JPMorgan Asset Management plans to manage $1 trillion in active exchange-traded funds within five years

March 19, 2024--March 19, 2024--JP MORGAN Asset Management (JPMAM) chief executive George Gatch has set an ambitious target to expand assets in the group's active exchange-traded funds (ETF) business by more than five times to US$1 trillion in five years, from the current US$164 billion.

Speaking at its international media conference in London last week, Gatch said the growth of actively managed ETFs, in a space dominated by passive index trackers, is "one of the most fundamental changes in the asset management market".

IMF World Economic Outlook -Global Economy in Flux, Prospects Remain Dim October 2025

October 14, 2025-- While the near-term forecast is revised up modestly, global growth remains subdued, as the newly introduced policies slowly come into focus
The global economy is adjusting to a landscape reshaped by new policy measures. Some extremes of higher tariffs were tempered, thanks to subsequent deals and resets. But the overall environment remains volatile, and temporary factors that supported activity in the first half of 2025-such as front-loading are fading.