Wealth Insider Insights: Direct indexing continues to expand with Ryan Sullivan
Ryan Sullivan - Head of Buy Side & Wealth, Americas FTSE Russell
Ryan Sullivan leads FTSE Russell’s Buy Side & Wealth, Americas team. Ryan and his team engage asset and wealth managers to help foster investment ideas, launch new products and promote index-linked products across ETFs, mutual funds, SMAs and other wrappers. In his role, he seeks to support our client’s strategic efforts by delivering insights around product and market trends, ideation, research and distribution intelligence. Ryan has over 20 years of experience in the ETF and broader financial services industry. Prior to joining FTSE Russell, he led the US ETF Servicing business at Brown Brothers Harriman where he consulted with asset managers to help develop their ETF strategy, including market entry, distribution and capital markets. Ryan was previously part of Charles Schwab Investment Management spanning strategy, product development and product management roles. He is a frequent speaker at industry and client events as well as a commentator in the financial press. Ryan holds a Master of Finance degree from the Sawyer School of Business at Suffolk University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Anselm College.
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