WisdomTree Announces Second Quarter 2016 Results

$0.03 diluted EPS for the quarter, or $0.07 as adjusted

Declares $0.08 quarterly dividend

NEW YORK, July 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ:WETF), an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and exchange-traded product (“ETP”) sponsor and asset manager today reported net income of $3.7 million or $0.03 diluted EPS in the second quarter. Excluding the previously announced charge of $6.0 million related to the Company’s accelerated buyout of minority shareholders in its European business, adjusted net income (a non-GAAP measure¹) was $9.6 million or $0.07 diluted EPS. This compares to $24.2 million or $0.18 diluted EPS in the second quarter of last year and $12.1 million or $0.09 diluted EPS in the first quarter of 2016.

WisdomTree CEO and President Jonathan Steinberg said, “Our largest Japan and European based exposures experienced outflows as these markets remained broadly out of favor during the quarter, more than offsetting inflows in domestic equities. We remain focused on our long term strategic growth plans.”

Mr. Steinberg added, “We are excited about the growth opportunities for the ETF industry and believe many of WisdomTree’s recent accomplishments and initiatives position us well for the future. Most recently, we completed the buyout of our European business, entered the fast-growing Canadian ETF market with locally listed funds and announced a global product partnership with the goal of providing investors around the world access to a novel China equity strategy in collaboration with one of the largest asset managers in China.”

Summary Operating and Financial Highlights

	Three Months Ended									Change From
	Jun. 30,			Mar. 31,			Jun. 30,			Mar. 31,			Jun. 30,
Operating Highlights		2016			2016			2015			2016			2015
*U.S. listed ETFs* ($, in billions):
AUM	$	38.0		$	44.3		$	61.3			(14.0	%)		(37.9	%)
Net inflows/(outflows)	$	(4.9	)	$	(5.4	)	$	6.6			n/a			n/a
Average AUM	$	41.8		$	45.5		$	61.2			(8.0	%)		(31.6	%)
Average advisory fee		0.52	%		0.52	%		0.53	%		-			(0.01	)
Market share of industry inflows		n/a			n/a			15.9	%		n/a			n/a

*European listed ETPs* ($, in millions):
AUM	$	952.0		$	885.0		$	612.7			7.6	%		55.4	%
Net inflows	$	57.9		$	193.3		$	194.6			(70.1	%)		(70.3	%)
Average advisory fee		0.68	%		0.68	%		0.68	%		-			-

Financial Highlights ($, in millions, except per share amounts):
*Consolidated Results*
Total revenues	$	56.0		$	60.9		$	81.6			(8.0	%)		(31.4	%)
Net income	$	3.7		$	12.1		$	24.2			(69.8	%)		(84.9	%)
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.03		$	0.09		$	0.18		$	(0.06	)	$	(0.15	)
Pre-tax margin		19.9	%		35.6	%		50.2	%		-15.7			-30.3
Non-GAAP¹:
Net income, as adjusted	$	9.6			-			-			-			-
Diluted earnings per share, as adjusted	$	0.07			-			-			-			-
Pre-tax margin, as adjusted		30.6	%		-			-			-			-

*U.S. listed ETFs*
Gross margin¹ (non-GAAP)		81.5	%		82.9	%		86.4	%		-1.4			-4.9
Pre-tax margin		35.6	%		40.7	%		53.2	%		-5.1			-17.6

	Six Months Ended						Change from
	Jun. 30,			Jun. 30,			Jun. 30,
Operating Highlights		2016			2015			2015
*U.S. listed ETFs* ($, in billions):
AUM	$	38.0		$	61.3			(37.9	%)
Net inflows/(outflows)	$	(10.3	)	$	20.1			n/a
Average AUM	$	43.7		$	53.8			(18.8	%)
Average advisory fee		0.52	%		0.52	%		-
Market share of industry inflows		n/a			20.8	%		n/a

*European listed ETPs* ($, in millions):
AUM	$	952.0		$	612.7			55.4	%
Net inflows	$	251.2		$	368.8			(31.9	%)
Average advisory fee		0.68	%		0.68	%		-


