In this section, you’ll find Q&A articles and interviews with some of the industry’s leading ETF managers and experts. Investors can glean knowledge from these pieces to further their own ETF understanding and better inform their investment decisions.
Distillate Capital Executives Share Their Insights on Value Investing and Their Newly Launched ETF
2018-11-19ETFdb.com got a chance to speak with Thomas Cole (CEO and Cofounder), Matthew Swanson (Cofounder)...
Reality Shares CEO Explains Why China is the Leader in the Blockchain Space
2018-08-20Reality Shares launched another blockchain-related ETF. Though this time, it’s focused on a...
Reality Shares CEO Provides Insights on Blockchain ETFs
2018-06-12During the Inside ETFs 2018 Conference, ETF Database got a chance to speak with the President and...
ROBO Global Executives Share Their Wisdom on Robotics Automation and AI
2018-05-14During the Inside ETFs 2018 Conference, ETF Database got a chance to speak with Travis Briggs...
Turning Market-Cap Weighting on Its Head: A Chat With Kevin Quigg, Chief Strategist at Exponential ETFs
2018-03-30In a recent sit-down with ETFdb.com, Chief Strategist at Exponential ETFs, Kevin Quigg, discussed...
Q&A with Will Rhind, Founder & CEO of GraniteShares
2017-11-28In a recent sit-down with ETFdb.com, the Founder and CEO of GraniteShares, Will Rhind, discussed...
Investing Advice From Fran Kinniry, Principal in Vanguard Investment Strategy Group
2017-11-14At the 2017 Morningstar ETF Conference, we sat down with Fran Kinniry, a principal in Vanguard...
WisdomTree Expert on Fixed Income Investing
2017-10-16At the 2017 Morningstar ETF Conference, we sat down with Kevin Flanagan, a WisdomTree senior...
TrimTabs Vice Chairman & CIO on International High-Quality Companies-Focused ETF
2017-09-20Vice Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at TrimTabs, Ted Theodore, shares his investment...
Sean O’Hara, President of Pacer ETFs, on Strategy-Driven ETFs
2017-07-27Sean O’Hara, President of Pacer ETFs, sat down with ETF Database and discussed the Pacer family...
Reality Shares CEO Explains Benefits of Smart Beta Dividend ETF Investing
2017-07-20In a recent talk with ETFdb.com, the President and CEO of Reality Shares, Eric Ervin, explained...
Senior ETF Strategist Abdur Nimeri on FlexShares’ Lineup of ESG-Focused ETFs
2017-07-18In a recent sit-down with ETFdb.com, Senior Investment Strategist at Northern Trust, Abdur...
REX Shares' CEO on His Volatility ETF Lineup and VMIN's Success
2017-06-15In a recent sit-down with ETFdb.com, the CEO of REX Shares, Greg King, discussed REX Shares’...
CEO of Amplify Shares His Views on ETF Market Opportunity
2017-05-18Earlier this year, during the 2017 Inside ETFs Conference, ETF Database sat down with the CEO of...
Head of Fixed Income ETF Portfolio Management at VanEck on Rising Interest Rates
2017-04-18At the 2017 Inside ETFs Conference, we got a chance to sit with the head of fixed income ETF...
Head of ETF Strategy at John Hancock Shares Views on Market Trends
2017-03-30The ETF Database team had a chance to meet with Steve Deroian, who is the Head of ETF Strategy at...
A Chat With Luciano Siracusano, Chief Investment Strategist at WisdomTree
2017-03-15We sat down with Luciano Siracusano, Chief Investment Strategist of WisdomTree, at the Inside...
Bloomberg Analyst Eric Balchunas Shares Insights on ETF Industry
2017-03-09Eric Balchunas is an ETF Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. We sat down with him at the Inside...
CEO of PureFunds Discusses Best-Performing ETF of 2016
2017-03-02We got a chance to talk with the CEO of PureFunds, Andrew Chanin, at the 2017 Inside ETFs...
A Chat with Richard Powers, Head of ETF Product Management at Vanguard
2017-02-15At the 2017 Inside ETFs Conference, we gained insights from Rich Powers, Head of ETF Product...
iSectors CEO Vern Sumnicht on Post-Modern Portfolio Theory Growth ETF
2017-02-07iSectors CEO Vern Sumnicht recently sat down with ETF Database and shared his thoughts on his new...
