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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

12. 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:

 

     December 31,  
     2017      2016  

Receivable from WTT

   $ 19,433      $ 16,506  

Receivable from BI and WTI

     979        645  

Receivable from WTCS

     97        158  

Receivable from WTAMC

     87        40  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 20,596      $ 17,349  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2017      2016      2015  

Advisory services provided to WTT

   $ 215,513      $ 209,199      $ 293,788  

Advisory services provided to BI and WTI

     10,288        7,251        4,156  

Advisory services provided to WTCS

     1,508        1,867        —    

Advisory services provided to WTAMC

     466        148        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 227,775      $ 218,465      $ 297,944  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company also has investments in certain WisdomTree ETFs of approximately $1,691 and $1,300 at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company recorded a gain from these investments of approximately $26 and loss of $12, respectively, within other income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.