WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ:WETF) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 5.02.
Effective April24, 2018, the Company appointed Bryan Edmiston, Director – Financial Reporting and Accounting Policy, as Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer for purposes of the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Mr.Edmiston, 42, will oversee the Company’s accounting matters. Amit Muni will continue in his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and as principal financial officer of the Company, but will no longer serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer as of the date of Mr.Edmiston’s appointment.
Since September 2016, Mr.Edmiston has served as the Company’s Director – Financial Reporting and Accounting Policy, responsible for the accuracy and integrity of the Company’s financial accounting and reporting globally as well as oversight of the Company’s financial control environment. He is also responsible for the Company’s global tax function. In December 2009, Mr.Edmiston joined the broker-dealer subsidiary of Gleacher& Company, Inc. (“Gleacher”) as a Managing Director responsible for Accounting Policy and SEC Reporting. In July 2010, he also assumed the role of Controller of this subsidiary. From August 2011 to September 2016, he served as Controller and principal accounting officer of Gleacher. From September 1997 to December 2009, he was a Senior Manager within the Banking& Capital Markets Assurance Practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, servicing a number of clients in the financial services industry. Mr.Edmiston received a B.B.A in Accounting from Pace University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Mr.Edmiston is not a party to any arrangement or understanding regarding his selection as an officer. Mr.Edmiston has no family relationships with any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer of the Company. Mr.Edmiston is not a party to any transaction required to be disclosed to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr.Edmiston has not entered into any material plan, contract, arrangement or amendment in connection with his appointment as principal accounting officer.
| Item 5.02. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits:
| Exhibit99.1 | Press Release, dated April25, 2018 |
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About WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ:WETF)
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. is an asset management company that focuses on exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Company’s family of ETFs includes fundamentally weighted funds that track its own indexes, funds that track third party indexes and actively managed funds. The Company operates through exchange traded products (ETP) sponsor and asset manager providing investment advisory services segment. The Company distributes its ETFs through a range of channels within the asset management industry, including brokerage firms, registered investment advisers and institutional investors. The Company offers a family of approximately 86 ETFs. Its portfolio of the United States listed products includes International Hedged Equity ETFs, Equity ETFs, Fixed Income ETFs, Currency ETFs, Alternative Strategy ETFs and Commodity ETFs. Its portfolio of Non-the United States listed products include WisdomTree UCITS ETFs, and Boost Short and Leveraged ETPs.
