WisdomTree Asset Management launched its first ETFs more than a decade ago, making it one of the pioneers in the industry. Joe Tenaglia, asset allocation strategist at WisdomTree, which currently manages about 90 funds, talks…
Q&A: State Street Global Advisors – “Fixed income ETFs continue to gather assets.”
A precursor in the ETF world, State Street Global Advisors launched the first US-listed exchange traded fund, the $280 billion SPDR S&P 500 ETF listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which is still the largest…
Q&A: Factset – “Innovation largely goes unrewarded.”
Software company FactSet, which caters to investment professionals, helps perform ETF due diligence and provides analytics and research on the ETF world as part of its offerings. Elisabeth Kashner, director of ETF research and ETF…
Q&A: Exponential ETFs – “We will continue to see new entrants in the market.”
As Exponential ETFs says, the ETF industry is dominated by goliaths, but there’s a slew of smaller firms like Exponential ETFs that think they can take advantage of their size to engage further with the…
Q&A: Babson College – “Investors are going to bypass gatekeepers.”
Babson College professor Joel Shulman, who is also managing director of EntrepreneurShares, launched the Entrepreneur 30 ETF in November, tracking the 30 largest entrepreneur-led publicly-traded companies using proprietary research. His fund provides exposure to US…