Our Index Providers

AlphaShares, LLC is an investment firm dedicated to providing investors with strategies and products to participate in China's fast growing economy. AlphaShares investment philosophy and strategies are based on the beliefs and research of co-founder and Chief Investment Officer, Dr. Burton G. Malkiel. The AlphaShares team has over 100 years of experience with firms including, Barclays Global Investors, BARRA, Robertson Stephens & Company and The Vanguard Group. Additional information can be found at http://www.alphashares.com

Auspice Capital Advisors Ltd acts as the investment sub-advisor to the Claymore Natural Gas ETF. Auspice is a Calgary based registered Portfolio Manager / Investment Counsel. Auspice is focused on managing commodity risk, providing trading expertise, and creating unique structured products, funds, and indices. The team has 15 years trading and risk management experience, including specific expertise in trading and risk management of natural gas focused on the Canadian physical and derivative market. Additional information can be found at www.auspicecapital.com

Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC employing 25,000 people worldwide. We have the global reach, advisory services and distribution power to meet the needs of issuers and investors, providing solutions to your strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs. Additional information can be found at http://www.barcap.com/

Cohen & Steers is a manager of portfolios specializing in U.S. and international real estate securities, large cap value stocks, listed infrastructure and utilities, and preferred securities. The company also manages alternative investment strategies such as hedged real estate securities portfolios and private real estate multimanager strategies for qualified investors. Headquartered in New York City, with offices in London, Brussels, Hong Kong and Seattle, Cohen & Steers serves individual and institutional investors through a broad range of investment vehicles. Additional information can be found at http://www.cohenandsteers.com/

Established in 2001, Guggenheim Investment Management, LLC (GIM) is a global financial services firm with a focus on client-based solutions utilizing investment expertise and innovation. GIM is a subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, LLC and serves as the investment adviser to the Transparent Value Trust. GIM is dedicated to the creation and management of investor assets with specialized expertise in credit research, portfolio construction, origination and risk management. With 65 investment professionals, GIM develops customized separately managed accounts within the context of individual investment guidelines for an array of clients, including domestic and international pension plans, insurance companies, foundations and endowments. Additional information can be found at http://guggenheimpartners.com/services/investments.aspx

Manulife Asset Management™ is the institutional asset management arm of Manulife Financial. Manulife Asset Management™ and its affiliates provide comprehensive asset management solutions for institutional investors and investment funds in key markets around the world. This investment expertise extends across a full range of asset classes including equity, fixed income and alternative investments such as real estate, timber, farmland, as well as asset allocation strategies. Manulife Asset Management™ has investment offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, and eight other markets throughout Asia. Additional information about Manulife Asset Management™ may be found at ManulifeAM.com. Manulife Asset Management™, Manulife and the block design are trademarks of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company and are used by it and its affiliates including Manulife Financial Corporation. Prior to December 15, 2010, Manulife Asset Management™ was known as MFC Global Investment Management®." Additional information can be found at www.manulifeam.com.

Research Affiliates, LLC, was formed by Robert D. Arnott in 2002 to engage in quantitative investment research designed to create innovative investment products. As the company name suggests, these products are primarily implemented and introduced to the market through affiliations with other firms. Research Affiliates offers licensing, sub-advisory services and pioneering investment product development. The Fundamental Index® methodology was developed to address the structural return drag created by traditional capitalization-based indexing strategies, which systematically overweight overpriced securities and underweight underpriced securities. Additional information can be found at www.researchaffiliates.com.

Sabrient is an independent equity research firm that provides quantitative research on nearly 6,000 stocks, indices and exchange-traded funds. Sabrient’s proprietary methodologies employ multi-factor modeling and filters that seek to identify stocks that appear poised to outperform or underperform the market. Additional information can be found at sabrient.com.

Standard & Poor’s Index Services, the world’s leading index provider, maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array of investor needs. Its family of indices includes the S&P 500, an index with US $1.26 trillion invested and US $4.45 trillion benchmarked, and the S&P Global 1200, a composite index comprised of seven regional and country headline indices. Additional information can be found at www.standardandpoors.com/indices.

Sustainable Wealth Management, Ltd. is a Calgary, Alberta based firm dedicated to developing structured indices/benchmarks for institutional investors. The firm specializes in the North American energy sector with indices based on unconventional natural gas, North American energy infrastructure and unconventional oil such as Canada’s oil sands. The firm’s index construction methodology is based exclusively on quantitative factors. Additional information can be found at www.swmindex.com.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY”) is the leading depositary bank, managing more sponsored/depositary receipt programs than all other depositary banks combined. BNY currently issues depositary receipts for more than 1,200 programs representing 60 countries, and acts as depositary for 64% of all sponsored depositary receipt programs. Additional information can be found at adrbny.com.

The DEX Fixed Income Indices™ (formerly the Scotia Capital Bond Indices) are provided by PC-Bond, a business unit of TSX Inc. PC-Bond has been in the business of providing the benchmark performance standards for Canadian fixed income investments since 1947. The flagship DEX Universe Bond Index (formerly the Scotia Capital Universe Bond Index) is Canada’s leading fixed income index, used by an estimated 95% of buy-side participants as a measure of performance of marketable government and corporate bonds outstanding in the Canadian market. The DEX 1-5 Year Laddered Government Bond Index™ is the most recent addition to the family of DEX Fixed Income Indices™. For additional information on PC-Bond, a business unit of TSX Inc., and the family of DEX Fixed Income Indices™, please refer to www.pcbond.com or www.canadianbondindices.com.

Zacks Investment Research has more than 25 years of experience in providing institutional and individual investors with the analytical tools and financial information necessary to the success of their investment process. Today, Zacks receives daily electronic data feeds and printed research reports on over 10,000 companies from over 200 brokerage firms, produced by more than 3,500 analysts amounting to over 500,000 pages of brokerage research. In addition, Zacks records 25,000 earnings estimate revisions and changes in broker recommendations weekly. Additional information can be found at zacks.com.