ETF/ETP Launches
FinTech Product Launches​
Index/Product Reviews
Digital Assets
Start-Ups

Blue Economy Projects

Costs
    Strategic Review
          $3000 one time fee 

    Retainer Based Fee 
         $2500 to $10,000 per month

Richard Keary has over 30 years of experience in the global financial markets.

He founded his own management consulting firm, Global ETF Advisors, where he currently serves as Principal and Founder. The firm assists clients globally in launching new and innovative financial products. His clientele includes asset managers, stock exchanges, indexers, and Fintech startups. He is an Independent Trustee for two ETF Fund Boards and serves as Advisor for consulting firms and startup companies. He was recently appointed as a Founding Advisory Board Member for the Carry Venture Capital Fund, which invests in North Carolina-based early-stage startups.

Richard has held several positions as an equity trader, stock exchange executive and management consultant prior to founding his firm. He previously served as SVP Trading for Ladenburg Thalman in New York and Managing Director of Capital Markets and Head of ETF Listings for The NASDAQ Stock Market. 

Mr. Keary is the Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Blue Finance at UNC Wilmington’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), and is a member of the CIE’s mentor program working with local entrepreneurs, and is a member of the CIE’s Alliance for All Blue. He was instrumental in creating the UNC Wilmington Blue Economy Index, which measures the scope of the Blue Economy and is published globally on Bloomberg (ticker: BlueEco). The index is available to be licensed for inclusion in financial products.

 

 Global ETF Advisors is an independent management consulting and advisory firm specializing in the Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) industry and Blue Economy start-up companies. Our client base consists of asset managers, stock exchanges, indexers, FinTech companies and entrepreneurial enterprises

​​                                                  ABOUT US

Global ETF Advisors was founded in 2009 and is an independent management consulting firm specializing in the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Industry and entrepreneurial start-ups. We offer advisory services designed to enhance our client's strategic vision and execution capabilities. We have been apart of over 100 product launches.

Our experiences include engineering and launching innovative financial products (ETPs, Private Funds, Digital Assets), establishing new business units and working with start-up companies in building their corporate and/or business development strategies.

Our clients span the breath of the financial services industries; asset managers, stock exchanges, indexers and FinTech companies. We advise entrepreneurial start-ups in multiple industries with a concentration in Blue Economy projects.

We have over 35 years of experience in the financial markets and after a lifetime of living and working in New York we relocated located to the beautiful beach community of Wilmington, NC.  The time in Wilmington has expanded our services offerings as we have become believers in all the economic value that is derived from our oceans and thus the importance of protecting and restoring our waterways. We are passionately committed to working with the Blue Economy ecosystem not just here in Wilmington but all over the world. In 2023, we helped launched the UNC Wilmington Blue Economy Index (Bloomberg: Blueeco). The project combined our expertise in building financial products with the scientific and academic experts at UNC Wilmington. 

 - Co-Founder ETF BILD Project (www.etfbild.com)
 - Independent Trustee for ETF Fund Boards
 - Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Blue Finance at UNC Wilmington's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. (www.uncw.edu/cie)

 - Mentor and member of the Alliance for All Blue at UNC Wilmington's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (www.uncw.edu/cie)

      Global ETF Advisors

Strategic Consulting and Advisory

Strategic Consulting/Advisory Fees

   Richard Keary

        Principal/Founder