NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Burton Malkiel, the legendary Princeton professor and author of the seminal best-selling book “A Random Walk Down Street,” has joined the Index Committee for the Toroso ETF Industry Index (“TETF.Index”), it was announced today.
“In the years since I first wrote ‘Random Walk’ the asset management industry has undergone nothing short of a sea change, marked by the emergence and increasing dominance of index-based investment approaches,” said Dr. Malkiel. “As the indexing and ETF universe has grown and matured, capturing its growth in an index of its own is the next logical step and is a very exciting proposition. It is one which I am very much looking forward to focusing on with my fellow Index Committee members.”
TETF.Index is designed to provide exposure to the publicly traded companies that derive revenue from the ETF industry. This includes ETF sponsors, index and data companies, trading and custody providers, liquidity providers, and exchanges.
The index also underlies the ETF Industry Exposure & Financial Services ETF (NYSE Arca: TETF), the first and only Exchange-Traded Fund providing investors with a single point of access to the companies driving and participating in the growth of the ETF industry.
Professor Malkiel joins an Index Committee whose members collectively have several decades of experience in the ETF industry, including Mike Venuto, CIO of Toroso Investments; Guillermo Trias, CEO of Toroso Investments; Linda Zhang, Founder of Purview Investments; Kris Monaco, Founder of Level ETF Ventures; and Kevin Carter, Founder of Big Tree Capital.
“Professor Malkiel is undoubtedly one of the preeminent experts on the ETF industry, having made a compelling case for the rise of index investing years before there was such a thing as an ETF,” said Mike Venuto. “We are thrilled to welcome him to our Index Committee and to put all of his valuable insights to work.”
The Index, maintained by Solactive AG, is designed with four tiers of constituents:
- Tier 1, 50% of the Index’s exposure, is made up of companies with substantial participation in the ETF industry, providing direct financial impact to shareholders, including BlackRock, Charles Schwab, Invesco, State Street, WisdomTree, and more.
- Tier 2, 25% of the index’s exposure, is made up of companies with substantial participation in the ETF industry, providing indirect financial impact to shareholders, including KCG Holdings, NASDAQ, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., and more.
- Tier 3, 15% of the Index’s exposure, is made up of those companies with moderate levels of participation in industry, including Bank of New York Mellon, US Bancorp, FactSet, Ameriprise Financial, and more.
- Tier 4, approximately 10% of the Index’s exposure, includes companies that are new or participating in a smaller way in the ETF industry relative to their overall focus, and includes such names as Morningstar, Eaton Vance, Goldman Sachs, Legg Mason, Citigroup, and more.
More information on the Index, including its construction methodology, cap weightings, holdings and more, can be found here: http://www.torosoam.com/torosos-etf-industry-index/
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