Financial Highlights ($, in millions, except per share amounts):
*Consolidated Results*
Total revenues	$	116.9		$	141.7			(17.5	%)
Net income	$	15.7		$	36.2			(56.6	%)
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.11		$	0.26		$	(0.15	)
Pre-tax margin		28.1	%		43.7	%		-15.6
Non-GAAP¹:
Net income, as adjusted	$	21.7			-			-
Diluted earnings per share, as adjusted	$	0.16			-			-
Pre-tax margin, as adjusted		33.2	%		-			-

*U.S. listed ETFs*
Gross margin¹(non-GAAP)		82.2	%		85.0	%		-2.8
Pre-tax margin		38.3	%		46.9	%		-8.6

Recent Business Developments

Company News

In May 2016, the Company announced it completed the buyout of its European business to position it for continued growth; and presented at the William Blair 36^th Annual Growth Stock Conference
In June 2016, the Company announced the increase in sales coverage in Germany with key new hires; announced it surpassed $1 billion in AUM in Europe; and celebrated the 10^th anniversary of its first ETFs
In July 2016, the Company and ICBC Credit Suisse jointly announced the global product partnership on S&P China 500 index

U.S. Listed Product News

In June 2016, the Company announced six WisdomTree domestic dividend ETFs received a 5-Star overall Morningstar Rating™
In July 2016, the Company announced an index change to the WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund (WDTI); that ten additional ETFs filed notification with the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA); and expanded its offering on Schwab ETF OneSource

European Listed Product News

In May 2016, the Company announced the launch of the Enhanced Commodity UCITS ETF on the London Stock Exchange
In June 2016, the Company announced the launch of the Enhanced Commodity UCITS ETF on the Borsa Italiana and Deutsche Börse Xetra; two Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETFs on the London Stock Exchange, the Borsa Italiana and Deutsche Börse Xetra; and Boost Volatility and Emerging Markets ETPs on the Deutsche Börse Xetra; announced that its UCITS ETFs are now available in France and Sweden; and broadened the Boost Range of Oil ETPs with cross-listing on the London Stock Exchange
In July 2016, the Company announced the launch of the Eurozone Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF on the London Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana and the Deutsche Börse Xetra

Canadian Listed Product News

In July 2016, the Company announced the launch of its first ETFs in Canada

Assets Under Management and Net Inflows

U.S. listed ETF assets under management (“AUM”) were $38.0 billion at June 30, 2016, down 26.3% from December 31, 2015 primarily due to $10.3 billion of net outflows and $3.5 billion of negative market movement. U.S. listed AUM was down 37.9% from June 30, 2015 primarily due to net outflows in 2016. Net outflows were primarily in our two largest funds, HEDJ and DXJ.

European listed AUM was $952.0 million at June 30, 2016, up 23.0% from December 31, 2015 primarily due to $251.2 million of net inflows. European listed AUM was up 55.4% from June 30, 2015 primarily due to net inflows.

Performance

In evaluating the performance of our U.S. listed equity, fixed income and alternative ETFs against actively managed and index based mutual funds and ETFs, 74% of the $37.2 billion invested in our ETFs and 57% (43 of 76) of our ETFs outperformed their comparable Morningstar average since inception as of June 30, 2016.

For more information about WisdomTree ETFs including standardized performance, please click here or visit www.wisdomtree.com.

Second Quarter Financial Discussion

Revenues

Total revenues decreased 31.4% from the second quarter of 2015 and 8.0% from the first quarter of 2016 due to declines in our AUM from outflows in our two largest ETFs and negative market movement. Our average advisory fee remained 0.52% during the quarter.

Margins

Gross margin¹ for our U.S. listed ETFs, which is our total revenues less fund management and administration expenses and third party sharing arrangements, was 81.5% in the second quarter of 2016 as compared to 86.4% in the second quarter of 2015 and 82.9% in the first quarter of 2016. The decline over these periods was due to lower average AUM as well as the costs due to additional ETF launches.

Pre-tax margin was 19.9% in the second quarter of 2016 as compared to 50.2% in the second quarter of 2015 and 35.6% in the first quarter of 2016. Excluding the European buyout charge, adjusted pre-tax margin¹ was 30.6% for the quarter. Pre-tax margin for our U.S. listed ETF business was 35.6% in the second quarter of 2016 as compared to 53.2% in the second quarter of 2015 and 40.7% in the first quarter of 2016.

