WisdomTree’s Ascent Lifts it to Major Mid-Cap Index

Buoyed by investors flocking to currency hedged exchange traded funds, shares of WisdomTree (NasdaqGS: WETF), the fifth-largest U.S. ETF issuer, are up 43% this year. That has elevated the company, the only publicly traded pure play ETF issuer, to a market value of almost $3.1 billion, enough to...