Call to vote! The 7th Annual ETF Global Awards® scheduled for April 14, 2011

Feb. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- The results of these awards (both the statistical results and those determined by votes) will be announced at the 7th Annual Global ETF Awards® Dinner at the Hyatt New York, New York City on April 14, 2011.

There will be a half day workshop prior to the awards dinner in order for industry professionals from various parts of the world to discuss issues of common interest. Some of the topics include the evolution of ETP Products and Indexes internationally, regulatory currently affecting the markets, the state of the global economy, ETF-like vehicles and various trading strategies.

Last year’s event featured two distinct sessions—the “Investors Discussion Forum” and the “Industry Discussion Forum”. Speakers included: David Abner, Director of Institutional ETF Sales and Trading, WISDOM TREE, Mark Abssy, Index & ETF Manager INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE , Dilek Aykut, Senior Economist, THE WORLD BANK, Reginald M. Browne, Managing Director, Listed Derivatives Trading, KNIGHT EQUITY MARKETS, L.P., Richard Ciuba, Sr. Director Americas, DOW JONES INDEXES, Peter Crawford, Senior Vice President, IMS Client Solutions, CHARLES SCHWAB, Deborah Fuhr, Managing Director, Global Head of ETF Research and Implementation Strategy, BLACKROCK Dr. Hartmut Graf, CEO, STOXX, Richard Kang, Chief Investment Officer and Director of Research, EMERGING GLOBAL ADVISORS LLC Joseph Keenan, Managing Director, BNY MELLON , John Li, Chief International Business Officer, China Asset Management, Kathleen Moriarty, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP, Pietro Poletto, Head of ETF Securitised Derivatives, LSE Group, Sanjiv Shah, Executive Director, BENCHMARK ASSET MANAGEMENT CO PVT. LTD, Andres Eduardo Jimenez Velez, Head Equity Sales, INTERBOLSA, among others.

Previous sponsors of the event include BNY Mellon (lead Sponsor), Flowtraders, STOXX, Barclays Capital, Dow Jones, International Securities Exchange, Knight, NASDAQOMX, SPDRs, and Standard & Poor's,

Further information is available at www.exchangetradedfunds.com or by visiting www.globaletfawards.com

Some awards will be determined by votes and others by statistical ranking information. Statistical rankings will be conducted by several well-known ETF Research firms. The voting ends February 21, 2011.

Please note that there is just one vote per company (legal entity). Every investment institution and industry participant worldwide is encouraged to vote.

For further information, please contact Arlene Reyes via email acreyes@exchangetradedfunds.com.

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Exchangetradedfunds.com primary goal is to provide information regarding product aspects of ETFs and ETPs. Since its inception in 1998 it has been providing information on global ETP products on its website. For the past 7 years Exchangetradedfunds.com has hosted the awards dinner & workshop where industry leaders share thier expertise on the global Marketplace.