BlackRock Chief Investment Officer of Fixed Income Rick Rieder said investors underestimate actively managed fixed income exchange-traded funds.
He told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week that one of his firm’s newest fixed income funds, the BlackRock Flexible Income ETF (BINC), has outperformed peers because its allocations are based on current market opportunity.
“The beauty of this active ETF is we can move around and take advantage of where the opportunity is,” said Rieder, who manages roughly $2.6 trillion in fixed income assets. “I think active ETFs in fixed income, people underestimate.”
BINC has gained 0.28% since its May 23 debut, as of Friday’s close. The benchmark iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) fell 3.89%, and the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) lost 0.16% during the same period.
The fund’s biggest allocation currently is in…
