Congratulations to the winners of the 9th Annual Global ETF Awards©!!
Congratulations to the winners


WINNERS OF 9th ANNUAL ETF GLOBAL AWARDS©
Determined by Votes
Category Winner
Nate Most Award-Greatest Contributor to the ETF Marketplace SSgA
Category Regions Winners
Second Place
Third Place
Most Proactive ETF Exchange Americas NYSE EURONEXT Toronto Stock Exchange NASDAQ OMX
Most Proactive ETF Exchange Europe London Stock Exchange Deutsche Boerse NYSE EURONEXT
SIX Swiss Exchange
Most Proactive ETF Exchange Asia-Pacific HKEx Korean Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock Exchange
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Shanghai Stock Exchange
Most Useful ETF Research -Statistical** Americas Deutsche Bank / BlackRock ETP Landscape Morgan Stanley Bloomberg
Most Useful ETF Research-Statistical** Europe Deutsche Bank / ETFGI BlackRock's ETF Landscape Lipper
Most Useful ETF Research -Statistical Asia-Pacific Deutsche Bank BlackRock's ETF Landscape Numora
Most Useful ETF Research -Analytical Americas Deutsche Bank BlackRock's ETF Landscape Bloomberg/
XTF
Most Useful ETF Research -Analytical Europe Deutsche Bank Credit Suisse BlackRock ETF Landscape/
ETFGI
Most Useful ETF Research -Analytical Asia-Pacific Deutsche Bank Mirae Asset Financial Group Samsung Asset Management
Most Recognized ETF Brand** Americas SPDRs / iShares Vanguard / Schwab PowerShares
Most Recognized ETF Brand** Europe db x-trackers
iShares
Source / Amundi Lyxor /
ETF Securities
Most Recognized ETF Brand Asia-Pacific China 50 ETF db x-trackers /
Mirae
iShares /
UBS
Most Proactive Exchange for ETF Options/Derivatives Americas International Securities Exchange CBOE NYSE Liffe US
Most Proactive Exchange for ETF Derivatives Europe Eurex NYSE Liffe Borsa Italiana
Most Proactive Exchange for ETF Derivatives Asia-Pacific HKEx Tokyo Stock Exchange SGX
Most Informative ETF Website Americas www.spdrs.com www.ishares.com www.nyse.com
Most Informative ETF Website Europe www.etf.db.com six-swiss-exchange.com /
source.info
lyxor.com
Most Informative ETF Website Asia-Pacific www.hkex.com.hk spdrs.com.hk ishares.co.jp
Most Informative ETF Website Non-Industry Americas www.indexuniverse.com seekingalpha.com/
xtf.com
etfdigest.com
Best Service Provider Americas BNY Mellon Brown Brothers Harriman JP Morgan Chase
Best Service Provider Europe Northern Trust State Street Fund Services (Ireland) Limited BNY Mellon
Best Service Provider Asia-Pacific SSgA Citi ETF Services HSBC
ETF Market-Maker Americas Knight Susquehanna Goldman Sachs /
WallachBeth
ETF Market-Maker Europe FlowTraders Commerzbank Blue Fin /
UniCredit
ETF Market-Maker Asia-Pacific FlowTraders Bluefin HK Ltd./
UBS Securities Hong Kong Ltd.
Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd.
