ProShares: The Alternative ETF Company

In 2014, ProShares CEO Michael Sapir was meeting with Steve Cohen, managing director and head of the ProShares Strategy Group, whose agenda centered on the progress the firm was making in moving from its core offering of geared ETFs into establishing itself as the leading alternative ETF company. Since 2009, the firm had launched an array of ETFs and Sapir and Cohen were reviewing the current lineup, the assets under management (AUM), and net flows across ProShares’ different ETF categories. Could ProShares get another $25 billion in AUM in these more strategic alternative ETFs?