American Stock Exchange Lists Barclays Global Investors

"The Amex is proud to be partnering with Barclays to launch the first ETF to track mortgage backed securities," said Scott Ebner, Senior Vice President, Amex ETF Marketplace. "This new ETF product from iShares accommodates a growing demand from investors who are seeking exposure to fixed income assets."

MBB tracks the performance of the US investment grade agency mortgage-backed securities sector as defined by the Lehman Brothers US MBS Fixed-Rate Index. The index includes investment grade fixed-rate mortgage-backed pass-through securities of the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) that have 30-, 20-, 15-year and balloon securities.

Kellogg Capital Group, LLC was selected as the specialist for MBB and AGS/STR/OTA will trade options on MBB. -- www.amex.com