BlackRock’s Rieder Launches Second ETF After $400 Million Debut

  • BRTR charges 38 basis points and holds fixed-income securities
  • Rieder’s first ETF has handily outperformed its benchmark

Rick Rieder

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BlackRock Inc. bond chief Rick Rieder is expanding his footprint in the $7.8 trillion ETF industry with the launch of his second fund.

The BlackRock Total Return ETF, which began trading Thursday under the ticker BRTR, is actively managed by a team led by Rieder, according to a press releaseBloomberg Terminal. It launches roughly seven months after Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of global fixed income, brought the $413 million BlackRock Flexible Income ETF (ticker BINC) to market.