Many are familiar with USAA investment management company as a storied financial planner that has helped out millions of people. Now, exchange traded fund investors can also benefit from the money manager’s years of experience as well.
“USAA is an asset manager for about $150 billion at this point, so not a household name. We are very well known with our membership – mostly the military community and their families,” John Spear, Chief Investment Officer at USAA, said at the Inside ETFs 2018 conference. “That’s potentially 60 million members. So we have a large following, a lot of brand loyalty – probably the most trusted financial services company in the world.”
USAA has also been a long-time investor in ETFs, and more recently, the money manager has stepped into the ETF game with its own suite of offerings. USAA has two actively managed bond ETFs and four smart beta stock ETFs, including USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEArca: USTB), USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEArca: UITB), USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum Blend Index ETF (NYSEArca: ULVM), USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum Blend Index ETF (NYSEArca: USVM), USAA MSCI International Value Momentum Blend Index ETF (NYSEArca: UIVM) and USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum Blend Index ETF (NYSEArca: UEVM).
“Not only do we want to serve our military members, we also want to be out there to the advisor channels and really expand where we are going,” Spear added.