Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 ⁠A topical newsletter from CIO ETFs and Indexing A newsletter for institutional investors, spotlighting the latest news about exchange-traded funds and indexing. SPONSORED AD Asset Allocation ETFs Saw $121B in Inflows in July, $677B for Year to Date Investors piled into equity and fixed-income exchange-traded funds, while dumping small-cap exposure. Asset Allocation Data, Custom Indexing Reshape Public Equity Portfolios Investors are increasingly seeking to customize their investments to their specific mandates. Asset Allocation Fixed-Income Benchmarks Become More Customized Technology, data collection and better funded statuses have asset owners rethinking traditional benchmarks. Alternatives Measuring Hedge Fund Performance Has Its Limitations Benchmarks are a key part of the discussion as investors look for ways to quantify the funds’ contributions of different exposures to generate returns. Alternatives BlackRock, Fidelity, Grayscale Dominate Crypto ETF Assets Amidst Institutional Interest The firms’ offerings made up 85% of all crypto AUM, while separate research found 75% of investors expect cryptocurrency to soon become part of institutional allocations. Risk Is an Equal-Weighted Index a Safer Bet Than Cap-Weighted? Nope. Same-sizing the portfolio members means steeper drops and less robust outperformances, says Sam Stovall. Opinion The Evolution and Revolution of Active Fixed-Income ETFs J.P. Morgan Asset Management investors examine how these funds can help integrate all corners of the bond market into allocators’ portfolios. Market Moves Institutional Investors Drive Surge in Bond ETFs BlackRock expects bond ETF assets to more than triple to $6 trillion worldwide within five years.   Did someone forward you this newsletter? Sign up here to get Chief Investment Officer Spotlight directly in your mailbox!

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