Innovation has been a dominant theme in the ETF industry and this year, 2011, has shaped out to be perhaps the most exciting one yet. Growth is the other key ingredient for success and the exchange-traded universe has seen an abundance of new product launches; veteran issuers and newcomers alike have expanded their product lineups with dozens upon dozens of first-to-market products, while also making plans for more exciting offerings in the near future [see ETF Launch Center]. With over 1,400 funds to choose from at the moment, investors are surely looking forward to the expansion of the “toolkit” as the ETF structure has demonstrated its effectiveness in allowing for easy, and transparent, access to a multitude of asset classes that were previously out-of-reach for many. In light of this, we have picked out seven intriguing filings that are currently on deck and could hit the market sometime in 2012 [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: No Related Posts