ETF New York 2025
Join Citywire in New York City at the St. Regis Hotel on June 10 to explore all things ETFs!
This forum will feature a day of roundtable ETF presentations from leading issuers in both the active and passive space. As always, the event is free to attend, with Citywire covering travel and accommodation for out-of-town attendees.
What can I expect?
Over the course of the day, attendees will sit down in 8 small-group ETF workshops alongside 2-3 of their peers. You will get the chance to grill issuers and managers on the strategies they are presenting and to hear what your peers in due diligence are asking in their own fund manager meetings.
The event will also feature a panel session, and plenty of time to network with your fellow investment researchers.
Is this event right for me?
This event is designed for members of the manager research and due diligence community who recommend and invest in third-party funds.
How do I sign up?
Please register by following the prompts on this page. If you have any questions about registration, please contact Elle Winterson at ewinterson@citywireusa.com or Reagan Darrah at rdarrah@citywireusa.com
Agenda
8:30 - 9:30 am
Registration and Breakfast
9:30 - 9:40 am
Welcome From Chair
9:40 - 10:10 am
Fund Group Workshop 1
10:20 – 10:50 am
Fund Group Workshop 2
11:00 - 11:30 am
Fund Group Workshop 3
11:40 - 12:10 pm
Fund Group Workshop 4
12:10 - 1:10 pm
Buffet Lunch
1:10 - 1:55 pm
Panel Session
1:55 - 2:25 pm
Fund Group Workshop 5
2:35 - 3:05 pm
Fund Group Workshop 6
3:15 - 3:45 pm
Fund Group Workshop 7
3:55 - 4:25 pm
Fund Group Workshop 8
4:30 - 6:00 pm
Drinks Reception
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Workshops
Workshops

Thoughtful Investing with Brown Advisory Active ETFs:
This session aims to provide investors with a comprehensive understanding of active investing and how to effectively utilize evolving vehicles (such as active ETFs) in asset allocation. This workshop will delve into the intricacies of investment decision-making, the philosophy and practice of active management, and the processes that shape portfolio construction, reflecting these principles in the Brown Advisory Large-Cap Sustainable Growth strategy.
Workshop Objective:
Thoughtful approach to active investing (balance of risk/reward in ETF investments)
• Future outlook for active ETFs
• Strategies for active investing
• Risk management in Active Investing
Company Profile: Brown Advisory is a global, independent investment management firm with over 25 years’ experience, committed to first class performance and service. We offer a broad range of actively managed equity and fixed income investment solutions and believe a disciplined, bottom-up fundamental research approach, high conviction ideas, and a focus on long-term risk-adjusted returns, has the potential to drive attractive performance results over time. We have a culture and firm equity ownership structure that help us attract and retain professionals who share those beliefs, and we follow a repeatable investment process that helps us stay true to our philosophy.
Speakers
Karina Funk, CFA
Portfolio Manager and Chair of Sustainable Investing

Karina is a partner and co-portfolio manager of the Brown Advisory Large-Cap Sustainable Growth strategy (LCSG) and chair of sustainable investing. Karina joined Brown Advisory in 2009 and has extensive investment experience spanning early-stage ventures to debt and public equities. Karina is a respected leader in the investment community having been profiled in many leading financial publications, including Barron's inaugural list of 100 Most Influential Women in Finance. She and co-portfolio manager David Powell have developed a distinctive fundamental research methodology focused on finding companies at the intersection of positive fundamental and sustainable business drivers. Karina was previously an equity research analyst for Winslow Management Co, a principal at Charles River Ventures, and an investment manager at the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust.
Carey Buxton
Global COO of Institutional Business

Carey is a partner, a member of the Executive Team and serves as global chief operating officer of the institutional business. In this role, Carey is responsible for the strategic disposition of the firm's institutional product platform and client platforms. Her teams are responsible for the delivery of our institutional strategies to our clients through management of fund, separately managed account, and model delivery platforms and colleagues. Carey is also responsible for oversight of the client experience through management of client service, marketing and RFP teams. Beyond her primary role, Carey is also the vice president of the Brown Advisory Funds, a Delaware statutory mutual fund trust. Previously she held roles as the head of Brown Advisory's Sustainable Investing Business and roles in product governance, fund and board administration. Prior to joining the firm, Carey held roles at T. Rowe Price in intermediary distribution and financial intermediary risk management.
Representatives
Sean McTernan
Regional Investment Consultant


