Widespread in the United States, the ETF (Indexed funds) begin to obtain relevance also in Brazil. With lower costs than traditional funds and greater liquidity, they bring benefits to the investor and were present in the ETF 2025 week, an event held at B3 who brought together regulators, managers and managers to discuss the future of the sector.
In the United States, ETFs already represent one of the pillars of the investment sector, with the equity that exceeds that of conventional funds. THE Number of ETF listed There it already goes beyond individual actions.
In Brazil, although still mature, this market expands and becomes more sophisticated every year. With ease of negotiation and access to different classes of activity – fixed income Etf Crypto emerge as central tools in the new phase of the national financial market.
Global scenario and prospects for Brazil
The ETF industry already moves trillion dollars in the world and should become even more dominant in the coming years. “ETFs will master the investment sector“Said Renato Nobil, CEO of Buena Vista. He underlined that this vehicle today concentrates much of the financial innovation, flexibility and competitive costs.
“Pix was a revolution in payments. ETFs will have a similar effect on investments“AndrĂ©s Kikuchi, from Nu asset.
In Brazil, the sector is still young, but grows quickly. According to Thalita Provat, the B3 share superintendent, the average daily negotiation volume increased from $ 300 million in 2018 to $ 1.8 billion in 2025, with an average expansion rate of 20% per year. “There are already more than 650 thousand individual investors positioned in the ETFs,” he said.
RogĂ©rio Santana, director of B3 reports, underlined that the trend is irreversible: “ETFs have become extremely relevant in the world, in some countries they already exceed the traditional funds industry. In Brazil, the process is in full advance, with rapid growth”.
CauĂª Mançros, CEO of Investra, reminded him Brazil follows the steps from abroad. “In the United States, it took 10 years to reach the current phase and 10 others to accelerate exponentially. Here we are still at the beginning, but I hope it doesn’t take so long.”
Diversification and international access
One of the main attractions discussed during the event was the use of ETF as gateway for global investments. JP Morgan’s Keegan ball stressed that BDR Etfs eliminate barriers: “Application to global Etf facilitates international exposure, without the need to open an account outside the country and negotiate to Reais”.
THE Blackrockwhich has recently expanded to 181 The number of ETF listed on B3has strengthened the importance of international diversification. Cindy Shimide recalled that the expectation of the “right moment” to diversify abroad rarely generates better results. “The idea seems intuitive, but the data show that it is not so,” he said.
Nobil stressed that ETFs are already seen as versatile tools. “These are vehicles that allow any type of allocation in any class of activity.”
Global X Flavio Vegas added: “With an international ETF listed on B3, the investor does not need to open an account abroad or manage the back of currency”.
Innovation: Cryp and Intelligent Beta
In addition to the actions and fixed income, the ETFs have expanded the boundaries. In Brazil, there are already 24 listed funds that accompany cryptocurrency rates, moving $ 100 million per day on average. For JoĂ£o Piccioni, of empiricus asset, ignoring this sector can be expensive: “Anyone who sets this class aside in the coming years will lose a large return carrier”.
The QR Theodoro Fleury resource agrees: “Bitcoin has a low correlation with other classes of activity and still works as currency diversification”. Hashdex Henry Oyama, on the other hand, underlined that the performance of these activities depend more on technological adoption than on macroeconomic factors.
Another increasing aspect is the Etfs Smart Betawho try to capture specific factors such as low volatility or dividends. AndrĂ©s Kikuchi, CEO of Nu Asset, explained: “The process of structuring intelligent beta is similar to that of an active manager: selecting a universe of actions, filtering and applying criteria to generate value”.
What are the ETFs
Exchange funds (ETF) are negotiated on the stock market that accompanies market indices, such as IBovespa B3 or active thematic portfolios.
They allow the investor, in a single operation, to access a diversified portfolio of securities, fixed or even cryptographic income securities. With more competitive rates and more liquidity than traditional funds, they have consolidated as an alternative practical allocation in Brazil and abroad.
“The ETF is a product of Supersimoni, despite the letters of letters,” said Ricardo EleutĂ©rio of Bradesco Asset Management. According to him, simplicity and tax advantage help to explain the expansion in the Brazilian market.
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Source: Terra

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