NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced the launch of the Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSE Arca: VT). ETFs and ETNs listed on NYSE Arca - an industry leader in ETF and ETN listings and trading - represent 56% of ETF and ETN assets under management in the U.S. , nearly $609 billion, the most of any exchange.
Based on the FTSE® All-World Index, VT is designed to track the performance of approximately 2,900 stocks of companies located in 47 countries, including both developed and emerging markets.
As the first fully electronic platform to utilize designated liquidity providers, NYSE Arca sets the national best bid and offer nearly 85% of the time, leading all U.S. exchanges. NYSE Arca remains an established leader in the ETF and ETN market place offering investors some of the industry’s fastest and most innovative trading tools to access liquidity. Including today’s listings, NYSE Arca has 274 ETF primary and 77 ETN listings and trades all other eligible ETFs on a UTP basis. NYSE Euronext remains the global exchange of choice for Exchange-Traded Products with a total of 674 primary listings.
