ProShares Names Industry Pioneer Benjamin Fulton to Lead Tactical Products Business
July 25 2018 - 10:30AM
Business Wire
ProShares, a premier provider of ETFs, today announced that Ben
Fulton has been named to the role of Managing Director. As a member
of senior management, Mr. Fulton will contribute to the firm’s
strategy and growing its business. He will report to ProShares CEO
Michael L. Sapir.
Mr. Fulton’s principal responsibilities will include overseeing
the company’s tactical products business. These products include
all ProShares’ and ProFunds’ geared (leveraged and inverse) and
volatility ETFs and mutual funds, which represent over $28 billion
in assets.
“I am delighted to have Ben join our senior leadership and for
him to help drive our business into the future,” said Mr. Sapir.
“Ben’s leadership capabilities and the depth and breadth of his
experience in the ETF industry are exceptionally rare.”
“I’ve always admired ProShares, and I am excited to join such a
longstanding and innovative leader in the financial industry,” Mr.
Fulton said. “I look forward to leading a focused and driven effort
to grow the company’s tactical products lineup, which can play an
important role for knowledgeable investors.”
Mr. Fulton brings with him more than 30 years of experience in
the global financial services industry. Most recently, Mr. Fulton
was Chief Executive Officer of Elkhorn Investments, a company he
founded in 2013. Previously, as Managing Director of the Global ETF
Business for Invesco, he had day-to-day responsibility over the
PowerShares ETF business. Prior to Invesco PowerShares, Mr. Fulton
held senior roles at Claymore Securities (Guggenheim), and Nuveen
Investments. Over the years, he and his product development teams
have won eight William F. Sharpe Most Innovative ETF Awards. Mr.
Fulton holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and
Management from Taylor University in Indiana. He holds Series 3, 7,
24, 30, 63 and 66 FINRA registrations.
About ProShares | ProFunds:ProShares and its affiliates
have been at the forefront of the indexing revolution since 1997.
ProShares offers one of the largest lineups of ETFs, with more than
$30 billion in assets. The company is the leader in strategies such
as dividend growth, alternative and geared (leveraged and inverse).
ProShares continues to innovate with products that provide
strategic and tactical opportunities for investors to manage risk
and enhance returns. ProFunds, its mutual fund affiliate, manages
index funds across a wide spectrum of asset classes, including
broad-based equities, sectors, fixed income, commodities and
currencies.
July 25, 2018
ProShares is the leader in dividend growth, alternative and
geared (leveraged and inverse) strategies; Source: ProShares,
Strategic Insight and Lipper, based on number of funds and/or
assets, as of 12/31/17.
Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of
principal. Geared ProShares ETFs and ProFunds mutual funds
entail certain risks, which may include risk associated with the
use of derivatives (swap agreements, futures contracts and similar
instruments), imperfect benchmark correlation, leverage and market
price variance, all of which can increase volatility and decrease
performance. Short ProShares ETFs and ProFunds mutual funds should
lose money when their benchmarks or indexes rise. Geared ProShares
ETFs are non-diversified. Please see their summary and full
prospectuses for a more complete description of risks. There is
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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and expenses of ProShares and ProFunds before investing. This and
other information can be found in summary and full prospectuses.
Read them carefully before investing. For a ProShares ETF
prospectus, visit ProShares.com or obtain one from
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ProShares ETFs are distributed by SEI Investments Distribution
Co., which is not affiliated with the funds’ advisor or sponsor.
ProFunds Distributors, Inc. is distributor for ProFunds mutual
funds. SEI Investments Distribution Co. is not affiliated with
ProFunds or ProFunds Distributors. ©2018 PSA 2018-4813
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