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At Vident, we bring together the right people to tackle our clients’ cutting-edge problems while bringing a mindset of fiduciary responsibility and passion to the innovative side of financial services.

Russell Ayan

Russell Ayan, CFA, FRM

Director of Adviser Solutions

Russ Ayan is an investment professional experienced in asset allocation, portfolio construction, derivatives, and investment risk management. He serves as the Director of Adviser Solutions. In this role, Russ is responsible for management and oversight of investment solutions for the RIA channel, including our direct indexing platform, as well as other oversight roles within Vident. Prior to joining Vident, he held several roles during a 17 year tenure at Wellington Management Company. Serving in the Asset Allocation Strategies Group for 14 years, Russ was actively engaged in portfolio management, portfolio construction, performance and risk analytics, pre and post trade compliance, and spearheaded the use of derivatives in the launch of a variety of multi-asset class products which helped propel the group AUM to $25 billion; he then became the group’s first risk manager, providing analysis, feedback, guidance and oversight to the portfolio management teams. Before joining Wellington, he had roles at Putnam Investments and Brown Brothers Harriman. Russ earned his MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and his undergraduate degree from Boston College. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and the Global Association of Risk Professionals Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation. He previously volunteered as the Chair of the Audit Committee of Grace Chapel in Lexington, MA and currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee. He previously served two terms on the board of trustees of the Waldorf School of Lexington.

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Please read it carefully before investing. Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted. Short term performance is not a good indication of a Vident ETF’s future performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns. Investing involves risk, including the risk of loss of principal. Each Vident ETF has the same risks as the underlying securities traded on the exchange throughout the day at market price. Redemptions are limited and often commissions are charged on each trade. Investor shares are bought and sold at market price (not net asset value or NAV), may trade at a discount or premium to NAV, and are not individually redeemed from a Vident ETF. Ordinary brokerage commissions may apply. The Vident ETFs’ investment adviser is Vident Asset Management. Vident Asset Management owns the indices that each Vident ETF’s investment objectives are set against. The Vident ETFs are distributed by ALPS Distributors, LLC. ALPS is not affiliated with Vident Asset Management.