In May 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with Paul Weisbruch, who is the VP of ETF/Index Sales and Trading at Street One Financial. Street One Financial is an ETF liquidity provider and works with advisors in helping them access liquidity and trade ETFs efficiently. Paul chats with us about a fundamental misconception about ETF liquidity, […]
In May 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with Rob Ivanoff, who is the Director of Research at Financial Products Research (FPR). Rob’s work and commentary on mutual fund trends and investments has been featured and quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times and many other newspapers and magazines. Rob was […]
In March 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with – Ed McRedmond, Senior Vice President of Institutional & Portfolio Strategies at Invesco PowerShares. Invesco PowerShares was one of the first companies to bring Actively-Managed ETFs to the US market in 2008. Ed talks to us about the outlook for Active ETFs, the capabilities that PowerShares’ hopes […]
In August 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with Patrick Daugherty, who is a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, which is a highly regarded national law firm. Patrick and his team helped launch the very first actively-managed ETF in the United States from Bear Stearns in 2008. Patrick has worked on numerous other ETF launches […]
In July 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with – Bill Thomas,CEO of Grail Advisors. Grail currently has seven Actively-Managed ETFs on the market and just recently released a white paper on fixed-income ETFs. Bill chats with us about fixed-income ETFs, Grail’s business model and key details on the mutual fund conversion process Grail Advisors is […]
In December 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus had a conversation with Gary Gastineau, Co-Founder of Managed ETFs LLC and Principal at ETF Consultants. Managed ETFs LLC’s assets were acquired by Eaton Vance, including patents for NAV-based trading owned by the company. Eaton Vance has indicated that it intends to utilize the patents to bring forward non-transparent […]
In November 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with David O’Leary, who is the Chief Investment Officer for AER Advisors. AER is the portfolio manager behind two actively-managed ETFs from PowerShares which were one of the first Active ETFs to be launched in the US in 2008. The first is the Active AlphaQ Fund (PQY) and […]
In March 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with – Ken McCord, President of Horizons AlphaPro. AlphaPro is the sister company of Horizons BetaPro and is the only company in Canada to provide actively-managed ETFs to investors. Ken talks to us about AlphaPro’s plans, how AlphaPro will handle competition and where the opportunities and challenges lie […]
In February 2010, ActiveETFs | InFocus spoke with – Noah Hamman, CEO of AdvisorShares Investments LLC. AdvisorShares is the company behind the Dent Tactical ETF – the largest equity active ETF in the US to date. Noah shares with us his thoughts on the Active ETFs space, his plans for AdvisorShares and also the opportunities […]