March 1, 2013

 

Global X FTSE Norway 30 ETF

 

NYSE Arca, Inc: NORW

 

2013 Summary Prospectus

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus and other information about the Fund (including the Fund’s statement of additional information and annual report) online at http://www.globalxfunds.com/investorrelations.php. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-888-GX-FUND-1 or by sending an e-mail request to info@globalxfunds.com. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated March 1, 2013, as amended and supplemented from time to time, along with the financial statements included in the Fund's most recent annual report to shareholders dated October 31, 2012, are incorporated by reference into (legally made a part of) this Summary Prospectus.

 

 
 

 

FUND SUMMARY

 

Global X FTSE Norway 30 ETF

 

Ticker: NORW Exchange: NYSE Arca, Inc.

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

 

The Global X FTSE Norway 30 ETF (“Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the FTSE Norway 30 Index (“Underlying Index”).

 

FEES AND EXPENSES

 

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You will also incur usual and customary brokerage commission when buying and selling Shares.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):

 

Management Fees: 0.50%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees: None
Other Expenses: 0.00%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses: 0.50%

 

Example: The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary market. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

 

One Year Three Years Five Years Ten Years
$51 $160 $280 $628

 

Portfolio Turnover: The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 23.39% of the average value of its portfolio.

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

 

The Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Underlying Index and in ADRs and GDRs based on the securities in the Underlying Index. The Fund also invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities of companies that are domiciled in, principally traded in or whose revenues are primarily from Norway. The Fund’s 80% investment policies are non-fundamental and require 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders before they can be changed. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the value of the collateral received).

 

The Underlying Index is designed to reflect broad based equity market performance in Norway. The index is comprised of the top 30 eligible Norwegian companies. The Fund’s investment objective and Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder approval.

 

The Underlying Index is sponsored by an organization (“Index Provider”) that is independent of the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund (“Adviser”). The Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index. The Fund’s Index Provider is FTSE International Limited (“FTSE”).

 

The Adviser uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “beat” the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

 

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The Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However, the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.

 

Correlation: Correlation is the extent to which the values of different types of investments move in tandem with one another in response to changing economic and market conditions. An index is a theoretical financial calculation, while the Fund is an actual investment portfolio. The performance of the Fund and the Underlying Index may vary somewhat due to transaction costs, asset valuations, foreign currency valuations, market impact, corporate actions (such as mergers and spin-offs), legal restrictions or limitations, illiquid or unavailable securities, and timing variances.

 

The Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund’s performance and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling strategy.

 

Industry Concentration Policy: The Fund concentrates its investments ( i.e. , holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated.

 

SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RISKS

 

As with any investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the Fund's performance could trail that of other investments. The Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely affect the Fund's net asset value ("NAV"), trading price, yield, total return and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are described in greater detail in the Additional Information About the Funds’ Strategies and Risks section of the Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI").

 

Asset Class Risk: Securities in the Underlying Index or the Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes.

 

Commodity Exposure Risk: The Fund invests in Norway, which is susceptible to fluctuations in certain commodity markets. Any negative changes in commodity markets could have an adverse impact on the economy of Norway.

 

Concentration Risk: To the extent that the Fund's investments are concentrated in a particular country, market, industry or asset class, the Fund will be susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences affecting that country, market, industry or asset class.

 

Currency Risk: Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV could decline if Norway's currency depreciates against the U.S. dollar.

 

Custody Risk: Less developed markets are more likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the holding of securities by local banks, agents and depositories.

 

Equity Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value and their values may be more volatile than other asset classes.

 

European Economic Risk: The economies of Europe are highly dependent on each other, both as key trading partners and as in many cases as fellow members maintaining the euro. Reduction in trading activity among European countries may cause an adverse impact on each nation’s individual economies. The European financial markets have recently experienced volatility and adverse trends due to concerns about rising government debt levels, ability to service debt, and potential for defaults of several European countries, including Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy and Portugal.

 

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Foreign Security Risk: Investments in the securities of foreign issuers are subject to the risks associated with investing in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or nationalization. In addition, securities of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security traded on United States’ exchanges, nonetheless, could be affected by, among other things, increasing price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. You may lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign issuer or market. The Fund is particularly exposed to European Economic Risk .

