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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
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:

 

     March 31,
2018
     December 31,
2017
 

Receivable from WTT

   $ 18,389      $ 19,433  

Receivable from BI and WTI

     973        979  

Receivable from WTCS

     115        97  

Receivable from WTAMC

     103        87  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 19,580      $ 20,596  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

     Three Months Ended  
     March 31,
2018
     March 31,
2017
 

Advisory services provided to WTT

   $ 55,201      $ 50,456  

Advisory services provided to BI and WTI

     2,626        1,291  

Advisory services provided to WTCS

     317        570  

Advisory services provided to WTAMC

     311        81  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 58,455      $ 52,398  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company also has investments in certain WisdomTree ETFs of approximately $463 and $1,691 at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Gains and losses for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 were insignificant.