New Product Provider State Street Global Advisors Has Listed Twelve Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) On SIX Swiss Exchange

SIX Swiss Exchange welcomes State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) as a new issuer to the Exchange Traded Funds segment.

State Street Global Advisors launched the first ETF in 1993 and is therefore considered as a pioneer of the industry. Today, the company manages global ETF assets of USD 255¹ billion (as at 31 December 2010) and is one of the world's leading asset managers for professional investors. With the twelve new SPDR® ETFs based on European regional and sector indices, SIX Swiss Exchange's ETF segment now comprises 675 ETFs, of which 108 are also listed in an additional currency. State Street Global Advisors is planning to further expand its ETF offering on SIX Swiss Exchange in the future.

Commerzbank AG is acting as market maker for the SPDR® ETFs.

¹ The assets under custody contain the assets in the SPDR Gold Trust (approximately USD 56 billion as at 31 December 2010), for which State Street Global Markets, LLC, an affiliate of State Street Global Advisors, serves as the marketing agent.