Shane Kelly

ETF Global Insight llp (ETFGI) is an independent research and consultancy firm providing services to the global Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) industry. Based in London, ETFGI was founded in 2012 by ETF pioneer Deborah Fuhr and her team, previously at BlackRock/Barclays Global Investors and earlier at Morgan Stanley. ETFGI aims to generate investment ideas through independent research on the ETF industry, products and applications. The firm provides education and assistance to investors globally. Their offer includes competitor analysis, product comparison, asset allocation implementation and customized research.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI-UK) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of ML UK Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. MLI-UK provides brokerage services to individual and retail clients.

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd. (BlackRock UK) is the Great Britain-based investment management subsidiary of BlackRock Finance Europe Ltd., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. The firm was founded in 1964 and formerly known as Barclays Global Investors Ltd. Headquartered in London, BlackRock UK manages a range of investment products for various UK and continental European clients including defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, insurance companies, educational and nonprofit organizations, local government entities, and individual and families.