WisdomTree Investments : Names David Yates Chief Information Officer
April 16, 2015 at 09:01 am EDT
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NEW YORK, April 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (Nasdaq:WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor and asset manager, today announced the appointment of David Yates as Chief Information Officer (CIO). In a newly created role, Mr. Yates will oversee technology and information management, with a focus on enhancing WisdomTree's capabilities in business analytics.
"I am pleased to welcome David as WisdomTree's CIO and believe he will add a new dimension to our capabilities in technology and operations globally," said Jonathan Steinberg, WisdomTree CEO and President.
Mr. Yates joins WisdomTree from McKinsey & Company, where he advised financial services companies on a range of strategic technology and operations issues.
"I am excited to join a company with such an impressive record of growth and innovation in asset management, and I look forward to leading a technology strategy that supports WisdomTree's mission to serve ETF investors," commented Mr. Yates.
Prior to McKinsey, Mr. Yates was with Accenture, where he led multinational technology delivery programs in the capital markets space, and at the Bank of England. Mr. Yates received an M.B.A. from MIT Sloan School of Management, an M.S. in Computing Science from Imperial College London and a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
About WisdomTree
WisdomTree Investments, Inc., through its subsidiaries in the U.S. and Europe (collectively, "WisdomTree"), is an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor and asset manager headquartered in New York. WisdomTree offers products covering equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and alternative strategies. WisdomTree currently has approximately $60.3 billion in assets under management globally.
WisdomTree® is the marketing name for WisdomTree Investments, Inc. and its subsidiaries worldwide.
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WisdomTree, Inc is a global financial company. The Company is offering a well-diversified suite of exchange-traded products (ETPs), models, solutions and products leveraging blockchain technology. The Company is also engaged in developing next-generation digital products, services and structures, including digital or blockchain-enabled mutual funds (Digital Funds) and tokenized assets, as well as its blockchain - native digital wallet, WisdomTree Prime. WisdomTree Prime is a blockchain-native wallet developed for saving, spending, and investing in both native crypto assets and tokenized versions of mainstream financial assets. The Company's ETPs cover equity, commodities, fixed income, leveraged-and-inverse, currency, alternatives, and cryptocurrencies. It operates as an ETP sponsor and asset manager, providing investment advisory services globally through its subsidiaries in the United States and Europe.