		Offers funds focused on far-flung international markets, such as the Nordic region, Colombia and a variety of sectors in China. Global X/InterBolsa FTSE Colombia 20 ETF (GXG)tracks the price and yield performance of the FTSE Colombia 20 Index, a basket of the 20 most liquid securities in the Colombian market.
	Old Mutual Global Index Trackers (OMGxT) is a Johannesburg, South Africa based fund manager	Was the first African firm to list an ETF on the NYSE Specializes in developed countries ex US
	Launched first ETF in September 2009	Partnered with best-selling author Harry Dent, Jr. to launch the Dent Tactical ETF (DENT), and actively-managed fund. DENT is an actively managed ETF of ETFs that chooses funds based on demographic analysis. Other actively managed funds in registration.
	Founded in 2009 Launched first ETF in June 2009	Specializes in actively managed exchange-traded funds, including four that have single managers; Coverage areas range from growth, large-cap, technology and financials.
		Offers funds that track indexes weighted by revenue. 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®.
	Headquarters in Rye Brook, NY	Offers funds that focus on hedge fund replication, the first such funds to do so.
	Headquarters in Stamford, CT Launched its first ETF in October 2009.	Offers equity-based funds focused on agriculture, energy wildcatters (small- and mid-cap oil and natural gas companies) and industrial metals. Jefferies Asset Management has total assets under management of more than $3 billion.
	Headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey	JETS – Javelin Exchange Traded Shares Launched the JETS Dow Jones Islamic Market International Index Fund in 7/2009 Over $15 million in assets under management
		First Christian ETFs launched to appeal to religious-minded investors, from Catholic to Baptist.
	Geary Advisors, LLC, has launched an Oklahoma Exchange-Traded Fund with the stock symbol "OOK."	Launched the first state-based ETFs focusing on Oklahoma and Texas. The OOK 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.
	Founded in 1914, Merrill Lynch was acquired by Bank of America in 2008.	Merill Lynch offers ETFs under the HOLDRs brand. HOLDRs are trust-issued receipts that represent beneficial ownership in a group of stocks. HOLDRs are available in several sectors, including biotech, Internet, oil, pharmaceutical, telecom, and more. HOLDRS stands for HOLding Company Depositary ReceiptS.
		In 2009, Barclays agreed to sell its Barclays Global Investors unit, which includes iShares, to BlackRock for approximately $13.5 billion. BlackRock is one of the world's largest publicly traded investment management firms, and the combined entity will have more than $2.7 trillion in assets under management.
ETF Securities	Headquartered in London Founded in 2003 Over $3 Billion in US Assets Under Management	ETF Securities is one of Europe's largest ETF providers and one of the first to expand its presence to the United States with the introduction of the ETFS Silver Trust (SLVR) to the NYSE Arca in August 2009. Was founded in 2003 when it listed the world's first physical gold ETF.
		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 Advisors		Based in New York, XShares Advisors LLC is an investment advisor and financial services company that was founded in 2005 by Jeffrey Feldman. They formerly offered HealthShares, which were ETFs that invested in very niche health-specific sectors. The 19 HealthShares ETFs were closed in late 2008 due to low demand. Currently, XShares offers target-date ETFs branded as TDAX Funds and a carbon allowance ETF branded as AirShares.
	Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a bank holding company based in New York City that had over $850 billion in total assets at the end of 2008.	The Goldman Sachs Asset Management division handles its mutual fund and ETF management. In the ETF world, Goldman Sachs is best known for its GS Connect S&P GSCI Enhanced Commodity ETN (GSC).
	Union Bank of Switzerland was originally founded as a Swiss bank in 1747; the modern UBS AG was formed through a merger of the Swiss Bank Corporation and the Union Bank of Switzerland in 1998 and is publicly listed on the NYSE.	UBS offers several ETN products under the E-TRACS brand. The UBS E-TRACS are designed to track the performance of different commodities and sectors and are available on the NYSE Arca exchange.
Sprott Asset Management	Sprott Asset Management	Physical gold and silver closed-end funds.
	Founded in 2007	In 2008, less than a year after having been founded, FocusShares shut down its four ETFs. In February 2009, FocusShares announced that they would be re-opening with a second batch of funds that will all be target-date ETFs. If successful, more funds could follow. No ETF's found.
		12/28/09 : MacroShares closed two ETFs that gave investors a way to play the various Case-Shiller home price reports due to a lack of investor interest.