The Future of Core Bonds with BlackRock’s Steve Laipply
Key takeaways
- The Future of Core Bonds with Black Rock’s Steve Laipply Behind The Ticker Fri, May 15, 2026 at 12:55 AM GMT+7 2 min read LQD BTOT Bonds.
- You can also listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any of your preferred streaming platforms.
- By integrating previously siloed sectors like high yield, bank loans, and TIPS, it yields roughly 4.57% with 30 basis points of outperformance and less duration risk than the Agg.
The Future of Core Bonds with Black Rock’s Steve Laipply Behind The Ticker Fri, May 15, 2026 at 12:55 AM GMT+7 2 min read LQD BTOT Bonds. This week’s episode of Behind the Ticker features host Brad Roth, CIO of Thor Financial Technologies, talking with Steve Laipply, Managing Director, Global Co-Head of i Shares Fixed Income ETFs at Black Rock, about the i Shares Total USD Fixed Income Market ETF (BTOT). Don’t miss the conversation about how modern fixed income investing needs have grown beyond the Agg and how BlackRock’s BTOT provides one solution for today’s bond investors.
You can also listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any of your preferred streaming platforms. If you would like to watch the video version of this conversation, you can find that here.
The Evolution of Core Fixed Income: Laipply introduces BTOT as the single-ticker solution for owning the modern breadth of te bond market, expanding a universe that traditional indices like the Bloomberg US Agg left incomplete. By integrating previously siloed sectors like high yield, bank loans, and TIPS, it yields roughly 4.57% with 30 basis points of outperformance and less duration risk than the Agg.