The Active Advantage of ETFs within Fixed Income
In this presentation, Capital Group’s Fixed Income Investment Director Margaret Steinbach and ETF product manager Addison Wood will share an overview of the growth of the ETF market, the background on what ETFs CG brought to market & why and then a deeper dive on ETFs in the fixed income space. They will cover the reasons why ETFs offer a number of benefits to investors, particularly in the fixed income space.
Workshop Objectives: An opportunity to examine the active advantages and overall benefits of ETFs within the fixed income space.
Company Profile: Since 1931, Capital Group, home of American Funds®, has been singularly focused on delivering superior results for long-term investors using high-conviction portfolios, rigorous research and individual accountability. As of December 31, 2024, Capital Group manages $2.8 trillion in equity and fixed income assets for millions of individual and institutional investors around the world.
Capital Group is a private firm that employs more than 9,000 associates and has offices in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. For more than 90 years, our goal has remained the same: to improve people’s lives through successful investing.
Speakers
Margaret Steinbach
Fixed Income Investment Director

Margaret H. Steinbach is a fixed income investment director at Capital Group. She has 18 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for nine years. Prior to joining Capital, Margaret worked as a portfolio specialist at Oaktree Capital Management. Before that, she was an institutional interest rate salesperson at Bank of America and Royal Bank of Canada. She holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. She also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Margaret is based in New York.
Representatives
Addison Wood
ETF Product Specialist

Shirley Ecklund
Senior Relationship Manager

ETF Trade Ideas for Market Uncertainty
Amid heightened volatility, investors have turned to defensive ETF strategies. Flows have notably risen towards investment grade and ultrashort bond ETFs as well as defensive exposures within equities. Given their market outperformance year-to-date,1 we believe Invesco’s S&P 500® Low Volatility ETF (SPLV) and S&P 500® Quality ETF (SPHQ) may offer compelling tools for risk mitigation as investors continue to seek downside protection. We also see opportunities to potentially optimize risk adjusted returns with Invesco’s AAA CLO Floating Rate Note ETF (ICLO), as AAA CLOs offer floating rate exposure, low correlation to other fixed income asset classes,2 and a zero-default history.3
Against this backdrop, we’ll provide a deep dive into these strategies, sharing ETF ideas for today’s market, across both equities and fixed income.
Workshop Objective:
- Review current ETF industry flows.
- Discuss how equity factors can serve as a layer of risk assessment and additional diversification, with a focus on SPLV and SPHQ.
- Examine the CLO asset class – including its performance year-to-date and historically amid market turmoil – volatility and explore what ICLO can contribute to portfolios diversified to insulate against volatility.
Company Profile: Invesco Ltd. (Ticker NYSE: IVZ) is a global independent investment management firm dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. Our distinctive investment teams deliver a comprehensive range of active, passive, and alternative investment capabilities. With offices in more than 20 countries, Invesco manages US$1.8 trillion1 in assets on behalf of clients worldwide.
1 Invesco Ltd. AUM of $1,846.0 billion as of Dec. 31, 2024
Speakers
Nick Kalivas
Head of Factor and Core Equity Product Strategy

Nick Kalivas is Head of Factor and Core Equity Product Strategy for the Invesco ETFs and Indexed Strategies team. In this role, he and his team are charged with working on researching and developing product-specific strategies, as well as creating thought leadership to help position and promote the smart beta and factor-based ETF and index lineup.
Mr. Kalivas joined Invesco in 2014. Prior to his current role, he was a senior equity ETF strategist. Before joining the firm, he spent the majority of his career in the futures industry, delivering research, strategy, and market intelligence to institutional and high-net-worth clients in the equity and interest rate markets. He was a featured contributor for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and provided research services to a New York-based global macro commodity trading advisor where he supplied insight on equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, and commodities. Mr. Kalivas has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times, by Reuters and the Associated Press, and has made numerous appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg.
Mr. Kalivas earned a BBA degree in accounting and finance from the University of Wisconsin —Madison and an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business with concentrations in economics, finance, and statistics. He holds the Series 7 and 63 registrations.
Kevin Petrovcik
Managing Director, Senior Client Portfolio Manager