Expenses

Total expenses increased 10.3% from the second quarter of 2015 and 14.3% from the first quarter of 2016. Excluding the European buyout charge of $6.0 million, adjusted total expenses¹ declined 4.4% from the second quarter of 2015 and 1.0% from the first quarter of 2016 as lower compensation was partly offset by higher marketing and sales related spending.

Compensation and benefits expense declined 23.2% from the second quarter of 2015 to $14.3 million due to lower accrued incentive compensation relating to outflows we experienced in the first half partly offset by higher headcount related expenses to support our growth and higher stock based compensation due to equity awards we granted as part of 2015 incentive compensation. Our headcount was 149 in the U.S. and 204 globally at the end of the quarter.

This expense declined 5.8% from the first quarter of 2016 due to lower accrued incentive compensation and higher seasonal taxes due to bonus payments in the first quarter which were partly offset by higher headcount related expenses.

Fund management and administration expense decreased 5.2% from the second quarter of 2015 primarily due to lower fund costs for our U.S. listed ETF business as a result of lower average AUM partly offset by higher costs for additional fund launches by our European business.

This expense increased 5.7% compared to the first quarter of 2016 due to fund costs for our European business partly offset by lower U.S. listed fees due to lower average AUM. We had 99 U.S. listed ETFs and 94 ETPs at the end of the quarter.

Marketing and advertising expense increased 25.9% from the second quarter of 2015 and 19.2% from the first quarter of 2016 to $4.6 million primarily due to higher levels of advertising related activities to support our growth.
Sales and business development expense increased 84.7% from the second quarter of 2015 and 56.7% from the first quarter of 2016 to $3.8 million primarily due to higher spending for sales related initiatives.
Professional and consulting fees decreased 14.9% from the second quarter of 2015 and 51.9% compared to the first quarter of 2016 to $1.4 million due to lower corporate consulting related services and fees associated with our acquisition of the GreenHaven family of commodity ETFs, which was completed in January 2016.
Occupancy, communications and equipment expense increased 31.6% from the second quarter of 2015 to $1.2 million primarily due to technology initiatives and higher costs for our office space in London. This expense was relatively unchanged compared to the first quarter of 2016.
Depreciation and amortization expense increased 48.0% from the second quarter of 2015 to $0.3 million primarily due to higher amortization for leasehold improvements to our New York office space. This expense was essentially unchanged from the first quarter of 2016.
Third-party sharing arrangements expense increased 42.7% from the second quarter of 2015 to $0.7 million due to higher fees to our third party marketing agent in Latin America due to higher AUM. This expense declined 21.8% from the first quarter of 2016 due to lower AUM in Latin America.
Acquisition payment expense was $6.0 million in the second quarter of 2016. In April 2014, WisdomTree expanded into Europe through a 75% majority investment in U.K. based ETP sponsor Boost, with an obligation to buy out the remaining minority investment in four years. In May 2016, WisdomTree accelerated the buyout and completed the purchase of the remaining minority stake and made management changes to drive continued growth. As a result, the Company took a charge of $6.0 million to reflect the accelerated purchase of the remaining 25% stake and other related expenses.
Other expense increased 20.8% from the second quarter of 2015 and 11.7% from the first quarter of 2016 to $1.8 million due to higher general and administrative expenses.
Income tax expense was $7.5 million for the second quarter of 2016. Our overall effective tax rate was 67.3% which was significantly higher than prior periods due to the non-deductibility of the European buyout charge. Excluding the buyout charge, the overall adjusted effective tax rate¹ was 43.8%.

Six Months Results

Total revenues declined 17.5% to $116.9 million due to lower average AUM as a result of outflows in our two largest ETFs and negative market movement. Total expenses increased 5.4% to $84.0 million. Excluding the European buyout charge of $6.0 million, adjusted total expenses¹ declined 2.1% as lower compensation was partly offset by higher marketing and sales related expenses.

Balance Sheet

As of June 30, 2016, the Company had total assets of $247.8 million which consisted primarily of cash and cash equivalents of $174.9 million and investments of $18.7 million. There were approximately 134.1 million shares of common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2016. Fully diluted weighted average shares outstanding were 137.3 million for the quarter.

Quarterly Dividend

The Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend will be paid on August 24, 2016 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 10, 2016.

