The inaugural ETFexpress USA 2012 Awards demonstrate the growing range of new products and players in the burgeoning US marketplace, notes ETFexpress Publisher Sunil Gopalan (pictured).
Opening the event, held earlier this week at the Gansevoort Hotel in NYC, Sunil Gopalan noted that this year’s winners demonstrated their ability to innovate and design sophisticated products allowing investors to track and tap into market trends using a broad range of underlying indices.
“In a market that is growing rapidly in terms of new products, it is becoming increasingly important for managers to distinguish their offerings and those that do so are clearly reaping the benefits”, notes Sunil Gopalan.
ETFexpress USA 21021 Awards Winners
Best Commodity ETF Provider – Invesco PowerShares
Best Fixed Income (all excluding cash) ETF Management Firm – PIMCO
Best Fixed Income – Cash (money market) ETF Management Firm – Blackrock
Best North American Equity ETF Management Firm – iShares
Best Emerging Markets Equity ETF Management Firm – EG Shares
Best Global Equity ETF Management Firm – iShares
Best Currency ETF Management Firm – Rydex
Best Mixed ETF Management Firm – Vanguard
Best Alternative ETF Management Firm – Velocity Shares
Most innovative North American ETF provider – Global X Funds
Most innovative North American ETP provider – ProShares
Most innovative North American ETN provider – Velocity Shares
Best North American Exchange for Listing ETFs – NYSE
Most Innovative Index Provider – Standard & Poor’s
Best ETF Research Provider – S&P Capital IQ
Best North American ETF Fund Administrator – BNY Mellon and SEI (Joint Winners)