As of March 7, 2024, State Street’s SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust was the highest valued exchange-traded fund (ETF) globally, with a market capitalization of over 467 billion U.S. dollars. The market capitalization of an ETF is calculated by multiplying the number of shares issued in the fund by the share price. This ETF is also the largest ETF by assets under management - although, at over 1.2 trillion U.S. dollars, the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund is overall the largest investment fund by AUM. However, the Vanguard fund is different because shares in the fund are sold as various different products, some of which are structured as ETFs (like the third-largest fund listed in this statistic), while others are structured as traditional mutual funds.
ETFs are similar to mutual funds, in that they consist of a pool of investors’ funds which are managed by an independent third party for the purpose of a common financial investment. However, ETFs differ through how shares in the fund are bought and sold through a stock exchange, rather than directly from the fund manager. This provides the advantages of generally lower prices (as the transaction costs are paid by the exchange operator rather than the fund manager), and the possibility of intraday trading (as shares in a traditional mutual fund can only be bought and sold after the close of daily trading. The total assets managed by ETFs globally is almost six times lower than that of mutual funds, although the gap in AUM between ETFs and mutual funds in the United States is much lower, at just over three times less.
Who are the largest ETF providers?
The largest provider of ETFs globally is Blackrock, the world’s largest asset management company. As of July 2022, the company had more than 2.1 trillion U.S. dollars of assets under management in exchange traded funds in the U.S. alone, while Blackrock’s total assets under management across all products reached almost ten trillion U.S. dollars. Rounding out the top three providers of ETFs are fellow U.S asset managers Vanguard and State Street.
As of March 7, 2024, State Street's SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust was the highest valued exchange-traded fund (ETF) globally, with a market capitalization of over 467 billion U.S. dollars.
BlackRock's iShares is the largest provider of ETFs as calculated by assets under management. Other major ETF providers include Vanguard, State Street, Invesco, and Charles Schwab.
As of March 7, 2024, State Street's SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust was the highest valued exchange-traded fund (ETF) globally, with a market capitalization of over 467 billion U.S. dollars. The market capitalization of an ETF is calculated by multiplying the number of shares issued in the fund by the share price.
The largest International ETF is the Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF VEA with $133.77B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing International ETF was GBTC at 316.61%. The most recent ETF launched in the International space was the Genter Capital Taxable Quality Intermediate ETF GENT on 05/22/24.
The largest Financials ETF is the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund XLF with $38.73B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing Financials ETF was CONL at 625.06%. The most recent ETF launched in the Financials space was the Tuttle Capital Daily 2X Inverse Regional Banks ETF SKRE on 01/03/24.
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