Mike and Aaron are both ETF industry vets.  They talk about what they've seen over in the market both long and in the age of COVID 19.

Michael “Mike” Cafiero serves as a Director of Multi-Asset Sales and Trading at Brownstone Investment Group providing trade execution services to Institutions throughout North America. Mike’s focus is to help Brownstone’s client base find liquidity when trading Equities, Fixed Income Products, and ETFs. Mike’s extensive background in ETF trading gave him exposure to many asset classes which helps him offer liquidity solutions to a wide variety of products now in their primary markets.

Mike joined Brownstone in August 2018 and previously was Director of ETF Sales and Trading at Cantor Fitzgerald, and also held a similar position at Knight Capital Americas; now Virtu. Mike’s career in ETFs began when he worked for iShares ETFs at Barclays Global Investors which was later acquired by Blackrock. Mike earned a BA in Economics from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

 

Aaron has over 15 years of experience trading fixed-income ETFs and is currently Head of Fixed Income Portfolio Trading at Brownstone Investment Group.  He is recognized as an industry leader in portfolio and algorithmic corporate bond trading. Aaron’s background allowed him to pioneer operational efficiencies in broad fixed-income program and basket trading solutions including fixed income ETF creations and redemptions. As technology and data evolve to create greater complexities in fixed income he continues to innovate this space.