WisdomTree Experts on Investing in a Rising Interest Rate Environment
2017-01-18WisdomTree Fixed Income Experts, Kevin Flanagan and Bradley Krom, share their thoughts on...
Using Thematic ETFs to Build Portfolios: A Chat With Nick Cherney of Janus Capital
2017-01-11Janus Capital’s Head of ETPs, Nick Cherney, recently discussed Janus’ full line of Thematic ETFs....
BUZZ Index: Using Social Media Sentiment to Outperform the S&P 500
2016-11-30The CEO of BUZZ Index, Jamie Wise, recently discussed the BUZZ Social Media Insights Index (BUZ ...
CEO and Chief Strategist of ACSI Funds on Their New Customer Satisfaction ETF
2016-11-29Unique ETFs are being launched on a weekly basis. However, never has there been an ETF that...
Charles Schwab’s Experts Share Their Insights on Smart Beta and Smart Beta Trends
2016-10-24During our time at the Morningstar ETF Conference last month, we sat down with two experts from ...
QS Investors’ President Discusses Legg Mason’s New International Low Volatility High Dividend ETF
2016-10-17At the Morningstar ETF Conference, we gained insights from James Norman, President of QS...
Nuveen Investments’ Head of ETFs Shares His Insight on His New Aggregate Bond ETF
2016-10-07We sat down with Martin Kremenstein, Head of ETFs at Nuveen Investments during the Morningstar...
Interview with Jeremy Schwartz, Director of Research, and Anita Rausch, Head of Capital Markets, at WisdomTree
2016-09-30At the Morningstar ETF Conference, we gained insights from Jeremy Schwartz, Director of Research,...
Sprott Executive Shares his Insight on Gold and Silver Rally
2016-08-03Since our last interview earlier this year with the Executive Vice President and Head of ETFs at...
Tuttle Tactical Management CEO Shares Insight on His Newly Managed ETF
2016-06-14The CEO and CIO of Tuttle Tactical Management, Matt Tuttle, has recently added an existing ETF to...
Exclusive Look Into Latin American Real Estate: Q&A with the Managing Principal of Tierra Funds
2016-05-24Real estate is an asset class that can be used to diversify your portfolio. A great way to gain...
Exclusive Q&A With the CEO of Global X and the Global Head of ETF Solutions for J.P. Morgan
2016-05-17J.P. Morgan Asset Management bought a minority stake in Global X Management Company last month....
Diversification in an ETF: A Conversation With William Belden, Head of ETF Business Development for Guggenheim Investments
2016-05-02We recently had the chance to speak with William Belden, head of ETF business development for...
An Insider Look at the New Drone and Gaming ETFs With the CEO of PureFunds Andrew Chanin
2016-04-26Drones and gaming; these are two exciting industries that are growing fast. Up until a month and...
An Israel Technology ETF You Don't Want to Miss
2016-04-19Technology is changing at an accelerating pace, and some of the world’s greatest innovations are...
Artificial Intelligence Meets Finance, What's Next?
2016-04-05The future of Artificial Intelligence is here. It’s already affecting finance and investing, and...
A Conversation With Ben Fulton, a Founder of the ETF Industry
2016-03-15We recently had the chance to speak with ETF pioneer Ben Fulton, CEO and founder of Elkhorn...
A Unique, New Way to Invest in Bonds
2016-02-23We recently had the chance to speak with William Belden, Guggenheim’s managing director, head of...
Interview with the Global Head of ETFs Ken O’Keeffe of FTSE Russell
2016-02-08At the Inside ETFs conference, we got some insight from the managing director, Global Head of...
Q&A With the Head of Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs Asset Management
2016-02-01At the Inside ETFs conference, we had the chance to talk with the Head of Capital Markets at...
A Talk With SVP and Head of ETPs at Janus Capital, Nick Cherney
2016-01-29At the Inside ETFs 2016 conference, we had the chance to chat with Nick Cherney, senior vice...
The Creator of the BUZZ Index, Jamie Wise and Sprott's John Ciampaglia Discuss the Recently Filed BUZZ ETF
2016-01-27During the Inside ETFs Conference, we had the opportunity to speak with the Buzz Index creator...
