PowerShares Global Select Short Term Bond Portfolio — new fund registration

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II registered 1 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2013-02-28. Featured series: PowerShares Global Select Short Term Bond Portfolio.

Registration

Registrant / trust: PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II
CIK: 0001378872
Form: 485APOS
Filed: 2013-02-28
Accession: 0001104659-13-015793
Reported net assets: $10.1M

Series & classes (1)

Series	Class	Ticker	New
PowerShares Global Select Short Term Bond Portfolio	PowerShares Global Select Short Term Bond Portfolio	—	Yes

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

Gross expense ratio: 0.22%
Management fee: 0.22%
Other expenses: 0.00%

Investment objective

The Invesco LadderRite 0-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results (before fees and expenses) of the NASDAQ LadderRite ® 0-5 Year USD Corporate Bond Index (the “Underlying Index”).

Advisers

Invesco Capital Management LLC (Advisor)