Long gone are the days where ETFs are synonymous with broad market passive strategies. The SEC ETF rule in 2019 widen ETF's operational flexibility and make the ETF a practical rapper for a vast array of strategies. Active bond ETFs have been a notable beneficiary of these developments.Investor can now easily access active fixed income managers while enjoying ETFs trading convenience and transparency. This new crop of bond ETFs also tend to bear lower fee than mutual funds, making them formidable competitio ...

"The September dot plot indicated that the Fed's base case was also for two more cuts this year, but with a narrow 10-9 split among the committee. We believe this baseline is firmer than the split suggests however, assuming (Chairman Jerome) Powell and other core Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members were among those backing two cuts,†added GSAM. The Federal Reserve has delivered two interest rate cuts this year. And there's significant momentum for actively managed bond ETFs. Those two factors bode ...