Kevin Petrovcik is a Managing Director and Senior Client Portfolio Manager for Invesco’s Global Private Credit group. In this role, he works with the portfolio management team, acting as its representative to clients and other intermediaries globally. Mr. Petrovcik is responsible for the ongoing product development, structuring, and marketing of investment portfolios for senior loans and alternative credit products.
Mr. Petrovcik joined Invesco in 1999 to establish its product management initiative and launch the firm’s first collateralized loan obligation. During his tenure at Invesco, he has overseen the creation and launch of Invesco’s US and European CLO platform, commingled institutional bank loan products, bank loan and CLO note ETF products, and the integration of proprietary ESG ratings for private credit. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Petrovcik was director of Loan Pricing Corporation’s (Thomson Reuters LPC) public data group. While at LPC, he launched Reuters’ first internet product and started the LSTA/LPC mark-to-market pricing service. He began his career as a corporate credit analyst with The First National Bank of Chicago.
Mr. Petrovcik earned a BS degree in accounting and economics from New York University Stern School of Business and an MBA in finance and business policy from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He holds the Series 7, 24, and 63 registrations.
1 Source: Bloomberg LP as of March 31, 2025. Year-to-date 2025, SPLV and SPHQ returned 7.18% and -0.80% respectively. This compares with the S&P 500 index’s -4.27% return. Past performance does not guarantee future results. An investor cannot invest in an index. There is no flow into indexes.
Market returns are based on the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4 p.m. ET and do not represent the returns an investor would receive if shares were traded at other times. Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance data quoted. After-tax returns reflect the highest federal income tax rate but exclude state and local taxes. Fund performance reflects applicable fee waivers, absent which, performance data quoted would have been lower. After Tax Held and After Tax Sold are based on NAV. Returns less than one year are cumulative.
For Standardized Performance, please click here: SPLV Standardized Performance and SPHQ Standardized Performance.
2 0.21 Correlation of US AAA CLO Notes to the Bloomberg US Agg Bond index over the 10 year period. Source: Bloomberg, JP Morgan as of 12/31/24. US AAA CLO Notes represented by J.P. Morgan CLOIE AAA Index. Diversification does not guarantee a profit or eliminate the risk of loss. An investment cannot be made directly in an index. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
3 Moody’s as of 12/31/2023 (most recent data available).
4 Invesco Ltd. AUM of $1,846.0 billion as of Dec. 31, 2024
Not a Deposit | Not FDIC Insured | Not Guaranteed by the Bank
May Lose Value | Not Insured by any Federal Government Agency
There are risks involved with investing in ETFs, including possible loss of money. Index-based ETFs are not actively managed. Actively managed ETFs do not necessarily seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. Both index-based and actively managed ETFs are subject to risks similar to stocks, including those related to short selling and margin maintenance. Ordinary brokerage commissions apply. The Fund's return may not match the return of the Index. The Fund is subject to certain other risks. Please see the current prospectus for more information regarding the risk associated with an investment in the Fund.
Shares are not individually redeemable and owners of the Shares may acquire those Shares from the Fund and tender those Shares for redemption to the Fund in Creation Unit aggregations only, typically consisting of 10,000, 20,000, 25,000, 50,000, 80,000, 100,000 or 150,000 Shares.
SPHQ
The Fund may become “non-diversified,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), solely as a result of a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the Index. Should the Fund become “non-diversified,” it will no longer be required to meet certain diversification requirements under the 1940 Act and may invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of a small group of issuers or in any one individual issuer than can a diversified fund. Shareholder approval will not be sought when the Fund crosses from diversified to non-diversified status solely due to a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the Index.
Stocks of medium-sized companies tend to be more vulnerable to adverse developments, may be more volatile, and may be illiquid or restricted as to resale.
SPLV
There is no assurance that the Fund will provide low volatility.
The Fund may become “non-diversified,” as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, solely as a result of a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the Index. Shareholder approval will not be sought when the Fund crosses from diversified to non-diversified status under such circumstances.
ICLO
The investment techniques and risk analysis used by the portfolio managers may not produce the desired results.
Interest rate risk refers to the risk that bond prices generally fall as interest rates rise and vice versa. An issuer may be unable to meet interest and/or principal payments, thereby causing its instruments to decrease in value and lowering the issuer’s credit rating.
Risks of collateralized loan obligations include the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments, the quality of the collateral may decline in value or default, the collateralized loan obligations may be subordinate to other classes, values may be volatile, and disputes with the issuer may produce unexpected investment results.
Variable- and floating-rate securities may be subject to liquidity risk, there may be limitations on the Fund's ability to sell securities. Due to the features of these securities, there can be no guarantee they will pay a certain level of a dividend and such securities will pay lower levels of income in falling interest rate environment.
The risks of investing in securities of foreign issuers can include fluctuations in foreign currencies, political and economic instability, and foreign taxation issues.
The Fund’s income may decline when interest rates fall if it holds a significant portion of short duration securities and/or securities with floating or variable interest rates. If the Fund invests in lower yielding bonds, as the bond’s portfolio mature; the Fund will need to purchase additional bonds, thereby reducing its income.
The Fund may hold illiquid securities that it may be unable to sell at the preferred time or price and could lose its entire investment in such securities.
The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities to reflect the rebalancing of the Index.
The Fund currently intends to effect creations and redemptions principally for cash, rather than principally in-kind because of the nature of the Fund's investments. As such, investments in the Fund may be less tax efficient than investments in ETFs that create and redeem in-kind.
This does not constitute a recommendation of any investment strategy or product for a particular investor. Investors should consult a financial professional before making any investment decisions. Note: Not all products available through all firms.
Before investing, investors should carefully read the prospectus and/or summary prospectus and carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. For this and more complete information about the fund(s), investors should ask their financial professional for a prospectus / summary prospectus or visit invesco.com/fund prospectus.
Invesco Distributors, Inc.
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index: The US Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, US dollar denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. The index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, fixed rate agency MBS, ABS and CMBS (agency and non-agency). J.P. Morgan CLOIE AAA Index: J.P. Morgan CLOIE AAA Index is designed to track the performance of broadly-syndicated, arbitrage US CLO debt from AAA tranches.

