Alejandro Saltiel, CFA

Head of Indexes, U.S.


Alejandro Saltiel joined WisdomTree in May 2017 as part of the Quantitative Research team. Alejandro oversees the firm’s Equity indexes and actively managed ETFs. He is also involved in the design and analysis of new and existing strategies. Alejandro leads the quantitative analysis efforts across equities and alternatives and contributes to the firm’s website tools and model portfolio infrastructure. Prior to joining WisdomTree, Alejandro worked at HSBC Asset Management’s Mexico City office as Portfolio Manager for multi-asset mutual funds. Alejandro received his Master’s in Financial Engineering degree from Columbia University in 2017 and a Bachelor’s in Engineering degree from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in 2010. He is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Latest Insights From Alejandro Saltiel

As the global economy faces the challenges of recession and inflation, India stands out with its 7.8% YoY GDP growth. Ayush Babel and Alejandro Saltiel review the WisdomTree India Earnings Index rebalance, which targets exposure to profitable companies in the fast-growing Indian equity market.
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The WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund (WTMF) has been the best-performing managed futures ETF year-to-date. This is in contrast to the weak and negative performance of the majority of the funds in the category. Alejandro Saltiel and Ayush Babel explore some reasons WTMF has successfully delivered consistent returns versus the S&P 60/U.S. Agg 40 benchmark.
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Although allocating to emerging markets has been a tall task recently, there have been pockets of companies within emerging markets that have experienced solid performance. Alejandro Saltiel lays out a capital-efficient way to allocate to emerging markets using WisdomTree’s strategies. 
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On May 22, the WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRW) wrapped up 10 years of outperforming the S&P 500 and competitive funds. Alejandro Saltiel and Hyun Kang explore our approach to assessing a company’s quality and ability to grow dividends — and how it has helped investors across a decade of volatility.
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The WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index (WTDGI) had its 10-year anniversary on April 11. Alejandro Saltiel reviews WTDGI’s strategy and analyzes its performance versus the S&P 500.
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On October 24 of this year, WisdomTree updated the WisdomTree PutWrite Strategy Fund's (PUTW) underlying exposure from the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index to the Volos U.S. Large Cap Target 2.5% PutWrite Index. Alejandro Saltiel outlines the new strategy behind PUTW.
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