ETF Issuer Solutions Launches Distribution Platform for Alpha Managers

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ETF Issuer Solutions Inc. ("ETFis") announced Thursday the launch of its comprehensive exchange traded fund services platform.  The firm's technology-driven ETF services model includes the "exemptive relief" and series trust framework required to launch new ETFs and a next-generation fund distributor to manage sales, marketing, and compliance.

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William Smalley, President of ETFis, said, "The one-stop ETFis platform reduces barriers to entry for both emerging and established managers, minimizes operating inefficiencies, and allows our investment manager clients to focus on what they do best – generating alpha." 

The core of the platform is the firm's wholly-owned subsidiary, ETF Distributors LLC, the first fund distributor designed specifically to support exchange traded funds.  ETF Distributors has developed patent-pending intermediary attribution technology that will allow the firm to precisely identify shareholders.  Mr. Smalley remarked, "In an increasingly crowded ETF marketplace, effective distribution is just as important as a sound investment thesis.  We believe our approach to sales and marketing, along with our attribution technology, has the makings of a true game-changer for ETF distribution."

Highlights of the ETFis platform include:

• Access to required regulatory and operational infrastructure
• Efficient and transparent cost structure
• Manager clients will maintain control/ownership over their respective products
• Flexible, next-generation approach to sales and marketing

For more information, please visit www.etfis.com and www.etfdistributors.com, or call Brinton Frith, Head of Business Development, at +1 212-593-4383.

SOURCE ETF Issuer Solutions Inc.