ETFs: tailored to fit

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Anthony Christodoulou, founder of Worldtrack, talks to Charlotte Moore about using ETFs as part of a tailored approach to managing individual clients' portfolios

Tell us why you set up Worldtrack? During my time managing money for ultra-high net worth individuals, I had an opportunity to observe the costs, conflicts and the complexity involved in many of the products packaged for private clients. Back in 2005, I started to spend some time simulating how ETF products would perform.  It was impossible at first to put together a complete ETF portfolio because there wasn’t the sufficient range of products or the necessary liquidity. Clients also needed to be educated about how ETFs work and how to use them intelligently to overcome some of the fri...

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