

August 2026 was a blockbuster month for ETF acquisitions. As Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi, recently highlighted, the ETF industry is firing on all cylinders, attracting massive inflows and racing toward a potential new record.

I spent the last two weeks in Australia hanging out with kangaroos and koalas. However, the ETF market didn't take a vacation while I was away.

Leading asset managers T. Rowe Price announced the acquisition of $19 billion F/m Investments in a press release Thursday afternoon.

Every large brokerage offers an idle cash sweep, and most pay well under 1%. Schwab's bank sweep, Fidelity's FCASH, Merrill Edge's cash program, and comparable vehicles at other firms funnel uninvested balances into affiliated or partner banks that earn the full short-term rate and pass along a small fraction.

Considering where bond yields sit, along with geopolitical pressures and potential policy from the Fed, there are plenty of ways for advisors and investors to play the fixed income market at the moment. This is certainly true for U.S. Treasury ETFs, as well.

A 68-year-old retiree who moved $180,000 out of stocks and into the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) in late 2024 was making a directional rate bet.

Exchange 2026 brought together experts and leaders from firms of all kinds to share ideas, showcase investment perspectives, and discuss the latest market innovations. Alex Morris, CEO of F/m Investments, sat down with the VettaFi team to talk about today's fixed income environment, the F/m fund lineup, and much more.

Alpine Bank Wealth Management increased its stake in shares of US Treasury 3 Month Bill ETF (NASDAQ: TBIL) by 28.5% in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 222,955 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 49,494
SEC filings for TBIL aren't indexed yet — common for recently launched funds. Browse the issuer's filings on SEC EDGAR directly.