Conference Call

WisdomTree will discuss its results and operational highlights during a conference call on Friday, July 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. ET. The call-in number will be (877) 303-7209. Anyone outside the U.S. or Canada should call (970) 315-0420. The slides used during the presentation will be available at http://ir.wisdomtree.com. For those unable to join the conference call at the scheduled time, an audio replay will be available on http://ir.wisdomtree.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements relate to future events or our future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect results. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, the risks described below. If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties occur, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual events or results may vary significantly from those implied or projected by the forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance. You should read this press release completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

In particular, forward-looking statements in this press release may include statements about:

anticipated trends, conditions and investor sentiment in the global markets and ETPs;
anticipated levels of inflows into and outflows out of our ETPs;
our ability to deliver favorable rates of return to investors;
our ability to develop new products and services;
our ability to maintain current vendors or find new vendors to provide services to us at favorable costs;
our ability to successfully expand our business into non-U.S. markets;
timing of payment of our cash income taxes;
competition in our business; and
the effect of laws and regulations that apply to our business.

Our business is subject to many risks and uncertainties, including without limitation:

Financial growth in recent years may not provide an accurate representation of the financial growth we may experience in the future, which may make it difficult to evaluate our future prospects.
Declining prices of securities can adversely affect our business by reducing the market value of the assets we manage or causing customers to sell their fund shares and trigger redemptions.
Fluctuations in the amount and mix of our AUM may negatively impact revenues and operating margins.
We derive a substantial portion of our revenues from two products – the WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund and the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund – and, as a result, our operating results are particularly exposed to the performance of these funds and our ability to maintain the AUM of these funds, as well as investor sentiment toward investing in the funds’ strategies and market-specific and political and economic risk.
Most of our AUM are held in our U.S. listed ETFs that invest in foreign securities and we therefore have substantial exposure to foreign market conditions and are subject to currency exchange rate risks.
Many of our ETPs and ETFs have a limited track record, and poor investment performance could cause our revenues to decline.
We depend on third parties to provide many critical services to operate our business and our ETPs and ETFs. The failure of key vendors to adequately provide such services could materially affect our operating business and harm our customers.

Other factors, such as general economic conditions, including currency exchange rate fluctuations, also may have an effect on the results of our operations. For a more complete description of the risks noted above and other risks that could cause our actual results to differ from our current expectations, please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

The forward-looking statements in this press release represent our views as of the date of this press release. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments may cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we have no current intention of doing so except to the extent required by applicable law. Therefore, these forward-looking statements do not represent our views as of any date other than the date of this press release.

About WisdomTree

WisdomTree Investments, Inc., through its subsidiaries in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Japan (collectively, “WisdomTree”), is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and exchange-traded product (“ETP”) sponsor and asset manager headquartered in New York. WisdomTree offers products covering equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and alternative strategies. WisdomTree currently has approximately $40.8 billion in assets under management globally.

WisdomTree® is the marketing name for WisdomTree Investments, Inc. and its subsidiaries worldwide.

¹See “Non-GAAP Financial Measurements.”


WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						*% Change From*						Six Months Ended
	Jun. 30,		Mar. 31,		Jun. 30,		*Mar. 31,*			*Jun. 30,*			Jun. 30,		Jun. 30,		%
		2016		2016		2015		*2016*			*2015*			2016		2015	*Change*

Revenues:
Advisory fees	$	55,931	$	60,615	$	81,320		-7.7	%		-31.2	%	$	116,546	$	141,189		-17.5	%
Other income		50		263		239		-81.0	%		-79.1	%		313		511		-38.7	%

Total revenues		55,981		60,878		81,559		-8.0	%		-31.4	%		116,859		141,700		-17.5	%

