The Goldman Sachs Group has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire NEOS Investments, a specialized provider of systematic options-based income exchange-traded funds (ETFs). NEOS, one of the fastest-growing ETF platforms, manages $30 billion in assets across 19 options-based income ETFs as of June 30, 2026. Through this acquisition, Goldman Sachs Asset Management expands its offering of sophisticated derivative-based ETF solutions to help meet the growing demand and broad range of global portfolio needs for investors and advisors.
Growth in derivative income ETFs has accelerated as investors expect modern solutions to deliver attractive income, navigate interest rate volatility and manage risk in the transparent, tax-efficient ETF wrapper. Industrywide, derivative income ETFs have grown to approximately $180 billion in assets under management (AUM) and represent one of the fastest-growing categories of ETFs, with a compound annual growth rate of more than 70 per
