

High-yield corporate debt and the related ETFs delivered solid performances in 2025. More of the same is expected this year.

DWS has operated in the ETF space via its Xtrackers family of funds in the US for nearly 20 years. It has flown under the radar compared to the largest ETF issuers.

The ETF Issuer League Table includes ETF issuers of all sizes, from BlackRock's iShares suite and Vanguard's roster of low fee, each with hundreds of billions worth of ETF AUM, to smaller shops with just a few billion dollars across their ETF lineup.

Flows into U.S. equities and U.S. fixed income ETFs topped $28 billion and $13 billion, respectively, despite challenged markets. U.S.

International high dividend exchange traded fund strategies can potentially help investors diversify and generate steady yields. In the recent webcast, Rates Rising?

As headwinds at home grow stiffer, investors are starting to turn to overseas markets to source income. On average, international high-dividend stocks have posted higher yields than U.S.-based ones every year since 1999.

Lipper High Yield ETFs attracted $2.7 billion in new money last week after posting their largest weekly performance since the first week of September (+0.43%). Lipper High Yield classification has outperformed all other general domestic taxable fixed income Lipper classifications on a month-to-date (+0.48%), year-to-date (+4.88%), and trailing one-year basis (+8.22%).

Investors turn to under-the-radar ETF choices in the junk bond space.
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