The Major Issuers of the ETF Trading Systems
February 15, 2009 8:28 am NewsETF trading systems are fast becoming a favorite among stock market investors. Needless to say, ETF trading involves billions of money and only the biggest and most prestigious entities may have the access on it. The current major issuers of ETF are Barclays Global Investors which issues iShares, the State Street Global Advisors which issues street TRACKS and SPDRs, the Vanguard Group which issues Vanguard ETFs (formerly VIPERS), the Rydex Investments which issues Rydex ETFs, the ETF Securities which issues specialized ETCs or ETFs, Merrill Lynch which issues HOLDRS, PowerShares which issues Power Shares ETFs and BLDRS, Deutsche Bank which issues db x-trackers ETFs and PowerShares DB commodity as well as currency based ETFs, and many more issuers.