The Future of the ETF Industry: Trends & Thoughts From the Morningstar ETF Conference

The ETF industry has rapidly evolved over the past decade. There were roughly 350 ETFs in 2006; currently, there are more than 1,900 ETFs competing for over $2 trillion in assets under management in the United States. One of the primary reasons for this rapid rise in ETF usage is because ETFs give institutional and retail investors the ability to express and execute their investment views in an efficient, low-cost, highly liquid, tax efficient and transparent way – something that was not previously available to them.