Expenses:
Compensation and benefits		14,343		15,226		18,669		-5.8	%		-23.2	%		29,569		38,270		-22.7	%
Fund management and administration		10,621		10,044		11,208		5.7	%		-5.2	%		20,665		21,376		-3.3	%
Marketing and advertising		4,566		3,832		3,628		19.2	%		25.9	%		8,398		6,704		25.3	%
Sales and business development		3,834		2,447		2,076		56.7	%		84.7	%		6,281		3,976		58.0	%
Professional and consulting fees		1,365		2,835		1,604		-51.9	%		-14.9	%		4,200		3,067		36.9	%
Occupancy, communications and equipment		1,241		1,222		943		1.6	%		31.6	%		2,463		1,861		32.3	%
Depreciation and amortization		330		316		223		4.4	%		48.0	%		646		443		45.8	%
Third-party sharing arrangements		709		907		497		-21.8	%		42.7	%		1,616		780		107.2	%
Acquisition payment		5,993		745		264		704.4	%		2170.1	%		6,738		521	n/a
Other		1,823		1,632		1,509		11.7	%		20.8	%		3,455		2,744		25.9	%
Total expenses		44,825		39,206		40,621		14.3	%		10.3	%		84,031		79,742		5.4	%

Income before taxes		11,156		21,672		40,938		-48.5	%		-72.7	%		32,828		61,958		-47.0	%

Income tax expense		7,505		9,600		16,766		-			-			17,105		25,724		-

Net income	$	3,651	$	12,072	$	24,172		-69.8	%		-84.9	%	$	15,723	$	36,234		-56.6	%


Net income per share - basic	$	0.03	$	0.09	$	0.18							$	0.11	$	0.27

Net income per share - diluted	$	0.03	$	0.09	$	0.18							$	0.11	$	0.26

Weighted average common shares - basic		136,503		137,599		135,895								137,051		134,990

Weighted average common shares - diluted		137,274		138,424		137,951								137,849		137,620

WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NON-GAAP SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)

	U.S.			European
	Listed			Listed						U.S. Listed Business
	Business			Business			Total									*% Change From*
	Q2/16			Q2/16			Q2/16			Q2/16		Q1/16		Q2/15		*Q1/16*			*Q2/15*
Revenues:
Advisory fees	$	54,061		$	1,870		$	55,931		$	54,061	$	59,092	$	80,409		-8.5	%		-32.8	%
Other income		386			(336	)		50			386		221		238		74.7	%		62.2	%

Total revenues		54,447			1,534			55,981			54,447		59,313		80,647		-8.2	%		-32.5	%

Expenses:
Compensation and benefits		12,955			1,388			14,343			12,955		13,677		17,437		-5.3	%		-25.7	%
Fund management and administration		9,339			1,282			10,621			9,339		9,260		10,462		0.9	%		-10.7	%
Marketing and advertising		3,975			591			4,566			3,975		3,510		3,256		13.2	%		22.1	%
Sales and business development		3,621			213			3,834			3,621		2,362		2,048		53.3	%		76.8	%
Professional and consulting fees		1,261			104			1,365			1,261		2,493		1,541		-49.4	%		-18.2	%
Occupancy, communications and equipment		1,138			103			1,241			1,138		1,116		889		2.0	%		28.0	%
Depreciation and amortization		325			5			330			325		311		221		4.5	%		47.1	%
Third-party sharing arrangements		709			-			709			709		907		497		-21.8	%		42.7	%
Acquisition payment		-			5,993			5,993			-		-		-	n/a			n/a
Other		1,739			84			1,823			1,739		1,537		1,413		13.1	%		23.1	%
Total expenses		35,062			9,763			44,825			35,062		35,173		37,764		-0.3	%		-7.2	%

Income/(loss) before taxes		19,385			(8,229	)		11,156			19,385		24,140		42,883		-19.7	%		-54.8	%

Income tax expense/(benefit)		7,607			(102	)		7,505			7,607		9,651		16,785		-21.2	%		-54.7	%

Net income/(loss)	$	11,778		$	(8,127	)	$	3,651		$	11,778	$	14,489	$	26,098		-18.7	%		-54.9	%

Pre-tax margin		35.6	%					19.9	%

Gross margin		81.5	%					79.8	%

WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)

	June 30,			December 31,
		2016			2015
	(Unaudited)

ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	174,914		$	210,070
Investments		3,088			-
Accounts receivable		17,939			27,576
Other current assets		4,659			2,899

Total current assets		200,600			240,545

Fixed assets, net		12,062			11,974
Investments		15,615			23,689
Deferred tax asset, net		5,356			14,071
Goodwill		3,475			1,676
Intangible asset		9,953			-
Other noncurrent assets		763			738

Total assets	$	247,824		$	292,693


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
Fund management and administration payable	$	13,183		$	12,971
Compensation and benefits payable		7,531			28,060
Acquisition payable		7,194			-
Accounts payable and other liabilities		7,123			8,063

