Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

9. Related Party Transactions

The Company’s revenues are derived primarily from investment advisory agreements with related parties. Under these agreements, the Company has licensed to related parties the use of certain of its own indexes for the U.S. and Canadian WisdomTree ETFs and WisdomTree UCITS ETFs. The Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of the related parties are primarily responsible for overseeing the management and affairs of the U.S. and Canadian WisdomTree ETFs, Boost ETPs and WisdomTree UCITS ETFs for the benefit of their shareholders and have contracted with the Company to provide for general management and administration services. The Company is also responsible for certain expenses of the related parties, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration and accounting, legal, audit, and other non-distribution services, excluding extraordinary expenses, taxes and certain other expenses, which is included in fund management and administration on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. In exchange, the Company receives fees based on a percentage of the ETF average daily net assets. The advisory agreements may be terminated by the related parties upon notice. Certain officers of the Company also provide general management oversight of the related parties; however, these officers have no material decision making responsibilities and primarily implement the decisions of the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of the related parties.

The following table summarizes accounts receivable from related parties which are included as a component of Accounts receivable on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets:


	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Receivable from WTT	$	17,970	$	16,506
Receivable from BI and WTI		766		645
Receivable from WTCS		131		158
Receivable from WTAMC		31		40

Total	$	18,898	$	17,349

The following table summarizes revenues from advisory services provided to related parties:


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2017		March 31, 2016
Advisory services provided to WTT	$	50,456	$	58,642
Advisory services provided to BI and WTI		2,155		1,523
Advisory services provided to WTCS		570		450
Advisory services provided to WTAMC		81		—

Total	$	53,262	$	60,615

The Company also had an investment in a WisdomTree ETF of approximately $1,300 at December 31, 2016. The investment was redeemed by the fund which was subsequently closed and liquidated during three months ended March 31, 2017.