Smart ETF Strategies for 2025: Navigating Rates, Rotations & AI
We’ll explore the current market cycle, the shift between growth and value stocks, and sector leadership opportunities. Learn how interest rates and Federal Reserve policies are shaping fixed income strategies, with a focus on maximizing returns using ETFs. Plus, discover how AI is reshaping industries and creating long-term opportunities in energy, automation, and digital infrastructure, along with the rise of data center REITs
Workshop Objectives: The objective of this presentation is to equip attendees with strategies for positioning portfolios in H2 2025, focusing on key trends like outlook for growth vs. value, complicated fixed income markets, and AI-adjacent opportunities in sectors such as energy, real estate and utilities.
Company Profile: SS&C ALPS Advisors, with $26.84 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2024, is an open architecture boutique investment manager offering portfolio building blocks, active insight, and an unwavering drive to guide clients to investment outcomes across sustainable income, thematic and alternative growth strategies.
Speakers
Paul Baiocchi
CFA, Chief ETF Strategist

Paul is the Chief ETF Strategist at SS&C ALPS Advisors, spearheading the firm’s distribution strategy and execution for the SS&C ALPS ETF suite as well as the Select Sector SPDRs lineup of ETFs. Paul works closely with the distribution, research, and marketing teams to tailor the firm’s messaging and client facing content for the varied needs of a range of investor types. In addition to providing subject matter expertise in client meetings, Paul supports the marketing and PR teams while also aiding the research efforts of SS&C ALPS Advisors and Select Sector SPDRs. Prior to joining the firm, Paul was Vice President of ETF Business Development at Fidelity Institutional Asset Management where he helped build and grow the firm’s ETF lineup for 6 years while developing sales and messaging strategies for sector investing. Previously, he worked at ETF.com, building an ETF analytics platform, writing about the ETF industry, and moderating panels at Inside ETFs conferences. Paul has been in the Financial Services industry for 20 years. He is a CFA charterholder, holds an MBA from the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from California State University at Chico.
Paul Baiocchi is a Registered representative of ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc. and ALPS Distributors, Inc., affiliated entities, FINRA Members.
Representatives
Lindsey Gerard
Strategic Investment Partnerships

Lindsey Gerard is a Registered representative of ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc. and ALPS Distributors, Inc., affiliated entities, FINRA Members.
Jared Kloos
Vice President, Strategic Investment Partnerships

Jared Kloos is a Registered representative of ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc. and ALPS Distributors, Inc., affiliated entities, FINRA Members.

The Dynamic Nature of Alpha Drivers in International Equities
Speakers
Hal W. Reynolds, CFA
Los Angeles Capital – Co-Chief Investment Officer, Senior Portfolio Manager and Principal
Hal Reynolds is the Co-Chief Investment Officer of Los Angeles Capital and LACM Global, Ltd. As Chief Investment Officer and Chairman of Los Angeles Capital’s Investment Committee, Mr. Reynolds oversees the firm’s investment process. Since co-founding Los Angeles Capital in 2002, Mr. Reynolds has worked closely with the Research team to develop Investor Preference Theory®, the Dynamic Alpha Stock Selection Model®, and the Forward Attribution® process for developing forwarding looking expected factor returns. Working with the Research Directors, he develops the firm’s research goals and provides guidance on key projects to enhance the stock selection, portfolio construction, and trading processes. As a member of the Portfolio Review Committee, he works with senior members of the portfolio management team to establish key portfolio parameters for portfolio construction and rebalancing and developing procedures for monitoring and controlling portfolio risk.
Prior to Los Angeles Capital, Mr. Reynolds was a managing director and principal at Wilshire Associates. Mr. Reynolds joined the consulting division of Wilshire Associates in 1989 where he served as a senior consultant to large ERISA plans. He also designed Wilshire Compass, Wilshire’s asset allocation and manager optimization technology for plan sponsors. In 1996, Mr. Reynolds began consulting for Wilshire Asset Management where he helped develop the Dynamic Alpha Model, which developed into Los Angeles Capital’s Dynamic Alpha Stock Selection Model®, and other quantitative long/short applications for Wilshire Asset Management. In 1998, he joined Wilshire Asset Management as Chief Investment Officer.
Prior to joining Wilshire, Mr. Reynolds was a vice president at Mellon Bank where he was responsible for the design and management of Mellon’s portfolio analysis product for plan sponsors.

