Publisher Bio 
Jim Wiandt is President of Index Publications, LLC, Publisher of IndexUniverse.com, Editor of the
Journal of Indexes, and
Exchange-Traded Funds Report. The
Journal of Indexes was originally founded by John Prestbo of Dow Jones Indexes, and has served as the 'book of record' for the index industry since 1999.
In addition to overseeing the transition of JoI to an independent publication with editorial and financial support from across the index industry, Wiandt also spearheaded a similar effort in which he took on the role of managing Exchange-Traded Funds Report in 2003. Founded by MARHedge and edited by Marsha Zapson, ETFR had established a position as the leading source of ETF news and data for the ETF industry. Finally, in late 2003, Wiandt joined forces with Steven Schoenfeld, and cemented an agreement that facilitated the evolution of Schoenfeld's Web site IndexUniverse.com, which had been founded to support his book, into a broadly focused, independent Web site. IndexUniverse now serves as not only the online home of the Journal of Indexes, ETFR and Schoenfeld's book,
Active Index Investing, but also has its own editorial team and includes research, tools and data from across the industry.
Wiandt was formerly publisher of IndexFunds.com and is the author of
Exchange Traded Funds, a book that was published by John Wiley & Sons. Before being hired as site editor at IndexFunds.com, Mr. Wiandt had a diverse and colorful editorial background. Most recently he had served as an editor and writer for Compton's Encyclopedia. There he was responsible for writing and editing mainly content dealing with international finance and global affairs.
Previously he served as a contract journalist in West Africa after serving in the Peace Corps in Niger. He has lived in Boston, New York, London, Spain, Venezuela, West Africa and Japan, serving variously as a teacher, legal assistant and writer. While in England, he served as an aide in the British Parliament. Wiandt is a 1991 graduate of Tufts University, home of the 'Jumbos' and is a longsuffering fan of the Cleveland Indians, Browns and Cavaliers. Of late, Ohio State football has served him, as it has many native Ohioans, as a welcome balm.
Editor-in-Chief Bio 
Matt Hougan is editor-in-chief of IndexUniverse.com and the
Exchange-Traded Funds Report, and senior editor of the
Journal of Indexes.
Expert on ETFs, Hougan is regularly quoted in the
Wall Street Journal,
Barron's,
Investor's Business Daily,
Fortune,
Forbes, TheStreet.com, MarketWatch.com and the Associated Press. He is a regular guest on CNBC, where anchor Bob Pisani refers to him as the "Master of All Things ETF."
Under his leadership, the
Exchange-Traded Funds Report has been named "Best ETF-Focused Publication" for three years running at the Capital Link Closed-End Fund and Global ETF Conference, the Oscars of the ETF and closed-end fund industries.
Prior to joining Index Publications, Hougan ran his own strategic communications firm, providing PR and speechwriting services to Fortune 500 companies, U.S. and foreign governments agencies (including the Federal Reserve) and select nonprofits. He was previously the lead biotech analyst for MetaMarkets.com, a pioneering financial services firm that managed the world's first fully transparent, actively managed mutual fund, Open Fund.
Hougan is a 1998 graduate of Bowdoin College.
