Key facts
- Issuers are promoting both new and classic autocallable ETF structures.
- Assets in older autocallable ETF structures have grown significantly.
- These older structures are now competing with newer volatility-target versions.
- The autocallable ETF market has a total of $3.4 billion in assets.
- This niche segment of the market emerged approximately one year ago.
In the rapidly expanding niche of autocallable exchange-traded funds, issuers are actively promoting both new and classic structures as they vie for market share. Although the total assets in this segment, which emerged only about a year ago, are relatively small at $3.4 billion, the efforts to attract investors with innovative, higher-yielding structures reflect a broader competition between established and novel approaches in the $100 billion autocallable market.