(Bloomberg) — State Avenue International Advisors’ Sue Thompson, who leads ETF distribution within the Americas, is planning to retire within the second quarter of 2024.
State Avenue’s exchange-traded fund belongings underneath administration greater than doubled to $1.2 trillion throughout Thompson’s almost six-year tenure on the agency. As head of SPDR Americas Distribution, the Scottsdale, Arizona-based government is liable for ETF gross sales throughout all shopper channels.
Thompson’s 20-year profession in ETFs noticed her land roles on the three largest ETF issuers, together with State Avenue. She held plenty of positions at Vanguard Group, together with a senior function the place she helped to develop the money-manager’s ETF enterprise. She then labored at BlackRock Inc. the place she was liable for rising the iShares franchise amongst institutional buyers and monetary advisers.
After that, she suggested funding managers on their distribution methods at her personal consulting agency, earlier than becoming a member of State Avenue in 2018.
Thompson might be retiring to spend extra time along with her household, she mentioned in an interview with Bloomberg.
At State Avenue, Thompson stories to Loch Crafter, head of the shopper protection group at State Avenue International Advisors.
Thompson can be a co-founder of Ladies in ETFs, a non-profit group with over 9,000 members that develops and mentors expertise within the trade.
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