Behind the Ticker
Behind the Ticker
Brad Roth
The Entire US Bond Market in One Ticker | Steve Laipply, BlackRock iShares
30 minutes Posted May 10, 2026 at 4:00 am.
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Steve Laipply is the Global Co-Head of iShares Fixed Income ETFs at BlackRock — overseeing roughly a trillion dollars in bond ETF assets. His path into the category started not with a job posting but with a moment of personal frustration trying to buy a two-year treasury note and a colleague suggesting he just buy a bond ETF instead. That curiosity led him to BGI, the iShares predecessor, where he joined a small team that helped build the bond ETF category from the ground up. In this episode,...