Investing In Brand Value: .BVAL – Brandometry – 10.5.18

Summary:

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Brandometry creates indices of high quality, undervalued brands. Knowing when to invest in strong brands is important because intangible asset investments tend to occur in secrecy. Brand reflects all non-physical assets and potential advantages that generate higher corporate value. Access to collections of big, quantifiable data provides essential, beneficial insights that continuously improves and was until recently, unavailable. Join us for this in-depth discussion that will cover:

• Identifying and investing in undervalued brands
• How companies invest capital in the intangible economy
• Historical trends, performance and opportunities

Speakers:

Larry A. Medin serves as Brandometry’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. He has over 40 years of experience in the financial services industry and is recognized as one of the industry leaders in strategic planning, product development and sales management through his senior executive roles with companies including Toroso Investments, Avatar Associates, Bank of America, MetLife-State Street Investment Services, Inc. and Fortis Financial Group. Larry developed the EQM Brand Value Index with EQM Indexes.

Larry also serves as a member of the EQM Brand Value Index Committee.

Tony Wenzel serves as Brandometry’s Co-Founder and President. He brings 20+ years of experience as a business leader and a track record of success in fast-growing technology firms in: analytics, ecommerce, IOT, video media systems, and brand econometrics. Wenzel led industry sales for 10 years as a player-coach producer, generating a 90X increase in company sales in 10 years, while developing channels with AT&T and Bloomberg, and closing multiple eight-figure SAAS deals. Wenzel has founded two companies emphasizing the power of Brand as an intangible asset and source of value. Wenzel holds an MBA with emphasis in Finance.

Michael J. Venuto is an ETF industry veteran with over a decade of experience in the design and implementation of ETF-based investment strategies. He is Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Toroso Investments, LLC. Michael is the lead portfolio for the first actively managed ETF focused on Blockchain (BLOK) companies filed in the US. He is also, behind the launch of the Toroso ETF Industry Index, which measures and monitors the performance of publicly traded companies that derive revenue from the Exchange Traded Funds ecosystem.

Previously, he was Head of Investments at Global X Funds where he provided portfolio optimization services to institutional clients. Before that, he was Senior Vice President at Horizon Kinetics where his responsibilities included new business development, investment strategy, Fintech private equity and strategic initiatives. In 2014, Michael was chosen as one the ETF.COM All Stars for his research and is often quoted as an ETF expert in publications such as Reuters and Barron’s.