Most Innovative ETF** Americas IQ Hedge Market Neutral Tracker / PIMCO Total Return Bond BMO S&P/TSX Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF/
AdvisorShares Global Echo ETF
Market Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF /
SPDR SSgA Multi-Asset Global Allocation
Most Innovative ETF** Europe DB X-Trackers CSI 300 ETF /
LGIM Commodity Composite Source ETF
OSSIAM iSTOXX Europe Minimum Variance ETF Boost ETP /
iShares
Most Innovative ETF Asia-Pacific ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF /
UBS IQ Research Preferred Australian Share Fund
Harvest MSCI China A Index ETF /
Nomura Nikkei 225 Leverage/Inverse ETF
Most Inovative ETF Hybrid Product Americas RBS Rogers Enhanced Commodity Index ETN Barclays ETN+ Shiller CAPE ETN VelocityShares 2x Inverse Copper ETN
Most Inovative ETF Hybrid Product Europe J.P. Morgan Macro Hedge Dual Source ETF ETF Securities Boost ETP
Most Innovative ETF Index provider Americas S&P Dow Jones Indices FTSE /
NASDAQ OMX
International Securities Exchange /
MSCI
Most Innovative ETF Index provider Europe STOXX FTSE /
Structured Solutions
LGIM (LGIM Commodioty Composite Index) /
MSCI
Most Innovative ETF Index provider Asia-Pacific China Securities Index Nikkei 225 Inverse Index /
MSCI
FTSE /
KODEX
**denotes tie
WINNERS-STATISTICAL
Category Sub Category Regions
Winners
The ETF that raised the most assets in 2012 percentage(%) Asia-Pacific Vanguard Australian High Yield Index ETF
The ETF that raised the most assets in 2012 In absolute growth Asia-Pacific Harvest Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 Index ETF
The ETF that raised the most assets in 2012 percentage(%) European & euro-zone SPDR Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond UCITS ETF
The ETF that raised the most assets in 2012 In absolute growth European & euro-zone iShares DAX (DE)
The ETF that raised the most assets in 2012 percentage(%) Americas iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility Index Fund
The ETF that raised the most assets in 2012 In absolute growth Americas SPDR S&P 500 ETF
The most liquid ETF (based upon daily USD turnover) Asia-Pacific Samsung KODEX Leverage ETF
The most liquid ETF (based upon daily USD turnover) European & euro-zone iShares DAX (DE)
The most liquid ETF (based upon daily USD turnover) Americas iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index Fund /
SPDR S&P 500
ETF that has the Most Efficient TER (at the end of 2012) Fixed Income Asia-Pacific KITM KINDEX TB ETF
ETF that has the Most Efficient TER (at the end of 2012) Equity Asia-Pacific Huatai-PineBridge Dividend ETF
ETF that has the Most Efficient TER (at the end of 2012) Fixed Income European & euro-zone ETFlab iBoxx Liquid Germany Covered Diversified /
iShares eb.rexx Jumbo Pfandbriefe (DE)
ETF that has the Most Efficient TER (at the end of 2012) Equity European & euro-zone db x-trackers Euro STOXX 50 ETF 1D
ETF that has the Most Efficient TER (at the end of 2012) Fixed Income Americas Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
ETF that has the Most Efficient TER (at the end of 2012) Equity Americas Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF /
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF
The largest Exchange for ETFs Dollar Turnover Asia-Pacific Korea Stock Exchange
The largest Exchange for ETFs Volume Asia-Pacific Shanghai Stock Exchange
The largest Exchange for ETFs Dollar Turnover European & euro-zone Deutsche Börse
The largest Exchange for ETFs Volume European & euro-zone London SE
The largest Exchange for ETFs Dollar Turnover Americas NYSE Arca
The largest Exchange for ETFs Volume Americas NYSE Arca
The Exchange that has the largest number of Primary ETF listed products Asia-Pacific Korea Stock Exchange
The Exchange that has the largest number of Primary ETF listed products European & euro-zone Deutsche Börse
The Exchange that has the largest number of Primary ETF listed products Americas NYSE Euronext
ETP with Most Asset Raised percentage(%) Asia-Pacific ETFS Physical Gold (AUS)
ETP with Most Asset Raised In absolute growth Asia-Pacific Gold Bullion Securities
ETP with Most Asset Raised percentage(%) European & euro-zone db Physical Gold ETC
ETP with Most Asset Raised In absolute growth European & euro-zone Source Physical Gold ETC (P-ETC)
ETP with Most Asset Raised percentage(%) Americas VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN
ETP with Most Asset Raised In absolute growth Americas SPDR Gold Trust