etf.com Announces Nominees for 2025 Awards

The etf.com Awards highlight the most impactful players in the ETF industry.

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etf.com is pleased to announce the short list of nominations for the 2025 etf.com Awards. These funds, issuers, providers, and esteemed ETF professionals were selected from hundreds of submissions received across 18 categories. Each nominee underwent a thorough vetting process before being presented to the seven-judge panel. All judges were carefully chosen and represent a diverse array of expertise and perspectives within the ETF industry.  

Award winners will be announced at the in-person Awards gala on April 23, 2024, at Tribeca Rooftop in New York City.  

Monumental Moments for ETFs

This past year the exchange-traded fund industry saw record inflows, surpassing the previous record-breaking year. Actively managed ETFs continued to gain strong momentum and, after years of speculation, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved the first spot bitcoin and spot ether ETFs, marking significant milestones in the cryptocurrency and ETF industries.

This year's Awards saw significant interest and submissions around some of the newly introduced categories, including Crypto ETP of the Year, Active ETF of the Year, and Best Service Provider.  

Nominees for the 2025 etf.com Awards 

Lifetime Achievement Award 

  • Bob Pisani, Senior Markets Correspondent, CNBC  
  • Rob Arnott, Partner, Chairman, Research Affiliates
  • Joanna Gallegos, Co-founder & COO, BondBloxx
  • Bruce Bond, Co-founder & CEO, Innovator Capital Management  
  • George Milling-Stanley, Chief Gold Strategist, State Street Global Advisors

ETF of the Year

  • GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF (NVDL)
  • iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT)
  • Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF (JAAA)
  • Range Nuclear Renaissance Index ETF (NUKZ)
  • Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO

Best New ETF

  • iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT)
  • Range Nuclear Renaissance Index ETF (NUKZ)
  • Texas Capital Government Money Market ETF (MMKT)
  • VanEck Bitcoin ETF (HODL)
  • YieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF (MSTY)

Active ETF of the Year

  • Astoria US Quality Kings ETF (ROE)
  • Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Core Premium Income ETF - SC - United States (GPIX)
  • Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF (JAAA)
  • Strive Enhance Income Short Maturity ETF (BUXX)
  • Vanguard Core Bond ETF (VCRB)
  • Virtus Reaves Utilities ETF (UTES

Best New Active ETF

  • BondBloxx Private Credit CLO ETF (PCMM)
  • Calamos Laddered S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF (CPSL)
  • Fidelity Yield Enhanced Equity ETF (FYEE)
  • NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (QQQI)
  • Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF (XDTE)
  • Vanguard Core Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (VCRM

Best New ETF Ticker

  • iShares U.S. Manufacturing ETF (MADE)
  • Pacer US Cash Cows Bond ETF (MILK)
  • Range Nuclear Renaissance Index ETF (NUKZ)
  • Roundhill GLP-1 and Weight Loss ETF (OZEM)
  • VanEck Bitcoin ETF (HODL)

Best New Fixed Income ETF

  • AB Short Duration High Yield ETF (SYFI)
  • BondBloxx Private Credit CLO ETF (PCMM)
  • Eaton Vance Floating-Rate ETF (EVLN)
  • F/m 10-Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (ZTEN)
  • Schwab Ultra-Short Income ETF (SCUS)
  • Vanguard Core Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (VCRM

Best New International Equity ETF

  • Capital Group International Core Equity ETF (CGIC)
  • Macquarie Focused Emerging Markets Equity ETF (EMEQ)
  • Pacer Nasdaq International Patent Leaders ETF (PATN)
  • Rayliant SMDAM Japan Equity ETF (RAYJ)
  • WisdomTree India Hedged Equity Fund (INDH

Best New U.S. Equity ETF

  • Capital Group Conservative Equity ETF (CGCV)
  • Eagle Capital Select Equity ETF (EAGL)
  • Invesco QQQ Income Advantage ETF (QQA)
  • Peerless Option Income Wheel ETF (WEEL)
  • VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF (SMHX

Commodity ETF of the Year

  • Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (PDBC)
  • Roundhill Bitcoin Covered Call Strategy ETF (YBTC)
  • SPDR Gold Trust (GLD)
  • STKD Bitcoin & Gold ETF (BTGD)
  • USCF SummerHaven Dynamic Commodity Strategy No K-1 Fund (SDCI

Crypto ETP of the Year

  • Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB)
  • Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust (BTC)
  • iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT)
  • Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF (STCE)
  • STKD Bitcoin & Gold ETF (BTGD

Emerging Market ETF of the Year

  • BondBloxx JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets 1-10 Year Bond ETF (XEMD)
  • Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF (XCEM)
  • Invesco FTSE RAFI Emerging Markets ETF (PXH)
  • Global X MSCI Argentina ETF (ARGT)
  • Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (ASHR

Leveraged/Inverse ETF of the Year

  • Direxion Daily Concentrated Qs Bear 1X Shares (QQQD)
  • GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF (NVDL)
  • ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ)
  • Roundhill Daily 2X Long Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGX)
  • T-Rex 2X Long NVIDIA Daily Target ETF (NVDX

Thematic ETF of the Year

  • Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF (BLOK)
  • First Trust SkyBridge Crypto Industry and Digital Economy ETF (CRPT)
  • Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF (AIQ)
  • Invesco AI And Next Gen Software ETF (IGPT)
  • Range Nuclear Renaissance Index ETF (NUKZ

ETF Issuer of the Year

  • Capital Group
  • GraniteShares
  • NEOS Investments
  • Pacer ETFS
  • Roundhill Investments
  • State Street Global Advisors

Best New ETF Issuer

  • Fundstrat Capital
  • MFS Investment Management
  • Peerless ETFs
  • Quantify Funds
  • StockSnips 

Index Provider of the Year

  • Bloomberg Indices
  • Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP)
  • CF Benchmarks/CME Group
  • ICE
  • MSCI
  • Nasdaq
  • Research Affiliates

Best Service Provider of the Year

  • BTIG
  • Craft & Capital  
  • Dechert LLP
  • Gregory FCA
  • Ropes & Gray LLP
  • S&P Global Market Intelligence
  • Tidal Financial  
  • Ultimus Fund Solutions

2025 etf.com Awards Sponsors

The event would not be a success without the support and involvement of our partners and sponsors. We are pleased to thank our current sponsors, including: Vident, Invesco, Center for Research in Security Prices, MSCI, Innovator, Vanguard, and our official PR partner, Gregory FCA.

Early bird tickets to attend the awards are now available! To purchase your tickets, please visit our awards page here. If you are interested in a table or sponsorship opportunity, please email [email protected].

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