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GSIB

GradeBNASDAQ Global Market

Themes Global Systemically Important Banks ETF

Sectors · Themes · Inception 2023-12-15

$62.98−0.79 (−1.24%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT

History starts Dec 15, 2023.
Intraday session: down, 59 prints from 63.77 to 62.98. Range 62.84 to 63.49. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$62.80$63.20$63.4010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.35%
Fund size
$45M
1Y return
+34.7%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.57%
Holdings
29
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$63.89
52W range
low $45.64high $67.77

The ETF.net GSIB Grade

B

56/ 100

Rank 5 of 9 in Banks

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for GSIB. Scores out of 100: Cost 62, Risk 84, Mission not scored, Tradability 22, Holdings 68, Durability 29. Strongest: Risk (84). Weakest: Tradability (22). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 56 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    BScore 62
    Category rank3/9 · top 33%
  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    AScore 84
    Category rank1/9 · top 11%
  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    FScore 22
    Category rank8/9 · bottom quartile
  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    BScore 68
    Category rank4/9 · top 44%
  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    DScore 29
    Category rank9/9 · bottom quartile

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

Our read on GSIB

ETF.net Research

BMost bank ETFs stop at the US border. GSIB goes after the other kind of bank: the world's systemically important ones, roughly 30 global megabanks in a single actively managed portfolio.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks growth of capital through an actively managed portfolio of equity securities issued by companies operating in the global banking sector.

Why people hold it

  1. 01The niche is in the name: global systemically important banks, roughly 30 of them, rather than another basket of US regionals.
  2. 02Genuinely global mandate. Most of the bank-ETF field is domestic (KBE, KBWB, KRE) or single-region (PBEU, European banks).
  3. 030.35% expense ratio, right at the bank-ETF median, and you get an actively managed global sleeve for it instead of a plain index tracker.
  4. 04Spread across megabanks in several regions, so no single country's banking system runs the whole fund. It grades out in the upper half of its bank-ETF peer group.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Launched in 2023, so the live record is short and the asset base is still small next to the established bank ETFs.
  2. 02Thinly traded for its category. Spreads can widen, and limit orders do the heavy lifting.
  3. 03One sector, roughly 30 names, and distributions land once or twice a year rather than monthly.

GSIB Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 5:42 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
29
Top-10 weight
36%
Largest holding
TD3.6%

Sectors

  • Financials100.0%

Geography

  • United States26.49%
  • China19.58%
  • Japan11.54%
  • United Kingdom10.58%
  • France10.21%
  • Canada6.72%
  • Netherlands3.97%
  • Germany3.79%
  • Other countries (2)7.11%

Developed 73% · Emerging 27% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001TDToronto-Dominion Bank/The3.62%13,428$2M32
002HSBCHSBC Holdings PLC3.61%16,060$2M30
003UBSUBS Group AG3.59%32,118$2M27
004RYRoyal Bank of Canada3.59%8,006$2M29
005GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc/The3.59%1,727$2M399
006JPMJPMORGAN CHASE & CO.3.58%4,641$2M478
007BNYBank of New York Mellon Corp/The3.58%10,552$2M386
0083328.HKBank of Communications Co Ltd3.58%1,563,368$2M78
009IDCBYIndustrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd3.57%84,935$2M2
0103988.HKBank of China Ltd3.57%2,125,211$2M98
011INGING Groep NV3.57%44,540$2M27
012MFGMizuho Financial Group Inc3.57%148,167$2M11
013MSMorgan Stanley3.57%8,001$2M423
014SCBFYStandard Chartered PLC3.57%26,540$2M3
015STTState Street Corp3.57%8,854$2M356

Showing 1–15 of 30 holdings

GSIB Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

GSIB$13,465
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. GSIB $13,465. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,102$11,769$14,437Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for GSIB. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodGSIB
Year to date+21.4%
1 month−0.5%
3 months+3.7%
1 year+34.7%
3 yearsFund is under 3 years oldper year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for GSIB
YearReturn barGSIB
2026 YTD+21.4%
2025+61.7%
2024+32.8%
2023+2.4%

Since listing, Dec 15, 2023

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GSIB Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
1.57%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.00Last 12 months
Last payment
$1.00 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Irregular

Distribution history

2024–2026

One bar per payment. 2 payments from 2024 to 2026 YTD. Dec 24, 2024 $0.55; Dec 18, 2025 $1.00. Use the arrow keys to read each point.202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 18, 2025Dec 19, 2025$1.00
Dec 24, 2024Dec 26, 2024$0.55

GSIB Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
12.4%
Annualised · 32 months to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
2.68
vs 3-month T-bills · 32 months to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−17.7%
33 months · trough Apr 2025
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.58
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

GSIB Cost

Expense ratio0.35%
  • The middle half of Banks funds
  • Median 0.35%

1 of the 9 Banks funds charge less.

GSIB costs $35.00 a year on $10,000. The median Banks fund costs $35.00.