Total current liabilities		35,031			49,094

Other noncurrent liabilities:
Acquisition payable		-			3,942
Deferred rent payable		5,015			5,155

Total liabilities		40,046			58,191


STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common stock, par value $0.01; 250,000 shares authorized:
issued: 136,578 and 138,415;		1,366			1,384
outstanding: 134,146 and 136,794;
Additional paid-in capital		236,444			257,960
Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss)		794			(126	)
Accumulated deficit		(30,826	)		(24,716	)

Total stockholders' equity		207,778			234,502

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	247,824		$	292,693

WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)

	Six Months Ended
	June 30,			June 30,
		2016			2015
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	15,723		$	36,234
Non-cash items included in net income:
Income tax expense		15,490			25,218
Depreciation and amortization		646			443
Stock-based compensation		7,270			4,952
Deferred rent		(115	)		(70	)
Accretion to interest income and other		(34	)		6
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		9,561			(10,318	)
Other assets		(1,889	)		(2,279	)
Acquisition payable		3,295			521
Fund management and administration payable		240			3,219
Compensation and benefits payable		(20,481	)		7,290
Accounts payable and other liabilities		(710	)		316

Net cash provided by operating activities		28,996			65,532

Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of fixed assets		(599	)		(364	)
Purchase of investments		-			(8,449	)
Acquisition less cash acquired		(11,818	)		-
Proceeds from the redemption of investments		5,025			1,187

Net cash used in investing activities		(7,392	)		(7,626	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Dividends paid		(21,833	)		(21,794	)
Shares repurchased		(35,654	)		(15,264	)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		104			3,293

Net cash used in financing activities		(57,383	)		(33,765	)

Increase/(decrease) in cash flows due to changes in foreign exchange rate		623			(153	)


Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents		(35,156	)		23,988

Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period		210,070			165,284

Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	$	174,914		$	189,272

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

Cash paid for taxes	$	3,748		$	356


WisdomTree Investments, Inc.
Key Operating Statistics (Unaudited)

		Three Months Ended									Six Months Ended
		June 30,			March 31,			June 30,			June 30,			June 30,
			2016			2016			2015			2016			2015
U.S. LISTED ETFs
Total ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		44,256			51,639			55,758			51,639			39,281
	Assets acquired					225						225
	Inflows/(outflows)		(4,949	)		(5,359	)		6,598			(10,308	)		20,118
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(1,261	)		(2,249	)		(1,057	)		(3,510	)		1,900
	End of period assets		38,046			44,256			61,299			38,046			61,299

	Average assets during the period		41,830			45,475			61,153			43,652			53,772
	Revenue days		91			91			91			182			181

ETF Industry and Market Share (in billions)
	ETF industry net inflows		31.9			34.6			41.4			66.5			96.9
	WisdomTree market share of industry inflows		n/a			n/a			15.9	%		n/a			20.8	%

International Hedged Equity ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		25,140			33,311			33,925			33,311			17,760
	Inflows/(outflows)		(4,927	)		(5,396	)		6,083			(10,323	)		19,523
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(1,415	)		(2,775	)		(786	)		(4,190	)		1,939
	End of period assets		18,798			25,140			39,222			18,798			39,222

	Average assets during the period		22,633			27,846			38,548			25,239			31,553

U.S. Equity ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		8,966			8,603			9,748			8,603			9,390
	Inflows/(outflows)		500			(8	)		(320	)		492			(26	)
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		300			371			(183	)		671			(119	)
	End of period assets		9,766			8,966			9,245			9,766			9,245

	Average assets during the period		9,252			8,225			9,664			8,738			9,717

International Developed Equity ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		4,653			4,525			4,323			4,525			3,988
	Inflows/(outflows)		(251	)		160			497			(91	)		685
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(218	)		(32	)		9			(250	)		156
	End of period assets		4,184			4,653			4,829			4,184			4,829

	Average assets during the period		4,633			4,304			4,790			4,469			4,450

Emerging Markets Equity ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		3,803			3,825			6,068			3,825			6,187
	Inflows/(outflows)		(160	)		(171	)		250			(331	)		85
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		40			149			(74	)		189			(28	)
	End of period assets		3,683			3,803			6,244			3,683			6,244

