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About Us
IndexUniverse encompasses the world of indexing and beyond. Our website and related subsites cover product and market developments related to index funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), index derivatives (futures / options / swaps), and the sophisticated investment strategies which use these financial tools. Our goal is to provide the industry's best news, columns, research, and features about the dynamic field of index-based investing and trading. Industry professionals, individual investors, business/finance students and academic researchers will find various features targeting their interests and needs. We also provide valuable tools and data to assess markets and investment products, and specialized discussion boards for our registered members to exchange cutting-edge ideas and market views. We aim to be educational, thought-provoking, and most importantly, rigorously independent in our perspective.
The development of IndexUniverse was a global effort, originally led by Steven Schoenfeld and Jim Wiandt, supported by John Spence and a diverse team in the U.S., Europe and Latin America, and enhanced by editorial contributors from around the world. The site is now managed solely by Jim Wiandt and the global Index Publications LLC team. The site was originally started by Steven as a data and information complement to his book, Active Index Investing, published by Wiley Finance in July 2004. As he recognized the need and potential for such a resource, in August 2003, Steven partnered with Jim, who as editor of The Journal of Indexes similarly recognized the industry's need for timely, useful and independent information on products and markets. IndexUniverse.com is now the flagship website for The Journal of Indexes and ETFR, and will support Steven's extensive book-related website - or "E-ppendix" - at www.activeindexinvesting.com. We welcome feedback and ideas to make this website a valuable part of your investment and research activities, and we welcome your suggestions on new ideas for the site. Contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Click here to read 'Like Kids in a Sandbox' - a note from the site's founder, Steven Schoenfeld, and its original co-collaborator, Jim Wiandt. Publisher Bio
 Jim Wiandt is President of Index Publications, LLC, Publisher of IndexUniverse.com, Editor of the Journal of Indexes, and Exchange-Traded Funds Report. The Journal of Indexes was originally founded by John Prestbo of Dow Jones Indexes, and has served as the 'book of record' for the index industry since 1999. In addition to overseeing the transition of JoI to an independent publication with editorial and financial support from across the index industry, Wiandt also spearheaded a similar effort in which he took on the role of managing Exchange-Traded Funds Report in 2003. Founded by MARHedge and edited by Marsha Zapson, ETFR had established a position as the leading source of ETF news and data for the ETF industry. Finally, in late 2003, Wiandt joined forces with Steven Schoenfeld, and cemented an agreement that facilitated the evolution of Schoenfeld's Web site IndexUniverse.com, which had been founded to support his book, into a broadly focused, independent Web site. IndexUniverse now serves as not only the online home of the Journal of Indexes, ETFR and Schoenfeld's book, Active Index Investing, but also has its own editorial team and includes research, tools and data from across the industry. Wiandt was formerly publisher of IndexFunds.com and is the author of Exchange Traded Funds, a book that was published by John Wiley & Sons. Before being hired as site editor at IndexFunds.com, Mr. Wiandt had a diverse and colorful editorial background. Most recently he had served as an editor and writer for Compton's Encyclopedia. There he was responsible for writing and editing mainly content dealing with international finance and global affairs. Previously he served as a contract journalist in West Africa after serving in the Peace Corps in Niger. He has lived in Boston, New York, London, Spain, Venezuela, West Africa and Japan, serving variously as a teacher, legal assistant and writer. While in England, he served as an aide in the British Parliament. Wiandt is a 1991 graduate of Tufts University, home of the 'Jumbos' and is a longsuffering fan of the Cleveland Indians, Browns and Cavaliers. Of late, Ohio State football has served him, as it has many native Ohioans, as a welcome balm. Editor Bio
 Paul Amery is editor of IndexUniverse.eu, the sister website to IndexUniverse.com. IndexUniverse.eu is devoted to analysis, news coverage and comment on the European exchange-traded funds and indexing business.Amery became full-time editor for IndexUniverse.eu in October 2008, having previously written for the site on a freelance basis. His comment and feature articles have also been published in the Financial Times, Money Week and on several specialist financial Web sites. He is a regular commentator on CNBC Europe. Before joining Index Publications, Amery had a 20-year career in financial markets as an analyst, trader, fund manager and private investor, working for Schroders, Cargill, ING and Insight. He also spent two years in the mid-1990s as an adviser in the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance. Amery graduated from |