Geopolitical Risk: Investing with Margins of Safety
US equity markets are expensive, and the valuation gulf between home and international valuations remains steep. Our view is that it is always right to be globally diversified, but now, almost more than at any other time, US investors can access developed international markets (EAFE), at relatively cheap levels. We think this is a smart thing to do.
In addition trade barriers, and increasingly fractious international relations, mean that investors must be forensic and deliberate about their exposures, both direct and indirect.
Xtrackers by DWS has a long legacy of managing non-US assets for investors and our passive suite of ETFs in the US includes several strategies designed to provide alpha, income, and diversification.
Workshop Objectives:
Discuss Capital Markets Assumptions that point to the advantages of EAFE and China allocations.
Consider the margins of safety that hedging currency risk and the China local market can provide. Removing unpaid risks, and accessing uncorrelated assets, remain smart portfolio allocation decisions.
Discover Xtrackers Capabilities: Introduce Currency Hedging, China, and Critical Technology capabilities
Company Profile: Xtrackers by DWS is a global provider of passive solutions with an index track record going back over 20 years. We provide investors with innovation, access and value through a broad range of cost-effective, high-quality US-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) across all major asset classes – equities, fixed income and smart beta.
Xtrackers provides numerous building blocks for traditional investment strategies, FX-hedged equities, mainland China equities, ESG strategies (environmental, social, governance), dividends and factors, high-yield, as well as innovative products on thematic investments and growth trends of the future.
Speakers
Rob Bush
Senior Research Analyst Thought Leadership

Robert joined DWS in 2015 and has over 19 years of experience in the industry. He specializes in investment research focusing on Quant, SAA, FX and discusses industry trends and firm strategies with clients, sales teams, and wider industry. Prior to DWS, Robert served as a Teaching Assistant at Columbia Business School and has greater experience as an Economic Analyst and Commodity Arbitrager at HM treasury and New York Board of Trade, respectively. Robert begun his career at J.P. Morgan as a Bond Trader. He is a graduate of LSE and has achieved an MBA from Columbia Business School as well as a Master of Science from Oxford.
Representatives
Aram Babikian
Head of Xtrackers Sales, US Onshore, Wealth

Shawna Macnamara
Head of Xtrackers Sales On Shore, Advisory

Panelists
Speakers

MODERATOR
Mustafa Osman
Mustafa Osman is the head of ETF and mutual fund strategy and analytics at UBS. His team helps UBS clients realize their investing goals by employing analytics to ensure UBS maintains an industry leading product platform. Their strategic due diligence efforts concentrate on key asset classes and investment products, which allow investors to align with UBS CIO’s investment recommendations. Mustafa joined UBS in 2016 as a member of the capital markets group where he focused on conducting due diligence on exchange traded products and supporting UBS Financial Advisors with portfolio construction and implementation. He previously led the exchange traded products and UIT due diligence team. Prior to UBS, Mustafa worked at New York Life where he held roles in product management, product development and manager due diligence. His research coverage focused on US equity, REIT, liquid alternative, and asset allocation strategies. Additionally, he was responsible for the oversight of the ETF offering. Mustafa earned a BSc in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and an MBA from The George Washington University. Mustafa holds the FINRA Series 7, 24, and 66 securities licenses.

Jeannie Chun

Richard Tseng

Michael Suchanick
Michael Suchanick is head of ETF and CEF due diligence in Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Global Investment Manager Analysis (GIMA) covering products across equity, bond, and alternative strategies. Michael joined Morgan Stanley Wealth Management in 2013, after spending six years at myCIO Wealth Partners, where he focused on manager research, asset allocation analysis, financial planning and performance reporting. Michael received a MA in Economics from the University of Delaware and holds a BSc in Economics from Shippensburg University.