Traditional asset managers that avoided ETFs are now going where the money is.
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A relatively new iShares ETF is set to absorb a $200 million fund later this month.
The ETF business, like the earth, is heating up, and more asset managers have jumped in.
It’s like maintaining a buzz cut, going to the barber and having millimeters shaved off the top.
It’s one of the rare examples of M&A in the ETF industry.
The $18 billion issuer has become the first to ask regulators to make existing shares of an ETF available on the blockchain.
The move may fundamentally change how trading works, but will it offer a real advantage or just endless hours of marginal activity?
Guggenheim Investments, which sold its US ETF line nine years ago, filed for six active funds, including an ultrashort bond product.
Vanguard established separate teams, with one overseeing most of the active stock funds and another bond funds and broad index funds.
The company will use AI to provide portfolio advisors with data from annual meetings to help inform their proxy votes.
Actively managed funds have the potential for outsized returns, but timing is everything. ARK ETFs did well.
ETF Launches, flows and assets were higher than ever in 2025, as issuers and investors expanded into niche categories.
ETFs, particularly strategies built around AI and crypto assets, saw massive growth among RIAs this past year.
Its two diversified bond ETFs can’t match the private-credit allocations of less-liquid vehicles, but they are beating 92% of peers.