Industry participants discuss the growing trend of derivative-based funds at SRP Americas 2025 conference held in Scottsdale, Arizona this week.

The outcome-based ETF market has skyrocketed, with assets under management surpassing US$70 billion in July 2025, data from Cboe shows. The autocall is such a phenomenal vehicle to deliver stable income - Matt Kaufmann, Calamos Investments The derivatives regulatory update from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in October 2020, also known as Rule 18f-4, has established a framework for ETF issuers on the use of derivatives and played one of the key drivers to standardise the deriva