The Seven Segments of the Exchange-Traded Fund Infrastructure

When firms opt for a do-it-yourself ETF launch, they may encounter unexpected delays and unnecessary costs, making a white-label ETF platform an attractive solution for a multitude of compelling factors.

Bringing an Exchange Traded Fund to market can be a complex, time consuming, and expensive proposition for those firms that choose to go at it on their own without a significant amount of in-house experience or expertise. Unexpected delays and unnecessary costs all too often add up for firms taking a “DIY” approach, making an all-encompassing ETF-in-a-Box approach like that offered by Exchange Traded Concepts a compelling solution for a variety of reasons.

One of the main reasons? Decades of experience working across the entire infrastructure of the ETF product, which includes:

7 Segments of ETF Infrastructure

1. Legal/Regulatory

   ETC conducts all legal and regulatory services for an ETF[i], including contracts, compliance, trust structures, providing an independent board, regulatory filings, and more.
    

2. Capital Markets

   The firm manages the exchange listing process for trading and maintains strong relationships with Authorized Participants and Lead Market Makers to support ongoing liquidity.
    

3. Portfolio Management

   ETC provides trading and portfolio management services that include optimization and replication, basket creation, rebalancing, and more.
    

4. Service Provider Relationships

   It truly takes a village to build and support a successful ETF, and for those services outside the ETC range of offerings, the firm maintains close relationships with leading providers and can give key insights on their offerings and shifting industry dynamics.
    

5. Board & Trust

   ETC acts as Adviser to three independent trusts and as a sub-adviser on seven additional trusts.
    

6. Marketing Services

   ETC elevates a fund’s market exposure by deploying branding, content, public relations, marketing materials, website design, and social media solutions, all while ensuring FINRA compliance through the fund’s distributor.
    

7. Fund Services

   ETC simplifies the operational burdens for its partners by managing day-to-day efforts involving the fund administrator, custodian, distributors, trust board, audits, accounting, reporting, and much more.

Importantly, ETC provides or arranges for all of these services and solutions while being completely transparent on costs, so our partners can see just how much they are saving versus an approach that would have them build out all of these functions and needs on their own.

Creating an exciting ETF concept is just the first step in what is a lengthy journey from idea to successful product. A concept without the full range of infrastructure solutions laid out above is likely doomed to remain just that, a concept. At ETC, we have a demonstrated track record of partnering with those who have created compelling investment approaches and, through our ETF-in-a-Box approach, quickly and effectively build out the full infrastructure needed to take a concept from the page to the platforms.

Whatever your ETF concept, Exchange Traded Concepts can help. Learn more about our white-label ETF platform, ETF in a Box.

[i] Certain services are provided through unaffiliated third-party service providers.