ETF.com announced its 2014 award winners at its annual banquet held in New York City on Thursday. Endowment IndexTM calculated by Nasdaq OMX® was a finalist for Index of the Year. The Index of the Year award went to the Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Spot Index.
Other category winners included:
ETF of the Year: Wisdom Tree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ)
Best New ETF for 2014: Market Vectors China AMC China Bond ETF (CBON)
Most Innovative New ETF: ProShares CDS North American HY Credit (TYTE) and the ProShares CDS Short North American HY Credit (WYDE)
Best New Equity ETF: iShares Core Dividend Growth (DGRO)
Best New International/Global Equity ETF: Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 500 China A-Shares Small Cap ETF (ASHS)
Best New Fixed Income ETF: ProShares CDS North American HY Credit (TYTE) and the ProShares CDS Short North American HY Credit (WYDE)
ETF Liquidity Provider of the Year: Jane Street
Best New Commodity ETF: The AdvisorShares Gartman Gold ETFs (GEUR) (GYEN)
Best New Alternatives ETF: Morningstar Alternatives Solution ETF (ALTS)
ETF Issuer of the Year: First Trust
Most Innovative ETF Issuer of the Year: Proshares
New ETF Issuer of the Year: Reality Shares
Index Provider of the Year: MSCI
A complete list of winners and finalist nominees for all categories can be found at ETF.com