Episode summary
ETF Trends and Market Insights with J.P. Morgan & Nasdaq
ETF Prime
· · Guests: Travis Spence, Jillian DelSignore
Summary
J.P. Morgan Asset Management is using its ETF platform to push active management across both equities and fixed income, and Travis Spence says that focus is driving the firm’s growth. He points to 70 ETFs, nearly $240 billion in assets, and about $41 billion in year-to-date inflows, with all recent flows going into active strategies. He argues that the appeal is the combination of ETF convenience, transparency, liquidity, and the potential for better outcomes, while the firm’s research depth and integrated portfolio management give it an edge.
Spence said the biggest active ETF growth has initially come from income and ultrashort strategies like JEPQ, JEPI, and JPST, but he expects the core opportunity to expand into traditional sectors such as large cap blend, value, growth, and core-plus bonds. He also said model portfolios are becoming a major distribution channel, with active ETFs moving from the edges of portfolios into the core.
Jillian DelSignore framed the broader ETF market around three themes: income, crypto, and international. She said covered call and other derivatives-based products have seen strong demand, that diversified crypto baskets are gaining interest, and that advisers are increasingly looking for international exposure as a way to get back toward neutral allocations. She also emphasized that distribution is becoming more data-driven, with AI and predictive analytics helping wholesalers target advisers more effectively.
Key takeaways
- Travis Spence said J.P. Morgan’s ETF business is still centered on active management, with all recent flows going into active ETFs and $41 billion of inflows year to date.
- Spence argued that the next big growth leg for active ETFs is in traditional core exposures, not just covered call and ultrashort income products.
- Spence expects model portfolios to become a bigger driver of active ETF adoption, especially in fixed income.
- Jillian DelSignore said derivatives-based income ETFs remain one of the hottest parts of the market, with NASDAQ-linked products drawing major flows.
- DelSignore said advisers are increasingly asking for international exposure as a diversification tool and a move back toward neutral portfolio weights.
- DelSignore said ETF distribution is becoming more data- and AI-driven, with wholesalers using predictive tools to reach the right advisers.
Notable quotes
“we're probably on on course for a record year as well”
“the convenience of the ETF vehicle with that opportunity to have better investment outcomes”
“this insatiable appetite for income, for yield”
“they're really looking for that guidance with the sheer volume of products”
How the episode opens
I think that you people think about the NASDAQ 100 painter, right? So this the the innovation, right? They want to be extremely specific companies part of the NASA 100 and then we're starting to see the NASDAQ 100 years more core building.
All right, joining me will be Travis Spence, global head of ETFs at JP Morgan Asset Management, who is now up to 70 ETFs, nearly $240 billion in assets, including about $41 billion in inflow so far this year. 41 billion. That's third best out of all ETF issuers.
And if you look at just actively managed ETFs, they're actually number one in inflows this year. And of course, there are some huge success stories here with the uh two premium income ETFs, Jeppy and JPE Q. They also have the JP Morgan Ultrashort Income ETF, ticker JPS, which that continues to see a lot of investor interest.
Plus, they have several new launches as well, which have done excellent. So, as a matter of fact, the JP Morgan Mortgage Back Securities ETF, ticker JMTG, that just launched in June. It's already nearing $6 billion in assets.
It's one of the top ETF launches over the past two years. I mean, I could keep going here. They have an active high yield ETF, which launched in June and immediately raised over $2 billion.
The bottom line is that JP Morgan's ETF business is absolutely cooking right now. And so Travis and I will have a full conversation around that and how he sees their business evolving moving forward. Now later I'll be joined by Jillian Delenor, head of retail and wealth distribution strategy at NASDAQ indexes.
and I'll have her explain this, but essentially her role is to help support investment products tracking those NASDAQ indexes and also ones powered by NASDAQ Dorsy Wright.
From the episode’s captions: roughly the first two minutes, lightly cleaned. Keep watching on YouTube →
Topics
- etf lineup expansion
- market outlook
- etf distribution
- retail and wealth distribution strategy
- industry trends
Companies and tickers mentioned
- JPM
- NDAQ
- J.P. Morgan
- Nasdaq
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