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Scott Welch has joined New York-based WisdomTree Investments as chief investment officer of model portfolios, a newly created role at the exchange-traded fund and exchange-traded product sponsor and asset manager, the firm said Monday.
WisdomTree is looking to "further strengthen" its model portfolio initiative, it said, noting Welch will oversee and lead its asset allocation team and investment committee that includes fellow voting members Jeremy Schwartz, executive vice president and global head of research, and Rick Harper, head of fixed income and currency.
Welch will be responsible for the performance and process of WisdomTree's ETF model portfolios, "developing thoughtful investment research and content, managing model portfolio asset allocation and portfolio construction decisions and process and optimizing" the firm's investment solutions for current and future advisors, WisdomTree said.
Welch joins WisdomTree from Dynasty Financial Partners, where he served as CIO and chair of its investment committee. He was CIO there for more than four years, and his responsibilities also included overseeing the firm's "Outsourced Chief Investment Officer" solution to Dynasty Network firms. That involved developing original investment research and thought-leadership content, overseeing model portfolio asset allocation and portfolio construction decisions, identifying and selecting research partners, and selecting and monitoring differentiated portfolio managers. He also worked closely with firms in the Dynasty network to optimize their investment solutions and customize investment solutions for large client opportunities, WisdomTree said.
