Description to the S&P Global Financials Sector Index Fund, traded under ticker symbol IXG: This ETF is a fund, created in November 2001, that corresponds to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of companies that S&P categorizes as being in the financial sector and influential to global markets, as represented by the Standard & Poor's Global Financials Sector Index. The underlying index is a subset of the S&P Global 1200 Index and includes banks, insurance, S&L's, brokers, and real estate companies.