Determined by Votes | ||||
| Category | Winner | |||
| Nate Most Award-Greatest Contributor to the ETF Marketplace | iShares | |||
| Category | Regions | Winners |
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| Most Proactive ETF Exchange | Americas | NYSE |
BATS NASDAQ OMX |
Toronto Stock Exchange |
| Most Proactive ETF Exchange** | Europe |
Deutsche Borse London Stock Exchange |
SIX Swiss Exchange | Euronext |
| Most Proactive ETF Exchange | Asia-Pacific | Shanghai Stock Exchange | Korean Stock Exchange | Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| Most Useful ETF Research -Statistical | Americas | Deutsche Bank |
BlackRock ETP Landscape ETFGI |
Bloomberg Morningstar |
| Most Useful ETF Research-Statistical | Europe | Deutsche Bank | ETFGI | BlackRock ETP Landscape |
| Most Useful ETF Research -Statistical | Asia-Pacific | Deutsche Bank | Nomura |
BlackRock ETP Landscape ETFGI |
| Most Useful ETF Research -Analytical | Americas | Deutsche Bank | BlackRock ETP Landscape |
Bloomberg Morningstar |
| Most Useful ETF Research -Analytical | Europe | ETFGI |
Deutsche Bank Lyxor |
Bloomberg |
| Most Useful ETF Research -Analytical | Asia-Pacific | Deutsche Bank | ETFGI | Nomura |
| Most Recognized ETF Brand | Americas |
iShares SPDR |
Schwab Vanguard |
db x-trackers WisdomTree |
| Most Recognized ETF Brand** | Europe |
db x-trackers Lyxor |
Amundi iShares |
ETF Securities Source SPDR Vanguard |
| Most Recognized ETF Brand | Asia-Pacific | ChinaAMC |
CSOP iShares Yunta |
db x-trackers WISE |
| Most Proactive Exchange for ETF Options/Derivatives | Americas | International Securities Exchange | CBOE | |
| Most Proactive Exchange for ETF Options/Derivatives | Europe | Eurex | Borsa Italiana | |
| Most Proactive Exchange for ETF Options/Derivatives | Asia-Pacific | HKEx | Tokyo Stock Exchange | SGX |
| Most Informative ETF Website | Americas | spdrs.com | ishares.com | morningstar.com/nyse.com |
| Most Informative ETF Website** | Europe |
etf.deutscheawm.com lyxor.com |
six-swiss-exchange.com |
amundi.com boostetp.com |
| Most Informative ETF Website | Asia-Pacific | hkex.com.hk | jpx.co.jp | spdrs.com.hk |
| Most Informative ETF Website Non-Industry | Americas | etf.com |
etfdb.com xtf.com |
seekingalpha.com |
| Most Informative ETF Website Non-Industry** | Europe |
etfgi.com etfworld.co.uk |
edhec-risk.com | etfstrategy.co.uk |
| Best Service Provider | Americas | BNY Mellon | Brown Brothers Harriman |
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services State Street Corp |
| Best Service Provider | Europe | State Street Fund Services (Ireland) Limited | Brown Brothers Harriman |
BNY Mellon Northern Trust |
| Best Service Provider | Asia-Pacific | State Street | Citi ETF Services | Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation |
| ETF Market-Maker | Americas | Jane Street Capital | KCG |
Cantor Fitzgerald WallachBeth |
| ETF Market-Maker | Europe | Flow Traders |
Commerzbank Jane Street |
Timber Hill (Europe) AG Virtu |
| ETF Market-Maker | Asia-Pacific | Flow Traders |
Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Ltd UBS Securities Hong Kong Ltd. |
Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd. Jane Street Hong Kong Ltd |
| Most Innovative ETF** | Americas |
Deutsche X-trackers Investment Grade Bond-Interest Rate Hedged ETF The Reality Shares DIVS ETF |
EGShares EM Core ex-China Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF Pacer Autopilot Hedged European (PAEU) |
ARK Web x.0 ETF SPDR S&P 500 Fossil Fuel Free The Restaurant ETF |
| Most Innovative ETF** | Europe |
db x-trackers II Harvest CSI China Sovereign Bond UCITS ETF Ossiam Shiller Barclays Cape Europe Sector Value TR- UCITS ETF |
Amundi ETF MSCI World Low Carbon UCITS ETF Source Goldman Sachs Equity Factor Index Europe ETF |
Sun Global ZyFin India Sovereign Enterprise Bond ETF Lyxor |
| Most Innovative ETF | Asia-Pacific | ChinaAMC Hang Seng SmallCap Index ETF |
BetaShares Geared U.S. Equity Fund-Currency Hedged db x-trackers Listed Index Fund MSCI Japan Equity High Dividend Low Volatility |
Yuanta Daily S&P 500 Bull 2X ETF XIE Shares CLSA GARY ETF |
| Most Inovative ETF Hybrid Product | Europe | Boost Brent Oil 3x Short Daily ETP | ETF Securities | |
| Most Innovative ETF Index provider | Americas | FTSE Russell |
Dorsey Wright & Associates ISE Nasdaq WisdomTree |
MSCI Scientific Beta Zacks |
| Most Innovative ETF Index provider | Europe | STOXX |
FTSE Russell Solactive AG |
Markit iBoxx MSCI |
| Most Innovative ETF Index provider | Asia-Pacific | China Securities Index |
FTSE Value ETF |
Hang Seng Nikkei |
| Most Marketable ETF Ticker | Americas | BITE |
DIVA IPAY |
CRAK PILL SICK |
| ETF Strategist who provides the Best Global Insight | Windhaven | RiverFront | Good Harbor Financial | |
| **denotes tie |
| Category | Sub Category | Regions |
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| The ETF that raised the most assets in 2015 | percentage(%) | Asia-Pacific | WTI Crude Oil Price Linked ETF | |
| The ETF that raised the most assets in 2015 | In absolute growth | Asia-Pacific | TOPIX ETF | |
| The ETF that raised the most assets in 2015 | percentage(%) | European & euro-zone | db x-trackers MSCI EMU Index UCITS ETF (DR) 1D | |
| The ETF that raised the most assets in 2015 | In absolute growth | European & euro-zone | iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF (Acc) | |
| The ETF that raised the most assets in 2015 | percentage(%) | Americas | iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF | |
| The ETF that raised the most assets in 2015 | In absolute growth | Americas | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | |
| The most liquid ETF (based upon daily USD turnover) | Asia-Pacific | Next Funds Nikkei 225 Leveraged Index ETF | ||
| The most liquid ETF (based upon daily USD turnover) | European & euro-zone | iShares Core DAX UCITS ETF DE | ||
| The most liquid ETF (based upon daily USD turnover) | Americas | SPDR S&P 500 ETF | ||
| The largest Exchange for ETFs | Dollar Turnover | Asia-Pacific | Shanghai | |
| The largest Exchange for ETFs | Volume | Asia-Pacific | Shanghai | |
| The largest Exchange for ETFs | Dollar Turnover | European & euro-zone | Deutsche Börse | |
| The largest Exchange for ETFs | Volume | European & euro-zone | London Stock Exchange | |
| 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 Arca | ||
| ETP with Most Asset Raised | percentage(%) | European & euro-zone | ETFS WTI Crude Oil | |
| ETP with Most Asset Raised | In absolute growth | European & euro-zone | ETFS WTI Crude Oil | |
| ETP with Most Asset Raised | percentage(%) | Americas | VelocityShares 3x Long Crude ETN | |
| ETP with Most Asset Raised | In absolute growth | Americas | United States Oil Fund LP | |