2025 etf.com Awards
The etf.com Awards honor the most influential, innovative, and impactful global players in the ETF industry. Our expert panel of editors and judges will capture and carefully analyze each nomination for their significant contributions to the ETF industry.
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Categories
Lifetime Achievement Award
Awarded annually to one individual for outstanding long-term contributions to ETF investor outcomes, whether from a position of media, regulation, product provider, investor, or another category.
Nominees
- Rob Arnott, Partner, Chairman, Research Affiliates
- Bruce Bond, Co-founder & CEO, Innovator Capital Management
- Joanna Gallegos, Co-founder & COO, BondBloxx
- George Milling-Stanley, Chief Gold Strategist, State Street Global Advisors
- Bob Pisani, Senior Markets Correspondent, CNBC
ETF of the Year
Awarded to the ETF that has exhibited outstanding performance in 2024, had stellar flows, and low costs for investors. The winner should demonstrate the innovation and impact the fund has had on investors and the market in 2024.
Nominees
Best New ETF
Awarded to a fund launched in 2024 that has demonstrated outstanding innovation or impact for investors.
Nominees
ETF Issuer of the Year
Awarded to the ETF issuer that has done the most to improve investor outcomes through product introductions, product performance, fund management, asset gathering, investor support, and innovation in 2024.
Nominees
- Capital Group
- GraniteShares
- NEOS Investments
- Pacer ETFS
- Roundhill Investments
- State Street Global Advisors
Best New ETF Issuer
Awarded to the ETF issuer that entered the ETF industry in 2024 and has done the most to improve investor outcomes through product introductions, product performance, fund management, investor support, and innovation. Innovation is a key consideration, and the issuer should showcase a creative and original approach to asset management.
Nominees
- Fundstrat Capital
- MFS Investment Management
- Peerless ETFs
- Quantify Funds
- StockSnips
Best New U.S. Fixed Income ETF
Awarded to an ETF launched in 2024 that has demonstrated outstanding performance, yield, and innovation while investing in U.S. fixed-income assets across various fixed income categories, such as government bonds, corporate bonds, municipal bonds, and other instruments.
Nominees
Best New U.S. Equity ETF
Awarded to a fund launched in 2024 that has demonstrated outstanding performance, flows, and innovation in the U.S. equity market. This award highlights funds that have displayed exceptional capabilities in tracking, managing, or investing in U.S. equities.
Nominees
Best New International Equity ETF
Awarded to a fund that launched in 2024 that has demonstrated outstanding performance and innovation in the international equity market. This award highlights funds that have excelled in tracking or investing in equities that originate outside of the United States.
Nominees
NEW Active ETF of the Year
Awarded to an ETF that has demonstrated exceptional expertise and success managing investments with an active, hands-on approach, including a clear and well-defined strategy that differentiates it from passive index-based ETFs. The ETF should be able to demonstrate its ability to beat its passive counterparts on performance in 2024.
Nominees
Best New Active ETF
Awarded to an ETF launched in 2024 that has demonstrated exceptional expertise and success managing investments with an active, hands-on approach, including a clear and well-defined strategy that differentiates it from passive index-based ETFs. The Best New Active ETF should be able to demonstrate its ability to beat its passive counterparts on performance.
Nominees
Thematic ETF of the Year
Awarded to the most impactful thematic ETF of 2024 that created a novel product for investors. The winner should demonstrate the ability to capture important macro investment strategies that led to specific portfolio outcomes.
Nominees
NEW Commodity ETF of the Year
Awarded to an ETF that has provided investors outstanding performance and success through excellent levels of liquidity and tracking in 2024. A winning fund should also remain competitive in price.
Nominees
NEW Leveraged/Inverse ETF of the Year
Awarded to best leveraged or inverse fund in 2024 that has demonstrated outstanding fund management, volume, and competitive fee costs, to provide the best results for investors outcomes.
Nominees
NEW Emerging Market ETF of the Year
Awarded to a fund that invests in either an individual or group of emerging market economies. The winner of this category will show excellent fund management and composition with outstanding performance to deliver the best investor outcomes in 2024.
Nominees
NEW Crypto ETP of the Year
Awarded to the ETP investing in cryptocurrency or the cryptocurrency industry that has delivered outstanding performance, remained competitive on fees, and has demonstrated innovation and impact for investors in 2024. Nominations should describe how their fund stands ahead of similar funds in the field.
Nominees
Index Provider of the Year
Awarded to the index provider that has done the most to improve investor outcomes in 2024 through product introductions, investor support, and innovation. Nominees should describe the support they provide, and innovation of products.
Nominees
- Bloomberg Indices
- Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP)
- CF Benchmarks/CME Group
- ICE
- MSCI
- Nasdaq
- Research Affiliates
Best New ETF Ticker
Awarded to a unique and often amusing fund name that celebrates a clever, memorable, and distinctive stock symbol or ticker from a recently launched fund in 2024.
Nominees
NEW Best Service Provider of the Year
Awarded to a service provider that supports ETF issuers and their funds through services such as public relations, law, compliance, accounting, custodial, marketing, and go-to-market solutions.
Nominees
- BTIG
- Craft & Capital
- Dechert LLP
- Gregory FCA
- Ropes & Gray LLP
- S&P Global Market Intelligence
- Tidal Financial
- Ultimus Fund Solutions
2025 etf.com Award Judges
Eric Balchunas
Eric Balchunas
Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence
Marguerita Cheng
Marguerita Cheng
CEO at Blue Ocean Global Wealth
Deborah Fuhr
Deborah Fuhr
Managing Partner & Founder at ETFGI
Nate Geraci
Nate Geraci
President of The ETF Store
Lois Gregson
Lois Gregson
Senior ETF Analyst at FactSet
Benjamin Lavine
Benjamin Lavine
CIO at 3D, a Freedom Advisors Company
Aniket Ullal
Aniket Ullal
SVP and Head, ETF Research & Analytics, CFRA
Eric Balchunas
Eric Balchunas
Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence
Marguerita Cheng
Marguerita Cheng
CEO at Blue Ocean Global Wealth
Deborah Fuhr
Deborah Fuhr
Managing Partner & Founder at ETFGI
Nate Geraci
Nate Geraci
President of The ETF Store
Lois Gregson
Lois Gregson
Senior ETF Analyst at FactSet
Benjamin Lavine
Benjamin Lavine
CIO at 3D, a Freedom Advisors Company
Aniket Ullal
Aniket Ullal
SVP and Head, ETF Research & Analytics, CFRA
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Methodology
etf.com Award winners are selected in a three-part process designed to leverage the insights and opinions of leaders throughout the ETF industry.
Step 1
The awards process begins with open nominations, which will commence on December 2, 2024 and close on January 10, 2025. Interested parties are invited to submit nominations via the publicly available submission form. Self-nominations are accepted. A single fund/issuer can be nominated for multiple awards as long as it meets the criteria of the category. All entries related to funds are strictly for U.S.-listed ETFs.
Step 2
Following the open nominations process, the etf.com Awards Nominating Committee, made up of etf.com editorial staff, will review nominations. Nominations are screened for eligibility (appropriate timing and category). If more than five unique entries are received in the nomination process, the members of the Nominating Committee will force-rank their top five, resulting in a final slate for each category. Votes will be resolved on a majority basis, and ties broken where possible with head-to-head runoff votes. If ties cannot be broken, more than five finalists are allowed. The Nominating Committee will complete this process and short list of nominees will be published on etf.com on January 30, 2025.
Step 3
Winners among these finalists will be selected by a majority vote of the etf.com Award panel of judges, a group of independent ETF experts from the ETF industry. Judges will recuse themselves from voting in any category in which they or their firms appear as finalists. Ties will be decided where possible with head-to-head runoff votes. Voting will be complete by March 1, 2025. Results will be kept confidential until they are announced at the etf.com Awards ceremony on April 23, 2025 and published on etf.com following the live event.
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