A Talk With Todd Cassler and John Bryson From John Hancock at the Inside ETFs Conference
2016-01-26At the Inside ETFs Conference, we had the opportunity to speak with John Hancock Investments’...
Biotech & Specialty Pharma: The Differences You Should Know
2015-12-03We recently had the opportunity to speak with Paul Yook, founder of BioShares, about the main...
Consumer Discretionary Talk with the Head of Research for SPDR ETFs and SSGA Funds
2015-12-02We recently talked with Dave Mazza, Head of Research for SPDR ETFs and SSGA Funds, about SSGA’s...
Invest Like an Interest Rate Risk Professional: Bryce Doty Talks Insider Tips on RISE
2015-11-26We recently talked with Bryce Doty, Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at Sit...
Secret Access to the Hottest IPOs
2015-11-17Do you want the best access to the hottest IPOs?
This article will explore the way of investing...
Part 2: Invest Like a Hedge Fund Manager - AlphaClone CEO Insider Tips
2015-11-10In our second talk with Hedge Fund professional Maz Jadallah, this Q&A explores a new Hedge...
Cancer Treatment ETF, a Q&A with a Top Biotech Investor
2015-11-09We recently had the opportunity to talk to Brad Loncar, CEO of Loncar Investments. He is a top...
Select Sector SPDRs Create New Opportunities to Invest: Q&A with a Top Director
2015-10-27We recently talked to Dan Dolan, director of wealth management strategies at Select Sector SPDRs....
Invest Like a Hedge Fund Manager: AlphaClone CEO Maz Jadallah Shares His Insider Tips
2015-10-21We recently sat down with AlphaClone CEO Maz Jadallah to learn more about AlphaClone’s approach...
Ex-Sector ETFs: Q&A with ProShares CEO Michael L. Sapir
2015-10-02ProShares recently launched four S&P 500 Ex-Sector ETFs. Each offers the S&P 500 but...
Protected Investments: Q&A with Vest Financial
2015-09-10Recently, we had the opportunity to speak with Karan Sood, co-founder and CEO of Vest Financial,...
It's Not Sci-Fi, it's AI: Schwab Intelligent Portfolios
2015-08-18Robo-advisors are one of the newest and most rapidly growing innovations in the finance industry....
An ETF Fit for a Shark: OUSA Q&A with Kevin O'Leary & Connor O'Brien
2015-07-29Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary and Connor O’Brien shook the finance world when they launched...
Tapping into the Best Minds in Quantitative Finance: Insights from Blair Hull
2015-07-23Hull Tactical Asset Allocation made its ETF debut in 2015, with the launch of the Hull Tactical...
A Tactical Approach to ETF Investing: Insights with Matt Tuttle
2015-07-14ETF newcomer Tuttle Tactical Management made its debut in 2015 with the launch of two unique...
IndexIQ Insights: Merger Arbitrage, Hedge Funds & Commodities
2015-07-07IndexIQ has made a name for itself in the ETF industry, creating some of the most innovative ETF...
Inside AMZA: Where Active Management Meets MLPs
2015-06-24With interest rates at home still hovering near record lows, and most central banks pushing forth...
Inside the ROBO ETF: Investing in Emerging Technologies
2015-06-24Without question some of the most exciting (and profitable) investment opportunities in the last...
TrimTabs Insights: What “Float Shrink” Means to Investors
2015-06-24The ongoing expansion and evolution of the exchange-traded universe has helped bring previously...
Inside the Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares Fund (ASHR)
2015-06-24Investors continue to embrace exchange-traded funds as the preferred means of tapping into...
An Inside Look at the New Highland Capital Equity ETFs (DRVN, HHFR, HHDG)
2015-06-23The ongoing expansion of smart beta ETFs and funds offering exposure to alternatives asset...
A Risk-First Approach: Insights from Lattice Strategies
2015-06-19In recent years, more investors have turned toward alternative-weighting methodologies in the ETF...
Under the Hood of the U.S. Global Jets ETF (JETS)
2015-06-16Granularity has been a key theme in the ETF industry as an ever-expanding product suite continues...
How to Build an Income Portfolio with ETFs: Insights from David Fabian
2015-04-24Investors who rely on the current income stream from their portfolios are always thinking of...
Invest Like a Billionaire: Under the Hood of the IBLN ETF
2015-04-24ETFs have undeniably opened up the doors to asset classes that were previously accessible only by...
