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Sharon French

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  1. “Exactly. Now they're pure beta index stuff. Some institutional kinds we're using as trading vehicles, but they certainly were looking to get away from that specifically within Smart Beta. First trust was coming up very fast in the sort of rear view mirror at the time.”

    2019-06-07 · Masters in Business · Sharon French Discusses Smart Beta ETFs · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  2. “Yeah, frontline, good question. Yeah, so institutional, which was also a responsibility of mine at Alliance Bernstein. So institutional and private banks. So we certainly dealt with JPMorgan private bank quite a bit on a lot of the others, well as Fargo, et cetera. You know them well. And so it was. Really, a strong product development client fit role. At that time, the iShares product lineup, if you, what was growing pretty dramatically, but it was very closely connected and linked to certain channels. So the channel that Intelligent”

    2019-06-07 · Masters in Business · Sharon French Discusses Smart Beta ETFs · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  3. “Is that a fair way to speak about it? It's absolutely fair. Again, if you have anybody else on your show who was there for a period of time and left, we all say wonderfully positive things about the experience. And I mean that so genuinely because every single day you are walking into battle, the bar is set so high for everything that you have to achieve. And Larry Fink's expectations are real. They are quite lofty for everybody. And so, you know, you really sharpen your skill set that when you get out, you get out. Like you are a Green Beret. You're a Navy SEAL or call it what you will, right? So therefore you are very hirable. People love to take people from BlackRock. Now. Difficult culture because of that. But, you know, I absolutely look back at that time in my life as a wonderful experience that's shaped a lot of who I am today.”

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  4. “The biggest shop in the world Ramping up. What was that experience like? So here's how I describe, and many of us who have been at iShares and have since left and gone on to really wonderful things, it's like going to boot camp for the special forces.”

    2019-06-07 · Masters in Business · Sharon French Discusses Smart Beta ETFs · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  5. “And if you recall the time, everyone thought, oh my gosh, he's totally overpaying for BGI. Everybody's laughing. He's laughing all his way to the bank.”

    2019-06-07 · Masters in Business · Sharon French Discusses Smart Beta ETFs · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source