George Parker - IShares Transportation Independent Trustee

IYT Etf  USD 68.23  0.31  0.45%   
George Parker is Portfolio Manager at iShares Transportation Average
George G. C. Parker is a Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance Formerly Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of MBA Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business . his other Directorships include Director of iShares, Inc. Director of Continental Airlines, Inc. Director of Community First Financial Group Director of Tejon Ranch Company Director of First Republic Bank Director of Threshold Pharmaceuticals.
Age 80
Tenure 24 years
Professional MarksMBA
IssueriShares
Inception Date2003-10-06
BenchmarkS&P Transportation Select Industry FMC Capped Index
Entity TypeRegulated Investment Company
Asset Under Management777.91 Million
Average Trading Valume486,478.2
Asset TypeEquity
CategorySector
FocusIndustrials
Market ConcentrationDeveloped Markets
The fund generally will invest at least 80 percent of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. Transportation Average is traded on BATS Exchange in the United States. iShares Transportation Average [IYT] is traded in USA and was established 2003-10-06.

iShares Transportation Money Managers

Charles Hurty, Independent Trustee
John Kerrigan, Independent Trustee
Cecilia Herbert, Independent Trustee
Lee Kranefuss, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Presidentident
W Reed, Independent Trustee
Michael Latham, Principal Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary
George Parker, Independent Trustee
John Martinez, Trustee
Richard Lyons, Independent Trustee

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