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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
18. 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 ETFs’ 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,
2019
   
December 31,
2018
 
Receivable from WTT
  $
13,920
    $
14,678
 
Receivable from ETFS Issuers
   
8,573
     
8,779
 
Receivable from BI and WTI
   
853
     
951
 
Receivable from WTAMC
   
196
     
167
 
Receivable from WTCS
   
80
     
95
 
                 
Total
  $
23,622
    $
24,670
 
                 
The following table summarizes revenues from advisory services provided to related parties:
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
Advisory services provided to WTT
  $
42,817
    $
52,591
    $
85,040
    $
107,792
 
Advisory services provided to ETFS Issuers
   
19,367
     
17,720
     
38,640
     
17,720
 
Advisory services provided to BI and WTI
   
2,583
     
2,724
     
5,087
     
5,351
 
Advisory services provided to WTAMC
   
607
     
403
     
1,153
     
715
 
Advisory services provided to WTCS
   
253
     
340
     
547
     
656
 
                                 
Total
  $
65,627
    $
73,778
    $
130,467
    $
132,234
 
                                 
The Company also has investments in certain WisdomTree ETFs of approximately $3,193 and $7,117 at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Gains and losses related to these ETFs during the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were ($205)​​​​​​​ and ($67), respectively, and during the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were $148 and ($
58
), respectively.