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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

17. 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 (including certain officers of the Company) of the related parties are primarily responsible for overseeing the management and affairs of the entities for the benefit of their stakeholders 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.

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:

 

     June 30,
2018
     December 31,
2017
 

Receivable from WTT

   $ 17,035      $ 19,433  

Receivable from ETFS Issuers

     8,369        —    

Receivable from BI and WTI

     957        979  

Receivable from WTCS

     110        97  

Receivable from WTAMC

     137        87  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 26,608      $ 20,596  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2018      2017      2018      2017  

Advisory services provided to WTT

   $ 52,591      $ 53,311      $ 107,792      $ 103,767  

Advisory services provided to ETFS Issuers

     17,720        —          17,720        —    

Advisory services provided to BI and WTI

     2,724        2,125        5,351        4,046  

Advisory services provided to WTCS

     340        330        656        900  

Advisory services provided to WTAMC

     403        90        715        171  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 73,778      $ 55,856      $ 132,234      $ 108,884  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company also has investments in certain WisdomTree ETFs of approximately $2,588 and $1,691 at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Losses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were less than $100.