ProShares Names Industry Pioneer Benjamin Fulton to Lead Tactical Products Business
ProShares, a premier provider of ETFs, today announced that Ben Fulton has been named to the role of Managing Director. As a
member of senior management, Mr. Fulton will contribute to the firm’s strategy and growing its business. He will report to
ProShares CEO Michael L. Sapir.
Mr. Fulton’s principal responsibilities will include overseeing the company’s tactical products business. These products include
all ProShares’ and ProFunds’ geared (leveraged and inverse) and volatility ETFs and mutual funds, which represent over $28 billion
in assets.
“I am delighted to have Ben join our senior leadership and for him to help drive our business into the future,” said Mr. Sapir.
“Ben’s leadership capabilities and the depth and breadth of his experience in the ETF industry are exceptionally rare.”
“I’ve always admired ProShares, and I am excited to join such a longstanding and innovative leader in the financial industry,”
Mr. Fulton said. “I look forward to leading a focused and driven effort to grow the company’s tactical products lineup, which can
play an important role for knowledgeable investors.”
Mr. Fulton brings with him more than 30 years of experience in the global financial services industry. Most recently, Mr. Fulton
was Chief Executive Officer of Elkhorn Investments, a company he founded in 2013. Previously, as Managing Director of the Global
ETF Business for Invesco, he had day-to-day responsibility over the PowerShares ETF business. Prior to Invesco PowerShares, Mr.
Fulton held senior roles at Claymore Securities (Guggenheim), and Nuveen Investments. Over the years, he and his product
development teams have won eight William F. Sharpe Most Innovative ETF Awards. Mr. Fulton holds a bachelor’s degree in Business
Administration and Management from Taylor University in Indiana. He holds Series 3, 7, 24, 30, 63 and 66 FINRA registrations.
About ProShares | ProFunds:
ProShares and its affiliates have been at the forefront of the indexing revolution since 1997. ProShares offers one of the largest
lineups of ETFs, with more than $30 billion in assets. The company is the leader in strategies such as dividend growth, alternative
and geared (leveraged and inverse). ProShares continues to innovate with products that provide strategic and tactical opportunities
for investors to manage risk and enhance returns. ProFunds, its mutual fund affiliate, manages index funds across a wide spectrum
of asset classes, including broad-based equities, sectors, fixed income, commodities and currencies.
July 25, 2018
ProShares is the leader in dividend growth, alternative and geared (leveraged and inverse) strategies; Source: ProShares,
Strategic Insight and Lipper, based on number of funds and/or assets, as of 12/31/17.
Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Geared ProShares ETFs and ProFunds mutual funds entail
certain risks, which may include risk associated with the use of derivatives (swap agreements, futures contracts and similar
instruments), imperfect benchmark correlation, leverage and market price variance, all of which can increase volatility and
decrease performance. Short ProShares ETFs and ProFunds mutual funds should lose money when their benchmarks or indexes rise.
Geared ProShares ETFs are non-diversified. Please see their summary and full prospectuses for a more complete description of risks.
There is no guarantee any investment will achieve its investment objective. Past performance is no guarantee of future
results.
Carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of ProShares and ProFunds before investing. This
and other information can be found in summary and full prospectuses. Read them carefully before investing. For a ProShares ETF
prospectus, visit ProShares.com or obtain one from your financial advisor or broker-dealer representative. For a ProFunds
mutual fund prospectus, visit ProFunds.com .
ProShares ETFs are distributed by SEI Investments Distribution Co., which is not affiliated with the funds’ advisor or sponsor.
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