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Henry Jim
Speaker · Proof of Talk 2026
Bloomberg Intelligence

Henry Jim

ETF Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence

Jim works on how exchange-traded funds are designed, filed and distributed, the vantage point from which he chaired a Proof of Talk Paris 2026 panel on scaling distribution for tokenised markets.

The Significance

Why the room needs them.

Henry Jim is an ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence who moderated a Proof of Talk Paris 2026 panel on tokenised markets. He publishes the ETF filings tracker HEARSAY and says he has launched over 100 ETFs as a product developer.

The Numbers
100+
ETFs Jim states on his own site that he has launched as an ETF product developer
The Biography

The full account.

Henry Jim is an ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. That billing was current on 25 August 2026, when he appeared on Inside Active, Bloomberg Intelligence's podcast on active management, in an episode titled "Bloomberg's Jim on Europe's Active ETF Outlook". Speaking with the host David Cohne, a mutual fund and active management analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, Jim discussed what is driving the rapid expansion of Europe's active ETF market and why that market's development is likely to differ from the United States. The episode's premise is that rising product launches in Europe do not by themselves signal broad investor adoption.

Jim came to analysis from ETF product development. By his own account on his site, he is a senior ETF product developer who has launched over 100 ETFs in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the UK, spanning global equity and fixed income funds, non-indexed and currency-hedged products, factor ETFs, and tax-sheltered private equity and venture capital vehicles. That account is undated and names neither the firms nor the years.

Jim publishes HEARSAY, which he expands as Henry's ETF Alert, Research, and Strategic Analysis sYstem, a running record of new ETF filings and product launches at etfhearsay.com. An earlier Blogger edition of the same project, kept by an author in London writing on iShares and SPDR products, carries a post dated 11 May 2020.

At Proof of Talk Paris 2026, Jim moderated the panel "Scaling the Distribution Layer for Tokenised Markets" on the Hecto Main Stage, from 11:40 to 12:20 on 3 June, the summit's second day. The panellists were Johann Kerbrat, Tom Zschach, Nikhil Sharma and Stani Kulechov. Jim chaired that session rather than arguing a position in it, and the programme records no other appearance for him at the edition.

The Thesis · on the record

What Henry believes about the next ten years.

01
Europe's active ETF market will not develop as the American one did
On Bloomberg Intelligence's Inside Active podcast, published 25 August 2026, Jim discussed what is driving the rapid expansion of Europe's active ETF market and why its development is likely to differ from the United States. The episode's premise, as the publisher describes it, is that rising product launches do not by themselves signal broad investor adoption.
The Timeline

Years of shipping.

2020
An earlier Blogger edition of his HEARSAY ETF project, at hearsay.henryjim.com, carries a post dated 11 May.
2026
Moderated "Scaling the Distribution Layer for Tokenised Markets" on the Hecto Main Stage at Proof of Talk Paris, 3 June, 11:40 to 12:20, with panellists Johann Kerbrat, Tom Zschach, Nikhil Sharma and Stani Kulechov.
2026
Appeared on Bloomberg Intelligence's Inside Active podcast, published 25 August, discussing the growth of Europe's active ETF market with host David Cohne.
The Body of Work

What they have built, written, and backed.

Built

  • HEARSAY (ETF Hearsay)A personal ETF alert and research record, published at etfhearsay.com, tracking new ETF filings and product launches. Jim expands the name as Henry's ETF Alert, Research, and Strategic Analysis sYstem. An earlier Blogger edition of the project carries a post dated 11 May 2020.
  • Over 100 ETF launchesOn his own site, Jim describes himself as a senior ETF product developer who has launched over 100 ETFs in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the UK, covering global equity and fixed income, non-indexed, currency-hedged and factor ETFs, and tax-sheltered private equity and venture capital vehicles. The page names no employer and gives no dates.

The next Proof of Talk is in Abu Dhabi.

Louvre Abu Dhabi, 3–4 December 2026. Admission is by application, and the room is capped at 2,000.

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