Buttonwood announced a new relationship with FinWise Bank, a financial technology bank founded in 2000 focused on making financing, banking and investing simple. As a subsidiary of All West Bancorp, FinWise helps its customers reach their financial goals by providing on-the-go services like mobile banking and onsite advisors. Buttonwood will be working closely with FinWise to expand its current position within the industry through media relations efforts and a variety of other strategic communication tactics.

Buttonwood announced a new relationship with the National Creditors Bar Association (NCBA), a bar association dedicated to serving law firms engaged in the practice of creditors rights law. NCBA’s membership is comprised of over 500 law firms and individual members, totaling approximately 2000 attorneys in over 20 different practicing areas across the US, Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.K. Buttonwood will be working closely with NCBA and its members on a range of strategic communication, PR and thought leadership initiatives.

Buttonwood Founder & President, Justin Meise and his fellow ETF BILD Co-Founders Bibb Strench, John Jacobs, and Richard Keary discussed converting mutual funds to ETFs and its implication on the industry at the Thompson Hine ETF & Alts Conference in New York City on September 18, 2019.

Other conference participants included NYSE, Natixis, JMP Securities, CBOE, and FS Investments.

Buttonwood’s Founder & President, Justin Meise, is speaking at Thompson Hine’s ETFs and Alts Event on September 18^th at the Grand Hyatt (Grand Central).

Justin will be joining his ETF Bild co-founders, John Jacobs, Bibb Strench and Rich Keary for a panel discussion on mutual fund to ETF conversions. The complete program will include experts from Thompson Hine’s Investment Management Group and leading professionals who will  discuss a variety of topics, including non-transparent ETFs, mutual fund to ETF conversions, listing exchange issues, and recent regulatory developments impacting BDCs and closed-end funds, that would be of interest to current or prospective sponsors of ETFs or alternative funds. See the program agenda for more details.

Featured speakers will include:

• Tom Champion, Director, Global Index & Exchange Traded Products Group, NYSE
• Nick Elward, SVP, Head of Business Development and ETFs, Natixis Investment Managers
• John Jacobs, Executive Director of Georgetown University McDonough Center of Financial  Markets – Center for Financial Markets & Policy and Co-Founder of ETF BILD
• Richard Keary, Principal and Founder of Global ETF Advisors and Co-Founder of ETF BILD
• Justin Meise, President and Founder of Buttonwood Communications and Co-Founder of ETF BILD
• Kyle Murray, Assistant General Counsel, Cboe
• Jorge Solares-Parkhurst, Managing Director, Financial Services Investment Banking, JMP Securities LLC
• Stephen Sypherd, General Counsel, FS Investments
• Scott Szever, Director, Exchange Traded Products, NYSE

If you’d like to register and learn more about the event, please visit https://www.thompsonhine.com/events/etfs-and-alts-whats-around-the-corner

ETF BILD is an on-going and open discussion on the timeliest topics and issues facing the leaders and decision makers of the ETF industry. The ETF BILD Project focuses on how leaders are solving problems, employing business and operational strategies, outlook for the marketplace and lessons learned throughout their process. To learn more, please visit https://etfbild.com/.

New York, NY – March 27, 2019 – Buttonwood Communications Group, a boutique public relations, marketing and strategic communications firm, is thrilled to announce it has been recognized in O’Dwyer’s 2019 annual ranking of PR firms specializing in financial services and investor relations. This year’s list was released online on March 27^th and will be published in the May print edition of O’Dwyer’s magazine.

Reporting net fees of $1.31 million in 2018, Buttonwood has enjoyed tremendous growth in each of its four years. Last year was a particularly strong year for the firm as it expanded its client base to include new relationships with index provider Alerian, lease accounting software provider LeaseAccelerator and the Investment Adviser Association’s Active Managers Council, all while continuing to grow relationships with existing clients.

“I’m so proud of our team to have earned a Top 20 ranking in just our fourth year. It’s a powerful validation of the team’s quality of work and our efforts to continuously ensure we deliver results and add value on every assignment,” said Justin Meise, President & Founder of Buttonwood Communications Group. “And I certainly want to thank our clients who have trusted us as their vendor as well as our many industry colleagues who have helped us in countless ways, big and small.”

Now in its 50^th year of conducting PR firm rankings, O’Dwyer’s determines an agency’s position based on net fees for the previous year, total number of employees, provided income tax and W-3 forms, as well as a current list of accounts.

Buttonwood is delighted to announce its new relationship with the Investment Adviser Association. Founded in 1937, Investment Adviser Association (IAA) is a leading trade association representing the interests of SEC-registered investment adviser firms. The IAA’s growing membership consists of more than 600 firms that collectively manage approximately $20 trillion in assets for a wide variety of institutional and individual investors. Buttonwood will be working closely with IAA and its members on promoting a range of educational initiatives designed to further the public’s understanding of the investment management industry.

Buttonwood continues its growth with the addition of industry veteran Chip Bergstrom as Managing Director Boston. In this role, Chip will be responsible for growing the firm’s presence in New England.

“Having worked with Chip for many years in our previous lives, I’m particularly excited to be getting the band back together,” said Justin Meise, President & Founder of Buttonwood Communications Group. “With Chip’s past experience in a variety of managerial and leadership positions equipped with his deep knowledge across our industry, he immediately enhances the depth and breadth of our experience.”

Prior to joining the Buttonwood team, Chip served as VP of Marketing and Communications at Bay State College where he was responsible for overseeing the college’s marketing efforts. Chip was also Manager of Public Relations for one of Fidelity Investments’ institutional advisory groups and also served as Head of the Boston Office for another NY-based financial services PR firm. Chip graduated from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

Surrounding Equal Pay Day on Tuesday, April 10^th, Buttonwood’s Christine Hudacko unveiled Project Worth alongside three of her former colleagues at BlackRock. Project Worth is a series of two-hour workshops in the San Francisco Bay area that are aimed at helping professional women take control of their financial life.

News of this initiative is featured in Beagan Wilcox Volz’s Ignites piece “Ex-BlackRock Execs Launch Effort to Tackle Gender Pay Gap.” The full article can be viewed here.

Buttonwood is excited to announce its new relationship with Parametric. Founded in 1987, Parametric is a leading global asset management firm, focused on the delivery of engineered portfolio solutions, including rules-based alpha-seeking equity, alternative and options strategies, as well as implementation services including custom core equity, futures overlay and centralized portfolio management. Buttonwood will be working closely with Parametric on a range of strategic communication, thought leadership and public relations initiatives.