Bats Welcomes Four New PowerShares Funds to the Bats ETF Marketplace

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), the #1 U.S. market for exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading, today welcomed a suite of four new PowerShares ETFs to the Bats ETF Marketplace.

The products, which comprise a range of multi-asset allocation portfolios, include:

• The PowerShares Conservative Multi-Asset Allocation Portfolio (Bats: PSMC) which seeks total return consistent with a lower level of risk relative to the broad stock market.
• The PowerShares Moderately Conservative Multi-Asset Allocation Portfolio (Bats: PSMM) which seeks to provide current income and some capital appreciation.
• The PowerShares Balanced Multi-Asset Allocation Portfolio (Bats: PSMB) which seeks to provide current income and capital appreciation.
• The PowerShares Growth Multi-Asset Allocation Portfolio (Bats: PSMG) which seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Additional information is available here.

In January, Bats welcomed 13 ETFs to its U.S. market. In the fourth quarter of 2016, Bats welcomed a total 34 ETFs from 13 providers.

Bats remained the largest exchange operator for U.S. ETF trading over 2016 and won 30% of all new U.S. ETF listings vs only 9% for 2015. Including transfers from competitor venues, Bats welcomed 85 ETF listings to its U.S. market, an increase of 145% over 2015. During the year, Bats won 17% of ETF switches.

There are now 155 ETFs listed on Bats ETF Marketplace, from 27 different issuers.

Additional information regarding listing and trading on the Bats ETF Marketplace is available on ETFMarketplace.com. ETF issuers interested in joining the many firms listing on Bats may email listings@bats.com.

About Bats Global Markets

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS) is a leading global operator of exchanges and services for financial markets, dedicated to Making Markets Better. Bats is the second-largest stock exchange operator in the U.S., operates the largest stock exchange and trade reporting facility in Europe, and the #1 market globally for ETF trading. We also operate growing ETF listings venues in the U.S. and Europe, two U.S. options exchanges and Bats Hotspot, our global foreign exchange market. Also, ETF.com, a leading provider of ETF news, data and analysis, is a wholly owned subsidiary. The company is headquartered in Kansas City with offices in New York, London, Chicago, San Francisco, Singapore and Quito. Visit bats.com and @BatsGlobal for more information.

About PowerShares

PowerShares by Invesco is leading the Intelligent ETF Revolution® through its family of more than 140 domestic and international PowerShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs). PowerShares ETFs seek to outperform traditional benchmark indexes while providing advisors and investors access to an innovative array of focused investment opportunities. PowerShares has US franchise assets exceeding $110 billion as of December 30, 2016. For more information, please visit us at powershares.com or follow us on Twitter @PowerShares.

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