The International Securities Exchange (ISE) announced today that it received the "Most Proactive Exchange for ETF Options/Derivatives" award at the 9th Annual Global ETF Awards® Dinner and Workshop on April 18, 2013. This is the third year in a row that ISE has received this honor. In recognition of ISE's expanded capabilities and focus on the ETF area, the firm earlier this year introduced ISE ETF Ventures. With ISE ETF Ventures, ISE has moved beyond its established expertise in index development to offer partner firms a full suite of capabilities to support the launch of new ETFs. In addition to index conceptualization and development, ISE ETF Ventures can assist in bringing new ETFs to market through capital commitment, business development, and marketing support.
"For the third year in a row, ISE is honored to be recognized by exchangetradedfunds.com and the ETF industry at large as the Most Proactive Exchange for ETF Options/Derivatives," said Kris Monaco, Head ISE of ETF Ventures. "We have significantly expanded ISE's participation in the ETF industry over the past few years and solidified that success with the introduction of ISE ETF Ventures . We will continue to commit our expertise, network, and capital to expand ISE's activity in the ETF industry and to partner with industry innovators to bring new products to the market."
By offering a wide range of capabilities and flexible approach, ISE ETF Ventures is well positioned as a valuable partner of leading ETF and ETN issuers, such as IndexIQ, industry service providers, as well as new entrants to the ETF landscape such as AlphaClone and PureFunds. .
Hosted by exchangetradedfunds.com, the Global ETF Awards are awarded to ETF industry participants for outstanding achievements in 2012. For a full list of winners and nominees, please visit www.globaletfawards.com.
About ISE ETF Ventures
The ISE ETF Ventures team is dedicated to creating and supporting innovative indexes that track growing industries, emerging technologies and markets, and packaged trading strategies. Their index design expertise includes a diverse range of asset classes and instrument types including global equities, fixed income, currencies, futures and options. ISE ETF Ventures partners with issuers to launch unique exchange traded products (ETPs) such as exchange traded funds (ETFs), exchange traded notes (ETNs) and other similar product types. They also provide capital for the start-up and ongoing backstopping of new ETPs. Partners are able to leverage ISE's global experience and broad network of industry participants in order to grow their ETP presence as well as reduce risk and increase product issuance.
As part of the International Securities Exchange (ISE), a leading U.S. options exchange, ISE ETF Ventures' indexing experts are nimble, flexible and entrepreneurial with a track record of creating distinctive, out-of-the-box ideas. ISE currently has a portfolio of over 30 proprietary indexes with approximately 20 ETPs based on them. Learn more at www.ise.com/etfventures.
