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WisdomTree Investments, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘XML’

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 3/01/17  WisdomTree Investments, Inc.      10-K       12/31/16   94:6.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                Purchased (and Fair Value Measurement) -                         
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
58: R44         Securities Owned and Securities Sold, but not yet   HTML     38K 
                Purchased (and Fair Value Measurement) - Schedule                
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                (Detail)                                                         
59: R45         Securities Owned and Securities Sold, but not yet   HTML     39K 
                Purchased (and Fair Value Measurement) - Schedule                
                of Unrealized Gains, Losses and Fair Value of AFS                
                Securities (Detail)                                              
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                Securities Held-to-Maturity (Detail)                             
61: R47         Securities Held-to-Maturity - Schedule of           HTML     37K 
                Unrealized Gains, Losses and Fair Value of                       
                Securities Held-to-Maturity (Detail)                             
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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                Profile of Securities Held-to-Maturity (Detail)                  
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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                Minimum Lease Payments (Detail)                                  
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                Receivable from Related Parties (Detail)                         
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                from Advisory Services Provided to Related Parties               
                (Detail)                                                         
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                Information (Detail)                                             
71: R57         Stock-Based Awards - Additional Information         HTML     73K 
                (Detail)                                                         
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                Stock-Based Compensation Expense and Average                     
                Remaining Vesting Period (Detail)                                
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                Restricted Stock Activity (Detail)                               
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                Restricted Stock Activity (Parenthetical) (Detail)               
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                Stock Options Outstanding (Detail)                               
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                Activity (Detail)                                                
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                Contributions (Detail)                                           
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                Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail)                              
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                Income Tax Expense (Detail)                                      
81: R67         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     39K 
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                Income Tax Rate and Company's Effective Rate                     
                (Detail)                                                         
83: R69         Income Taxes - Schedule of Net Operating Losses     HTML     38K 
                for Tax Purposes - Non-U.S. (Detail)                             
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Indefinite-lived Intangible Asset (Detail)                       
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 4/29/22  WisdomTree, Inc.                  10-K/A     12/31/21   14:1.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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