 

Geographic Risk: A natural disaster could occur in Norway, which could affect the economy or particular business operations of companies economically tied to Norway.

 

Issuer Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those companies may cause the value of their securities to decline.

 

Management Risk: The Fund is subject to the risk that the Adviser’s investment management strategy may not produce the intended results.

 

Market Risk: The Fund's NAV could decline over short periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market downturns.

 

Market Trading Risks: The Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for Shares, losses from trading in secondary markets, and disruption in the creation/redemption process of the Fund. Any of these factors may lead to the Shares trading at a premium or discount to NAV.

 

Non-Diversification Risk: The Fund may invest a large percentage of its assets in securities issued by or representing a small number of issuers. As a result, the Fund’s performance may depend on the performance of a small number of issuers.

 

Passive Investment Risk : The Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets.

 

Risks Related to Investing in Norway: Because Norway’s economy is heavily dependent on the export of natural resources, volatility in commodity prices may have a material impact on the Fund’s investments. Although not a member of the European Union, the Norwegian economy may be materially affected by developments in the member states or the European Union as a whole. Pension reform, union regulation, and further cuts in liberal social programs will likely need to be addressed in the near future, which may adversely impact investments in the Fund.

 

Securities Lending Risk: Securities lending involves the risk that the Fund loses money because the borrower fails to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. The Fund could also lose money in the event of a decline in the value of the collateral provided for loaned securities or of investments made with cash collateral. These events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund. As securities on loan may not be voted by the Fund, there is a risk that the Fund may not be able to recall the securities in sufficient time to vote on material proxy matters.

 

Small- and Mid-Capitalization Companies Risk: Small- and mid-capitalization companies often have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less liquidity than larger more established companies. In addition, these companies are often subject to less analyst coverage and may be in early and less predictable periods of their corporate existences. These companies tend to have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer financial resources and less competitive strength than larger companies.

 

Securities Market Risk: Because the securities markets in Norway are small in size, underdeveloped, and are less regulated and less correlated to global economic cycles than those markets located in more developed countries, the securities markets in Norway are subject to greater risks associated with market volatility, lower market capitalization, lower trading volume, illiquidity, inflation, greater price fluctuations and uncertainty regarding the existence of trading markets.

 

Tracking Error Risk: The performance of the Fund may diverge from that of the Underlying Index.

 

Valuation Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology. The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's Shares.

 

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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

 

The bar chart and table that follow show how the Fund performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing the Fund’s performance and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one year compared with the Fund’s benchmark index and a broad measure of market performance. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available online at www.globalxfunds.com .

 

Annual Total Returns (Years Ended December 31)

 

 

Best Quarter: 03/31/12 16.32%
Worst Quarter: 09/30/11 (25.50)%

 

Average Annual Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31, 2012)

 

  Past One Year
Ended
December 31,
2012 		Since Inception
(11/9/2010)
Global X FTSE Norway 30 ETF:    
·       Return before taxes 23.29% 3.54%
·       Return after taxes on distributions 1 23.03% 3.65%
·       Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares 1 16.07% 3.49%
     
FTSE Norway 30 Index 24.00% 4.43%
(Index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes)    
S&P 500 ® Index 16.00% 10.19%
(Index returns do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes)    

 

1  After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (IRAs).

 

FUND MANAGEMENT

 

Investment Adviser: Global X Management Company LLC.

 

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Portfolio Managers: The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund are Bruno del Ama and Jose C. Gonzalez ("Portfolio Managers"). Mr. del Ama, who is Chief Executive Officer of the Adviser, and Mr. Gonzalez, who is Chief Operating Officer of the Adviser, have been Portfolio Managers of the Fund since November, 2010.

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

 

Shares will be listed and traded at market prices on an exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and because exchange-traded fund shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only “Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co. ("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated into blocks of 50,000 Shares or multiples thereof ("Creation Units"). The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies each Business Day.

 

TAX INFORMATION

 

The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA").

 

PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

 

The Adviser and its related companies may pay broker/dealers or other financial intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of the Fund’s Shares and related services. These payments create a conflict of interest by influencing your broker/dealer or other intermediary or its employees or associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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