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Organization and Description of Business | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
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Organization and Description of Business | 1. Organization and Description of Business WisdomTree Investments, Inc., through its subsidiaries in the U.S., U.K. and Jersey (collectively, “WisdomTree” or the “Company”), is an exchange-traded product (“ETP”) sponsor and asset manager headquartered in New York. WisdomTree offers ETPs covering equity, fixed income, currency, alternative and commodity asset classes. The Company has the following operating subsidiaries:
| • |  | WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WTAM”) is a New York based investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) providing investment advisory and other management services to WisdomTree Trust (“WTT”) and WisdomTree exchange traded funds (“ETFs”).
| • |  | Boost Management Limited (“BML”) is a Jersey based investment manager providing investment and other management services to Boost Issuer PLC (“BI”) and Boost ETPs.
| • |  | WisdomTree Europe Limited (“WisdomTree Europe”) is a U.K. based company registered with the Financial Conduct Authority providing management and other services to BML.
The WisdomTree ETFs are issued in the U.S. by WTT. WTT, a non-consolidated third party, is a Delaware statutory trust registered with the SEC as an open-end management investment company. The Company has licensed the use of certain of its own indexes on an exclusive basis to WTT for the WisdomTree ETFs. The Boost ETPs are issued by BI. BI, a non-consolidated third party, is a public limited company organized in Ireland. The Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of WTT and BI, respectively, are separate from the Board of Directors of the Company. The Trustees and Directors of WTT and BI, respectively, are primarily responsible for overseeing the management and affairs of the WisdomTree ETFs and Boost ETPs for the benefit of the WisdomTree ETF and Boost ETP shareholders, respectively, and have contracted with the Company to provide for general management and administration services. The Company, in turn, has contracted with third parties to provide the majority of these administration services. In addition, certain officers of the Company provide general management services for WTT and BI.

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