Darren Schuringa, CEO, ASYMmetric ETFs joined Julie Cooling, Founder & CEO, RIA Channel to discuss the launch of his new firm and inaugural ETF: ASPY.
Schuringa is no stranger to the ETF business. In the early days of ETFs, Schuringa co-founded Exchanged Traded Concepts, which went on to become one of the first and largest white-labeled ETF platforms in the industry. After building up and exiting ETC, Schuringa turned to the hedge fund world and helped pioneer a rule-based risk management technology that led to one of the largest hedge fund seeds of 2015.
Schuringa’s newest venture, ASYMmetric ETFs, is based around the same technology, and perfectly bridges Schuringa’s industry experience in ETFs and hedge funds. ASYMmetric ETFs aims to disrupt the way advisors manage portfolios. The firm’s institutionally-tested, rules-based technology is designed to dynamically manage risk and generate returns in bear or bull market environments.
“Advisors today lack the tools they need to combat both the challenges and the risks in todays markets,” says Schuringa. As markets reach all-time highs and interest rates relentlessly hover around all-time lows, ASYMmetric’s risk-managed tool kit delivers a timely core solution. While buffered ETFs and other hedged equity products, simply prevent or buffer loss in down markets, ASPY delivers the potential to actually profit in bear markets.
To learn more, register and watch ASYMmetric ETFs’ Webcast: Introducing ASPY: A Risk-Managed ETF Seeking to Generate Positive Returns Across Bull and Bear Markets.
Advisors and their clients need new tools to help meet the challenges of today’s market environment. The S&P 500 is trading near or at all-time highs. U.S. equities are in the midst of the longest bull market run in history. However, the stock market is cyclical – there will be another bear market. The question is not if, but when. The ASYMshares ASYMmetric 500 ETF (NYSE: ASPY) helps advisors and investors meet these challenges by seeking to generate positive returns across bear and bull markets.
During this in-depth conversation, we will:
- Discuss what’s led to the explosion in risk-managed ETF strategies
- Dissect volatility – What is the difference between realized and implied volatility? How can PriceVol™ help better quantify investor sentiment?
- Address how ASYMmetric ETFs seeks to help investors protect against bear market losses and to capture the majority of bull market gains