TCW Flexible Income ETF

FLXR

Market cap $1.8B

Jennifer Grancio, TCW global head of ETFs, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss ETF activity, market competition, and much more.

Current macro conditions favor short-term, high-quality bond funds. FLXR is one such ETF. It boasts a diversified, well-balanced portfolio with a focus on high-quality MBS, delivering above-average risk-adjusted returns and low volatility. It has outperformed most of its peers since its listing too, including those targeting a similar market niche with similar characteristics and investment thesis.

FLXR, originally a mutual fund, successfully converted to an ETF in June 2024, leading to a significant four-fold increase in AUM to nearly $1.4 billion. The fund is actively managed, allowing it to dynamically allocate across diverse fixed income sectors (including a current overweight in MBS), credit qualities, and maturities both domestically and globally. FLXR has consistently outperformed a cohort of multi-sector bond ETF peers over the past three years, with a 1-year total return exceeding 9.5%, while demonstrating relatively controlled drawdowns.

On this week's episode of ETF Prime, Kirsten Chang, senior industry analyst at VettaFi, joins host Nate Geraci to provide a comprehensive overview of current trends and investor sentiment in the fixed income ETF space. Later, Tidal's Mike Venuto highlights the latest developments in ETF innovation.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The TCW Group, a leading global asset manager, today announced that it has named Scott Dennis as the firm's Head of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).

Talk about a wild ride for interest rates. Market odds have gone from pricing in three or four rate cuts this year to pricing in just one or two following the U.S./China trade truce last weekend.

Diversification across asset classes is prudent in today's uncertain economic environment. FLXR can be a strong core bond holding in passive buy-and-hold portfolios. FLXR outperforms passive bond ETFs like AGG and BND due to the nature of bond indices weighting allocations by issuance rather than quality. FLXR's different allocations, particularly an increase in mortgage-backed securities and a decrease in U.S. treasury assets have lowered volatility and offered better returns compared to other active bond funds.

Jeffrey Katz, TCW managing director, and Alex Morris, F/m Investments CEO, talk with CNBC's Bob Pisani on 'ETF Edge' to debate if bond are still a safe haven amid heighted concerns about inflation and tariffs.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The TCW Group, Inc., a leading global asset manager, today announced that its recently-launched fixed income ETF platform now manages in excess of $1.2 billion in assets. TCW is known in the industry for excellence in both the public and private segments of fixed income, and now offers six actively managed fixed income ETFs to deliver its expertise to a wider range of investors. TCW entered the ETF business in late 2023 with the acquisition of Engine No. 1's ETF bu.

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