Best ETF Thought Leadership

Your Investment Content Club Best ETF Thought Leadership finalists are:

• Invesco 

• PGIM Fixed Income 

• PricewaterhouseCoopers

• S&P Dow Jones Indices

• State Street

Invesco - How Can Investors Create Resilient Equity Portfolios Using ETFs?

During times of uncertainty and market volatility, investors can often look to incorporate downside protection into their equity portfolios while staying invested in markets to capture opportunities.

PGIM Fixed Income - CLO ETFs and the Tariff-Induced Stress Test

April’s tariff-driven volatility served as the first meaningful stress test for the collateralized loan obligation (CLO) ETF market. While the asset class generally passed its first test, the experience revealed a notable dispersion in fund performance. Indeed, differences in credit quality, liquidity management—i.e., minimizing bid/ask costs on underlying asset sales and the implicit costs of in-kind redemptions—and variable fees shaped the experience for end investors. Furthermore, traditional ETF liquidity metrics, such as daily trading volume, failed to capture the true cost of liquidity over the volatile stretch. Instead, given the active nature of CLO ETFs, share price fluctuations provided a more accurate indication of liquidity costs over this specific time period.

PricewaterhouseCoopers - ETFs 2029: The Path to $30 Trillion (PwC)

Drawing on the findings from a survey of more than 70 executives from around the world, ETFs 2029: The path to $30 trillion explores the latest trends and future outlook in a fast expanding and evolving exchange-traded funds market.

S&P Dow Jones Indices - ETFs in Insurance General Accounts 2025

Gain insight into how U.S. insurance companies used ETFs in 2024

State Street 2025 - Global ETF Outlook: The Expansion Accelerates

What’s the next big thing for ETFs? State Street's experts share their predictions for the megatrends that are set to shape each major region throughout the year.