	Average assets during the period		3,703			3,476			6,336			3,590			6,242

Fixed Income ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		828			799			904			799			1,152
	Inflows/(outflows)		(47	)		(14	)		67			(61	)		(143	)
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		9			43			(15	)		52			(53	)
	End of period assets		790			828			956			790			956

	Average assets during the period		811			788			929			799			974

Alternative Strategy ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		440			208			225			208			205
	Assets acquired		-			225			-			225			-
	Inflows/(outflows)		(10	)		5			14			(5	)		31
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		22			2			(9	)		24			(6	)
	End of period assets		452			440			230			452			230

	Average assets during the period		448			432			235			440			225

Currency ETFs (in millions)
	Beginning of period assets		426			368			565			368			599
	Inflows/(outflows)		(54	)		65			7			11			(37	)
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		1			(7	)		1			(6	)		11
	End of period assets		373			426			573			373			573

	Average assets during the period		350			404			651			377			611


		Three Months Ended									For the Six Months Ended
		June 30,			March 31,			June 30,			June 30,			June 30,
			2016			2016			2015			2016			2015
Average ETF assets during the period
	International hedged equity ETFs		54	%		61	%		63	%		58	%		59	%
	U.S. equity ETFs		22	%		18	%		16	%		20	%		18	%
	International developed equity ETFs		11	%		9	%		8	%		10	%		8	%
	Emerging markets equity ETFs		9	%		8	%		10	%		8	%		12	%
	Fixed income ETFs		2	%		2	%		2	%		2	%		2	%
	Currency ETFs		1	%		1	%		1	%		1	%		1	%
	Alternative strategy ETFs		1	%		1	%		0	%		1	%		0	%
	Total		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

Average ETF advisory fee during the period
	Alternative strategy ETFs		0.87	%		0.88	%		0.95	%		0.87	%		0.95	%
	Emerging markets equity ETFs		0.71	%		0.71	%		0.71	%		0.71	%		0.71	%
	International developed equity ETFs		0.56	%		0.56	%		0.56	%		0.56	%		0.56	%
	International hedged equity ETFs		0.54	%		0.54	%		0.54	%		0.54	%		0.53	%
	Currency ETFs		0.50	%		0.50	%		0.50	%		0.50	%		0.50	%
	Fixed income ETFs		0.48	%		0.49	%		0.52	%		0.49	%		0.52	%
	U.S. equity ETFs		0.35	%		0.35	%		0.35	%		0.35	%		0.35	%
	Blended total		0.52	%		0.52	%		0.53	%		0.52	%		0.52	%

Number of ETFs - end of the period
	International hedged equity ETFs		23			23			16			23			16
	International developed equity ETFs		21			20			18			21			18
	U.S. equity ETFs		15			15			13			15			13
	Fixed income ETFs		17			13			12			17			12
	Emerging markets equity ETFs		10			9			8			10			8
	Alternative strategy ETFs		7			7			2			7			2
	Currency ETFs		6			6			6			6			6
	Total		99			93			75			99			75

EUROPEAN LISTED ETPs
Total ETPs (in thousands)
	Beginning of period assets		488,069			437,934			288,801			437,934			165,018
	Inflows		20,578			123,461			50,331			144,039			195,712
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		51,416			(73,326	)		44,957			(21,910	)		23,359
	End of period assets		560,063			488,069			384,089			560,063			384,089

	Average assets during the period		544,676			428,230			336,588			486,453			278,534

Average ETP advisory fee during the period			0.84	%		0.84	%		0.82	%		0.84	%		0.82	%
Number of ETPs - end of the period			67			67			57			67			57

Total UCITS ETFs (in thousands)
	Beginning of period assets		396,901			335,938			45,846			335,938			16,179
	Inflows		37,272			69,878			144,234			107,150			173,085
	Market appreciation/(depreciation)		(42,273	)		(8,915	)		38,508			(51,188	)		39,324
	End of period assets		391,900			396,901			228,588			391,900			228,588

	Average assets during the period		400,047			356,814			204,568			378,431			117,138

Average ETP advisory fee during the period			0.46	%		0.47	%		0.44	%		0.46	%		0.42	%
Number of ETPs - end of the period			27			22			10			27			10

