Elya Schwartzman is currently President of ES Investment Consulting LLC, an independent consultancy specializing in fixed income ETFs, indexing, and ETF tools and infrastructure. As the founder of independent consulting firm ESIC LLC, Elya provides advisory services to companies in the ETF ecosystem. ESIC works in close collaboration with existing teams to provide essential guidance to companies looking to launch, build, or upgrade their ETF products, systems, and procedures. Currently, Mr. Schwartzman is working with a large asset manager on the launch of their inaugural ETF product set. Additionally, Elya also provides independent research and content on the topics of investing, fixed income, indexing, and ETFs. (www.etflogic.io/blog and LinkedIn)
From 2010 until 2019, Mr. Schwartzman was a team leader and Senior Portfolio Manager at BlackRock, Inc. While at BlackRock, Mr. Schwartzman developed a team of eight fixed income portfolio managers, while designing and coordinating cutting-edge tools and processes for the ETF space. He oversaw $200B in AUM, including some of the largest and most recognized ETFs in the world (LQD, EMB, FLOT, etc.), and designed essential systems to support ETF primary markets and custom basket activity. He holds a US patent on a system for processing ETF custom baskets, developed during his time with BlackRock. Prior, from 1999 to 2010, Mr. Schwartzman was a Senior Portfolio Manager at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), where he was instrumental in the initial launch of the fixed income ETF suite for SPDRs (JNK, CWB, etc.), and developed essential tools for the effective management of fixed income ETFs when they were nascent to the market. Mr. Schwartzman also has extensive experience designing and managing complex, bespoke fixed income portfolios for global institutional clients. Mr. Schwartzman holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BA in Economics from Trinity College (CT).