ETF Bonanza Hits Overdrive With 1,000 New Funds Seen for 2025

This year’s whiplash headlines and thrashing in equity markets have done little to slow down the ETF industry.

While tariff and economic news have commanded investor attention, exchange-traded funds issuers have kept busy: they’ve churned out more than 230 new products in the US, a record for a first quarter in data going back to 2015. In comparison, the first three months of 2024 — a year which ended up seeing both a record 700-plus launches and more than $1 trillion in fund inflows — saw 174 brand-new ETFs, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

Issuers, including a growing number of ...