ALPS' Senior Investment Strategy Advisor Paul Baiocchi was early to the ETF party. Before joining ALPS, he was Vice President of ETF Business Development at Fidelity Institutional Asset Management where he helped build and grow the firm’s ETF lineup for six years. Prior to that, Paul worked at ETF.com, building an ETF analytics platform, writing about the ETF industry and moderating panels at Inside ETFs conferences. In the latest episode of Let's Talk ETFs, Paul reflects on the industry's evolution while pondering its current direction. And of course, he also takes a deep-dive into ALPS' current ETF lineup.Show Notes3:00 - What drew you to ETFs originally?8:15 - Why is it that Mutual Fund assets still dwarf ETF assets?17:30 - The next stage of ETF growth: Are semi-transparent actively managed ETFs actually good for investors?25:00 - Has the ETF industry done enough to protect investors from exotic products?30:00 - A top-down view of ALPS' ETF lineup?34:30 - ALPS funds that are relevant to the current market environment (AMLP) (ACES) (SBIO)43:30 - Searching for yield in the current environment (SDOG)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices