##  [# JP Morgan Leading ETF Race To Zero](/sections/news/jp-morgan-leading-etf-race-zero) 

 

# JP Morgan Leading ETF Race To Zero

 

 

Financial giant makes another aggressive move in the ETF space.



 

 

 

 

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[By Heather Bell](/contributors/heather-bell)

 Mar 11, 2019

 Edited by: Heather Bell

 

 

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A soon-to-launch ETF from J.P. Morgan will put the issuer at the lead in the ETF industry’s race to zero-fee expense ratios.

The [JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF (BBUS)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1485894/000119312519070154/d716519d497k.htm) is scheduled to make its debut on Wednesday, with an expense ratio of just 0.02%, undercutting the handful of funds that charge 0.03%—previously the lowest expense ratio available in the U.S.—for similar exposure.

BBUS will join [J.P. Morgan’s BetaBuilders family of ETFs](https://www.etf.com/topics/jpmorgan-etfs), the first of which rolled out last year and shook things up in the country ETF space. The [JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF (BBJP)](https://www.etf.com/bbjp) charges just 0.19% for plain-vanilla exposure to Japan’s stock market, far less than the 0.47% charged by the [iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ)](https://www.etf.com/ewj).

**Cheap Bond ETFs Coming**

With assets flowing into the fund from J.P. Morgan’s clients, BBJP is now at $3.5 billion in assets under management (AUM), steadily gaining on the nearly $15 billion in AUM held by EWJ (read [“**JP Morgan Biggest Buyer Of Its ETFs”**](https://www.etf.com/sections/features-and-news/jpm-biggest-buyer-own-etfs?nopaging=1)).

Also due to launch at the same time is the first bond ETF in the BetaBuilders family, the [JPMorgan BetaBuilders 1–5 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (BBSA)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1485894/000119312519070148/d649335d497k.htm), which will track the Bloomberg Barclays Short-Term U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

BBSA will carry an expense ratio of 0.05%, which puts it solidly among the very cheapest ETFs, and makes it the cheapest short-term ETF, undercutting the [Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCSH)](https://www.etf.com/vcsh) and the [Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV)](https://www.etf.com/bsv), which both charge 0.07%.

*Heather Bell can be reached at <hbell@etf.com>*



 

 

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