ETFs & Mutual Funds

Big Three’s Grip on $6.7 Trillion ETF Market Slips for a Sixth Year

  • Vanguard, BlackRock, State Street’s combined share has slipped
  • ‘Deep-pocketed’ newcomers shaking up status quo: Balchunas

Blackrock headquarters in New York. 

Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
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The three heavyweights sitting at the top of the $6.7 trillion exchange-traded fund industry are losing their hold on the market in a slow but steady sea change.

While Vanguard Group Inc., BlackRock Inc. and State Street Global Advisors still command about 79% of all US ETF assets, their combined market share has slipped for six straight years, Bloomberg data show. Their slice was as high as 91% in 2006.