Between The Numbers

BlackRock Lands iShares for $13.5 Billion: Who's Next?

I love ETFs, they are a great way for a sponsor company to do basically nothing and then pass the savings on to the investor. They make sense for all types of investors and investment goals, so continued growth in the industry is likely for years to come considering that ETFs are still only a small slice of the mutual fund pie. I'd love to see some more targeted bond ETFs come on the market, and there is still lots of room to grow in the non-equity ETF markets (commodities, real estate, bonds, etc). PowerShares has really made some waves with their leveraged indexes (not that they don't come without issues), and WisdomTree's offerings are creative and try not to replicate existing ETFs exactly. Both would be a great play for companies that could afford to buy them without going crazy on the leverage (because tends to AUM grow slowly and ETFs can't charge fees to make big margins).