EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (ETFs)
Entrusted with more assets than any other investment firm in the world, iShares offers a lineup of 400+ index and active ETFs that enable advisors to customize any client portfolio.¹
Our passion to innovate has allowed us to meet evolving client needs and lead the way to a better financial future.
iShares offers clients the choice between 400+ index and active ETFs and 100s of ways to tailor portfolios - helping millions of Americans achieve their financial goals.
Core
iShares core ETFs offer the basic building blocks of an investment portfolio.
Fixed Income
iShares fixed income ETFs can help clients meet their goals, whether they be equity diversification, stability, or income.
Factors
iShares factor ETFs provide access to stocks that exhibit factors that historically have driven portfolio returns.
Thematics
iShares thematic ETFs focus on long-term themes, including technological and consumer-driven trends.
Outcome
iShares outcome ETFs are innovative, options-based strategies designed to help investors potentially achieve specific investing goals.
Sustainable
iShares sustainable ETFs can help grow your practice and express your clients’ preferences in their portfolios.
iShares offers active ETFs managed by fundamental equities, global fixed income, systematic, and multi-asset strategy portfolio managers.
in active assets under management.⁸
in ETF assets under management.⁹
TAX EFFICIENCY
Over the past five years, 53% of active mutual funds have distributed capital gains, compared to just 16% of active ETFs. Additionally, the average size of the capital gain was larger for mutual funds, at 3.3% of NAV, compared to 1.2% for active ETFs.10
LOW-COST AND GREATER TRANSPARENCY
Advisors are increasingly turning to active ETFs to pursue alpha or specific outcomes at a low-cost, while closely managing portfolio exposures through daily transparency of holdings.
LIQUIDITY AND MARKET QUALITY
Active ETFs trade just like stocks, offering intraday liquidity on an exchange during market hours.11 The market for active ETFs has also matured over the past four years with daily trading volumes more than doubling and bid-ask spreads narrowing.12
ACCESS TO INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES
BlackRock's active ETF platform provides convenient access to innovative strategies, whether you seek to beat a benchmark, target a specific investment outcome, or access a difficult to index segment of the market.