Part 2 of our series at the Inside ETFs Conference includes:

[0:48] Ed Rosenberg and Rene Casis, responsible for ETF Offerings at American Century, discuss their outlook for Federal Reserve rate hikes in 2019 and why investors should emphasize 'quality' when positioning their portfolios.

[6:27] Lukas Smart, Portfolio Manager at Dimensional Funds and Manager of the John Hancock Multifactor ETFs, discusses some of the differences on how Dimensional's strategies are implemented between the Dimensional mutual funds and John Hancock ETFs.

[11:07] Gene Podkaminer, Head of Research Strategies at Franklin Templeton, provides his macro outlook for a global GDP convergence between the U.S. and the rest of the world as well as his views on multi-factor construction.

[23:47] Luke Oliver, Head of Capital Markets at DWS, sees slowing global growth but opportunities within emerging markets, particularly China, and high yield fixed income as well as trends in ETF product development.

[31:28] Matt Bartolini, Head of SPDR Americas Research at State Street Global Advisors, shares with our audience some new research into sector-based investing using business cycle analysis.

[35:30] Alisa Maute, Head of Distribution, and Jeremy Schwartz, Global Head of Research at WisdomTree Investments, update our audience with their innovation of "modern alpha" and their development of advisor tools.

Disclosures:

-WisdomTree Investments, Inc. ("WisdomTree Investments") is the sole owner of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc., a registered investment adviser, and is a substantial minority owner of AdvisorEngine Inc. ("AdvisorEngine"), a digital wealth management platform. WisdomTree and/or its affiliates has a financial interest in AdvisorEngine and its business.

-The opinions expressed are those of American Century Investments (or the fund manager) and are no guarantee of the future performance of any American Century Investments fund. This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended as investment advice. The third parties listed are independent companies and are not affiliated with American Century Investments. Listing them does not suggest a recommendation or endorsement by American Century Investments.