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As of 2020, the number of exchange-traded funds worldwide was over 7,600, [1] representing about 7.74 trillion U.S. dollars in assets. [2] The largest ETF, as of April 2021, was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( NYSE Arca : SPY ), with about $353.4 billion in assets.
The average market cap of the iShares S&P Global 100 is just a hair smaller than its relative iShares S&P 100 ($147bn versus $150bn as of December 2014). It also has higher alpha over the period 2011-2014.
State Street Global Advisors launched the first foreign real estate ETF in 2006 (Ticker: NYSE Arca: RWX), [14] which provides investors in the US an easy way to access the international housing and commercial development markets. In January 2011, State Street Global Advisors completed its acquisition of Bank of Ireland Asset Management (BIAM).
One of the riskiest bond ETFs on this list in terms of interest-rate risk is the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF. This is because, as the name implies, 97% or more of TLT is composed of bonds ...
The State Street Global Advisors Trust Company serves as an trustee for SSGA's US unregistered collective and common trust funds, some SSGA sponsored ETFs including the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, and separately managed accounts. [4] As a whole, SSBT is the principal operating company within its parent company State Street Corporation. [5]
The ETF is designed to track the S&P 500 index by holding a portfolio comprising all 500 companies on the index. [1] It is a part of the SPDR family of ETFs and is managed by State Street Global Advisors. [2] The fund is the largest and oldest ETF in the USA. Legally, the fund is set up as a unit investment trust.
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a type of investment fund that is also an exchange-traded product, i.e., it is traded on stock exchanges. [1] [2] [3] ETFs own financial assets such as stocks, bonds, currencies, debts, futures contracts, and/or commodities such as gold bars.
Global X Investments Canada Inc. (formerly Horizons ETFs) is a financial services company that offers exchange-traded funds. On May 1, 2024, the company changed its name from Horizons ETFs to Global X Investments Canada Inc. [2] In April 2017, Global X began offering the first cannabis industry focused exchange-traded fund (ETF), Global X Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF.