NEW YORK, MARCH 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF), the sponsor and asset manager of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and exchange-traded products (“ETPs”), has announced Announced. Today, Ben Wallach and Heather Reisner have been promoted to drive the company’s US customer-first ESG strategy. Both appointments reaffirm the company’s stance that ESG is an integral part of its full range of product development.
Ben joined WisdomTree in 2011 and spent over 10 years focusing on product and business development at the company and is currently the Head of Product Development and ESG. Heather has been with WisdomTree since 2018, overseeing new product development and managing existing products, and is currently her Senior Associate in Product Development and her ESG. She was also recently appointed Vice Chair of her WIN, Wisdom Tree women’s initiative her network. In their newly expanded roles, Ben and Heather will continue to drive these product development efforts and will also be charged with spearheading her ESG initiatives at WisdomTree.
WisdomTree offers three core integrated ESG ETFs, in addition to an ESG-curated fund and model portfolio, and a suite of state-owned funds, ranking among the top 10 US ESG ETF providers and affiliated funds. assets total more than $4. a billion.
“Heather and I are excited to formally lead WisdomTree’s long-standing ESG responsibility. is committed to,” said Wallach. “Due to our role on the product development team, we see first-hand the dynamic demand for impactful investment decisions. ESG is one of the fastest growing areas in asset management and WisdomTree’s product Our strategy is always based on how we best serve our customers.”
These internal promotions will enable WisdomTree to meet client demand for ESG products at a ‘ground’ level, while also allowing it to remain focused on ESG from a corporate perspective. WisdomTree offers employee training programs through its relationship with Columbia University and plans to expand his ESG certification program to help clients address his ESG needs. The Climate Impact and Investing Program is built to provide both advisors and WisdomTree employees with the education and tools they need to make sound decisions about climate, environmental risks, and investments. This program is a workshop, built in partnership with the Columbia Climate School, that covers basic climate science, climate impacts, tipping points, and how all of this influences how we think about investing. .
WisdomTree also provides an employee-led Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) to promote women’s leadership within the organization and the DEI established to advance the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. It has a council and is itself a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. In February 2022, WisdomTree’s Board of Directors expanded the responsibilities of the Nominating and Governance Committee to review, monitor and recommend WisdomTree’s strategies, initiatives and policies on corporate social responsibility, including ESG issues. I have included the offer.
WisdomTree President and COO Jarrett Lillian said: “ESG is not a siled priority at WisdomTree. It is about who we are as an asset manager and how we meet and exceed our clients’ needs. It is already heavily embedded in our product development team. We are proud to promote Ben and Heather, two of our best-selling executives, to advance our ESG programs and help our clients invest in what matters most.”
For the remainder of 2022 and beyond, WisdomTree plans to expand its footprint in the ESG space across four pillars: tools and solutions for advisors, educational content, products, and company-level initiatives.
About Wisdom Tree
WisdomTree Investments, Inc., through its US and European subsidiaries (collectively, “WisdomTree”), is a sponsor and asset manager of ETFs and ETPs headquartered in New York. WisdomTree offers products covering equities, commodities, bonds, leveraged and inverse, currencies, cryptocurrencies, and alternative strategies. WisdomTree currently manages approximately $78 billion in assets worldwide.
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