Westwood Engages ETF Expert to Optimize Trading for Enhanced Income and Volatility ETFs
Westwood Holdings has partnered with ETF Capital Markets Advisors, led by 25-year veteran Nicholas Phillips, to enhance trading efficiency, liquidity, pricing and execution across its ETF platform. The advisory engagement covers its Enhanced Income Series and Defined Volatility ETFs to optimize market making and best-execution frameworks.
1. Partnership Details
Westwood Holdings Group has entered a strategic partnership with ETF Capital Markets Advisors to provide dedicated capital markets consulting services for its growing ETF platform. The engagement aims to enhance trading efficiency, liquidity, pricing and execution quality across all Westwood-related ETFs.
2. Advisor Expertise
Nicholas Phillips, president of ETF Capital Markets Advisors, brings over 25 years of ETF market making and capital markets experience. He holds deep relationships with authorized participants, market makers and exchanges, positioning him to advise on both primary and secondary market structures.
3. Key Support Areas
Under the agreement, ETF Capital Markets Advisors will support execution and trading optimization, market maker and authorized participant engagement, premium/discount analysis, best-execution framework development, sales and distribution support, portfolio implementation and capital markets strategy.
4. Expected Impact
The partnership is expected to lower trading costs, improve execution outcomes and strengthen Westwood’s ETF ecosystem. Enhanced liquidity and a rigorous trading framework should support continued growth of Westwood’s Enhanced Income Series and Defined Volatility ETFs.