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Belongings below administration for U.S. exchange-traded funds might greater than double to $25 trillion by the tip of this decade, Citigroup mentioned on Thursday, as buyers search the more and more fashionable asset class for low-cost, diversified publicity throughout markets.
As of March 2025, the U.S.-listed ETF business’s complete property stood at about $10.4 trillion, in keeping with Citi.
The Wall Road brokerage had beforehand forecast the business’s AUM to hit $19 trillion by 2030 and $29 trillion by 2035.
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Citi mentioned that as of March 2025, the U.S.-listed ETF business’s complete property stood at about $10.4 trillion. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg through Getty Photos)
It now expects greater than $40 trillion by 2035.
“Whereas these projections are extra optimistic than our prior estimates, it nonetheless suggests ETFs can be in a extra mature section of AUM progress as flows (natural) and efficiency (inorganic) drivers can be extra balanced than the earlier ten years,” Citi mentioned.
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A big chunk of the expansion could possibly be pushed by energetic ETFs, investments into that are anticipated to outpace their passive friends, the brokerage mentioned.
| Ticker | Safety | Final | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | CITIGROUP INC. | 124.39 | -0.53 | -0.42% |
Lively ETFs are among the many fastest-growing segments of the ETF market, attracting buyers with versatile methods and decrease prices. Many purpose to outperform a benchmark or ship a selected funding end result, whereas passive ETFs search to trace an index and mirror its efficiency.
“Our base case expects Lively’s market share of ETF AUM to double in ten years as these merchandise achieve (a) better share of business flows,” Citi mentioned in a notice on Thursday.
Different elements supporting progress throughout the business embrace product innovation, simpler ETF launch regulation, adoption of extra refined methods, and demand for versatile, tax-efficient funding options, Citigroup mentioned.
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Merchants work on the ground of the New York Inventory Change (NYSE) on April 4, 2025, in New York Metropolis. (Spencer Platt/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
ETFs monitoring U.S. equities have recorded greater than $75.8 billion in inflows to this point this yr, constructing on greater than $1.1 trillion value of inflows seen within the final two years, in keeping with knowledge from LSEG Lipper.
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In the meantime, U.S.-domiciled ETFs have recorded greater than $435 billion value of inflows to this point this yr, as per LSEG Lipper knowledge.