U.S. headcount			149			146			117			149			117
Non-U.S. headcount			55			45			28			55			28

Note: Previously issued statistics may be restated due to trade adjustments
Source: Investment Company Institute, Bloomberg, WisdomTree

Non-GAAP Financial Measurements

In an effort to provide additional information regarding our results as determined by GAAP, we also disclose certain non-GAAP information which we believe provides useful and meaningful information. Our management reviews these non-GAAP financial measurements when evaluating our financial performance and results of operations; therefore, we believe it is useful to provide information with respect to these non-GAAP measurements so as to share this perspective of management. Non-GAAP measurements do not have any standardized meaning, do not replace nor are superior to GAAP financial measurements and are unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. These non-GAAP financial measurements should be considered in the context with our GAAP results. The non-GAAP financial measurements contained in this release include:

Gross margin and gross margin percentage. We disclose gross margin, which we define as total revenues less fund management and administration expenses and third-party sharing arrangements, and gross margin percentage as non-GAAP financial measurements because we believe they provide investors with a consistent way to analyze the amount we retain after paying third party service providers to operate our ETPs and third party marketing agents whose fees are associated with our AUM level. Management tracks gross margin and gross margin percentage to analyze the profitability of operating our products.
Operating results for our U.S. listed ETF business. We disclose the results of our U.S. listed ETF business separately from the start up stage of our European business to allow investors to better understand and track the performance and operating efficiency of our core U.S. operations, which make up the vast majority of our operating and financial results.
Operating results for the second quarter of 2016 excluding a $6.0 million charge related to the accelerated buyout of the minority shareholders of our European business. We exclude this charge, which is not deductible for tax purposes, when analyzing our results as it is a one-time, non-recurring charge and not core to our operating business.


WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
GAAP to NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended									Six Months Ended
	Jun. 30,			Mar. 31,			Jun. 30,			Jun. 30,			Jun. 30,
		2016			2016			2015			2016			2015
GAAP total revenue	$	55,981		$	60,878		$	81,559		$	116,859		$	141,700
Fund management and administration		(10,621	)		(10,044	)		(11,208	)		(20,665	)		(21,376	)
Third-party sharing arrangements		(709	)		(907	)		(497	)		(1,616	)		(780	)

Gross margin	$	44,651		$	49,927		$	69,854		$	94,578		$	119,544

Gross margin percentage		79.8	%		82.0	%		85.6	%		80.9	%		84.4	%


U.S. listed ETFs:

GAAP total revenue	$	54,447		$	59,313		$	80,647		$	113,760		$	140,227
Fund management and administration		(9,339	)		(9,260	)		(10,462	)		(18,599	)		(20,195	)
Third-party sharing arrangements		(709	)		(907	)		(497	)		(1,616	)		(780	)

Gross margin	$	44,399		$	49,146		$	69,688		$	93,545		$	119,252

Gross margin percentage		81.5	%		82.9	%		86.4	%		82.2	%		85.0	%


Adjusted net income and diluted earnings per share:
Net income, as reported	$	3,651								$	15,723
Add back acquisition payment		5,993									5,993
Adjusted net income	$	9,644								$	21,716

Weighted average common shares - diluted		137,274									137,849
Adjusted net income per share - diluted	$	0.07								$	0.16

Adjusted pre-tax margin:
Income before income taxes	$	11,156								$	32,828
Add back acquisition payment		5,993									5,993
Adjusted income before income taxes	$	17,149								$	38,821

Total revenues	$	55,981								$	116,859
Adjusted pre-tax margin		30.6	%								33.2	%

Tax rate:
Adjusted income before income taxes (from above)	$	17,149
Income tax expense		7,505
Adjusted income tax rate		43.8	%

Adjusted total expenses:
Total expenses, as reported	$	44,825								$	84,031
Less acquisition payment		(5,993	)								(5,993	)
Adjusted total expenses	$	38,832								$	78,038

Contact Information
Investor Relations:
Stuart Bell
+1.917.267.3702
sbell@wisdomtree.com

Media Relations:
Jessica Zaloom / Melissa Chiles
+1.917.267.3735 / +1.917.267.3797
jzaloom@wisdomtree.com / mchiles@wisdomtree.com

Source: WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

Released July 29, 2016

WisdomTree Announces Second Quarter 2016 Results

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