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Filed Pursuant To Rule 433
Registration No. 333-167132
January 31, 2011
Transcript of Interview with Tom Anderson of State Street on Bloomberg Television on January
27, 2011
MARK: Investors have nearly a trillion dollars sitting in exchange traded funds. Will they
continue to invest in ETFs, or will they move money elsewhere as the economy recovers? Suzanne
OHallorans in the newsroom with more on this story. Suzanne?
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: Thanks very much, Mark. I am here with Tom Anderson, who runs ETFs for State
Street globally. Tom, welcome to the program. Youre here because were talking about a lot of
demand for ETFs in 2010. Were nearing a trillion dollars in assets. Youre rolling out three new
ETFs today: healthcare, telecom, and transportation. Why the push in these respective sectors?
TOM ANDERSON: Sure. I mean, each of these are areas where there are already ETFs providing
exposure. But the unique thing about these ETFs is that they offer modified equal-weight exposure,
which means investors get about 80 percent in small-cap and mid-cap exposure, something thats very
different than whats available currently in ETFs in those three areas.
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: Okay. Last year, your competitors Vanguard and Blackrock, via iShares, rolled
out more new ETFs than State Street. Some may sayare you maybe not being competitive enough? Why
didnt you roll out as many new products as your rivals?
TOM ANDERSON: The product development cycle takes twists and turns. So sometimes it depends if you
have a complicated product that youre looking for; you know, weve been looking at active relief
for products, which takes quite a long time. We actually have several, we think, very innovative
products that will be coming to market in just the next few months.
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: Okay. Such as?
TOM ANDERSON: Areas we have filed for are emerging market dividends as well as emerging market debt
local currency.
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: Okay, so investors can be looking for those in the next first quarter?
TOM ANDERSON: The nextI would say the next few months.
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: Okay. Everyone knows State Streetor youre best known for the gold fund, the
SPDR Gold Fund. Its a favorite of George Soros. We talked to him today in Davos; hes still very
bullish on commoditiesalso, John Paulson. Gold, however, has seen a pretty sharp decline. What can
you tell us in terms ofwhat does the decline in the metal actually mean for the assets of the fund
and investor demand for gold going forward, as far as you can tell?
TOM ANDERSON: Well, weve seen two things so far in January. We have seen a decline in the price of
gold, and we also have seen some withdrawals from SPDR Gold Shares. Now, this is something that
happened in January and February of last year as well, so sometimes theres seasonal rebalancing
that takes place. You know, when youre the number one gold fund in the world and youre the
preferred product in this space, when people have big positions, sometimes they might want to take
a little bit off the table. And GLD is the product they might do that with.
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: Okay, so you think its more just a rebalancing versus a reversal in the
appetite for gold?
TOM ANDERSON: I think a lot of the long-term positives for gold remain in place.
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: Okay, great. Another metal, copper, got a lot of attention as copper made new
records today. We had Caterpillar reporting a great quarter, and they said demand for
copper is on
the rise because of emerging markets. Any plans at State Street to have a copper ETF? Investors are
really hungry for these metals.
TOM ANDERSON: Investors really are hungry for commodity and real asset exposure. We havent filed
for anything thats another physical commodity, but I certainly can understand why investors are
looking for that type of exposure from ETFs.
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: So no plans for a copper ETF?
TOM ANDERSON: No plans from SPDRs for a copper ETF right now.
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: Okay. And, if you could just explain, because of the physical aspect, whereas
the gold fund is backed by physical product, copper isits not easy to do that.
TOM ANDERSON: CopperI mean, our viewpoint is gold would be one of those physical commodities that
the market is liquid enough and deep enough to sustain a good, physical ETF from SPDRs. We havent
found any other asset classes, physical commodities, that weve felt the same about.
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: Okay. We talked about, when we intro-ed you, that assets are approaching a
trillion dollars. Do you think were going to hit that this year? Were not that far away. And is
it the institutions, is it individualswhos putting money to work in these assets?
TOM ANDERSON: Its everybody. We certainly do; we finished the year at 995 billion, so its
reallyit even rounds up to a trillion. But what were seeing is whats driving it are strong flows
into emerging market debtor emerging market equity and bond funds in general. And I think those
are two trends that are going to continue into 2011. So I think the future is very positive.
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: Right. And youre going to be having an emerging market dividend fund, you
mentioned, to capture that. Its interesting, though, because, when you look at what the Fed may or
may not do, potentially they could be raising interest rates perhaps over the next year. But youre
still seeing demand for fixed-income assets over stocks?
TOM ANDERSON: Definitely renewed interest in stocks, but, you know, fixed income continues to be
very strong, particularly in high-yield and corporate bond funds. Again, anything that provides a
yield over treasuries right now is of interest. Yeah.
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: Okay, and I just want to give you quickly, before we wrap it upyou have two
big competitors, obviously, Vanguard and Blackrock, who are getting more aggressive in the space.
Theres always a question of fees. Any plans to adjust your fees to stay as competitive as your
rivals?
TOM ANDERSON: We dont have any plans to adjust our fees at this point. I get asked the question
all the time, Is there a price war on ETFs? Really, there isnt a price war on ETFs. The prices
that ETFs offer are so low, and offer such good value for investors, that really I dont see any
need for that.
SUZANNE OHALLORAN: Okay, great. Investors probably wish you would see a need for that, but not so.
Our thanks to Tom Anderson of State Street. Mark, a lot of interesting action happening with
exchange traded funds. Back to you.
MARK: Suzanne, Mr. Anderson, thank you both so much.
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