Starting Wednesday, financial professionals and exchange traded fund industry leaders will converge at the annual Morningstar ETF Invest Conference in Chicago to discuss the industry’s latest developments and how to use the financial products in investment portfolios.
Liz Ann Sonders, senior vice president and chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, will deliver the keynote address on Wednesday at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago.
BlackRock’s iShares global chief investment strategist Russ Koesterich will begin the conference Thursday with a look at how the current political race has influenced investment decisions.
The ETF Invest Conference will feature topics on portfolio strategy and construction, highlighting points such as alternative investments and foreign exposure. For instance, on Thursday, attendees may look sit in on the “Alternative ETF Tool Kit” session to learn how institutional investors utilize ETFs other than the traditional beta indexing styles to diminish risk and boost returns.