State Street Starts 10 International ETFs

State Street Global Advisors, the Boston investment management arm of State Street Corp., has launched 10 international sector exchange-traded funds. 

The funds, which began trading Tuesday on the American Stock Exchange, are benchmarked to a series of Standard & Poor’s international equity indexes.

State Street Global Advisors, one of the largest ETF providers, now has 80 of the funds in its SPDR family, including 31 that provide access to global and international markets.

The unit’s assets under management increased 35.7% from a year earlier, to $138.5 billion as of June 30.