Hoya Capital Announces David Auerbach as Chief Investment Officer
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT – October 2, 2023 – Hoya Capital Real Estate – an award-winning ETF issuer and research-focused investment advisor - today announced the appointment of David Auerbach as its Chief Investment Officer.
A long time veteran of the REIT industry, David was most recently the managing director of Armada ETF Advisors. David’s prior experience includes 11 years at Green Street Advisors – an eminent REIT research firm - as a Vice President of Institutional Trading, where he worked with institutional clients, hedge funds, pension funds, and other investors. David also spent time at World Equity Group and Esposito Securities, where he helped to build out the REIT/Real Estate platform and worked with ETF issuers. He also worked at Financial Marketplace Inc as a retail investment adviser.
David is the publisher of “The Daily REITBeat Newsletter”, a widely-followed industry publication that covers the publicly-traded REIT sector and is also a consultant with IR Concierge, LLC which is focused on corporate access in the REIT industry. David has been quoted by Bloomberg, WSJ, Financial Times, REIT.com, and GlobeSt.com and has been a featured guest on such networks as Yahoo Finance, TD Ameritrade and Bloomberg TV.
“We’re thrilled to add David to the team to elevate the Hoya Capital REIT research and Hoya ETF platform to the next level. David has become a leading voice in the REIT industry, and has led much of the recent innovation in the real estate ETF space,” said Alex Pettee, CFA, President and Director of Research. “Joining forces with David – who brings a unique ability to connect with investors and forge relationships across both the REIT and ETF universe - is a momentous day for Hoya Capital.”
In addition to his role in elevating Hoya Capital’s leading REIT research platform – Hoya Capital Income Builder - David will lead the distribution and capital market efforts for Hoya Capital’s two NYSE-listed exchange-traded funds: Hoya Capital Housing ETF (HOMZ) and Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF (RIET).
“I’m excited for opportunity to partner with Alex and join forces with Hoya Capital – who I’ve long-respected from across the industry for both their research acumen and their innovation in the real estate ETF space. Hoya’s research-focused approach and ‘investor-first’ alignment has clearly resonated with investors and advisors - evidenced by the success of both the growth-focused HOMZ Index and income-focused RIET Index - and I’m honored to lead efforts to spread the word about Hoya ETFs to more investors and advisors.”
About Hoya Capital Real Estate
Hoya Capital Real Estate ("Hoya Capital") is a research-focused Registered Investment Advisor headquartered in Rowayton, Connecticut. Founded with a mission to make real estate more accessible to all investors, Hoya Capital specializes in managing institutional and individual portfolios of publicly traded real estate securities, focused on delivering sustainable income, diversification, and attractive total returns. For more information, visit www.HoyaCapital.com.
RIET seeks to track, before fees expenses, the Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield Index, a rules-based index designed to provide diversified exposure to 100 of the highest dividend yielding real estate securities in the United States which collectively provide income potential.
HOMZ seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the Hoya Capital Housing 100 Index, a rules-based index designed to provide diversified exposure across the entire United States residential housing industry, seeking to invest in many of the fastest-growing real estate companies.
ETF Express Award Methodology: Awards are based on a “peer review system” whereby ETF Express readers select a “best in class” in a series of categories via an online survey. There were 1,202 votes cast in total. ETF Express worked with Algo-Chain to pre-select ETF Providers in each category based on investment performance during the 12-month period of May 2018-May 2019 leading up to the award selection. Subjective categories did not have pre-selected categories. In each category, the firms with the most votes at the end of the voting period were subject to a final review by ETF Express’s Senior Editorial team. Hoya Capital was awarded the “Most Successful & Innovative ETF Launch of 2019’ on October 24, 2019.
