Top performing · Issuer · ranked by 1-year total return

Top-performing New York Life ETFs

New York Life runs 14 US-listed ETFs with $7.01B in combined net assets.

Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, the best performer among funds with at least $25 million in assets was HFXI (+17.6%); the median fund returned +5.2%.

Expense ratios run from 0.09% to 0.81% a year (median 0.3%).

The 10 top performers

Top-performing New York Life ETFs
# Fund 30 daysNet assetsCostYield1 moYTD1 yr3 yr5 yr
1 HFXI IQ FTSE International Equity Currency Neutral ETF $2.03B0.2%3.19%-3.1%+14.3%+17.6%+22.0%+11.6%
2 IQSU IQ Candriam ESG U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF $327.5M0.09%0.89%-0.4%+16.0%+15.9%+22.0%+11.1%
3 IQSM NYLI Candriam U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF $329.7M0.15%1.05%+0.4%+13.6%+14.3%+18.0%—
4 LRND NYLI U.S. Large Cap R&D Leaders ETF $398.5M0.14%0.32%-2.4%+15.3%+14.0%+26.0%—
5 IQSI NYLI Candriam International Equity ETF $267.6M0.15%2.73%-0.8%+10.6%+11.8%+19.0%+7.9%
6 QAI NYLI Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF $1.01B0.81%1.4%-1.7%+6.7%+6.6%+9.4%+4.2%
7 MNA NYLI Merger Arbitrage ETF $251.5M0.78%0%-0.4%+2.8%+2.6%+5.8%+2.5%
8 IWLG NYLI Winslow Large Cap Growth ETF $312.0M0.5%0%-2.7%+3.8%+0.2%+23.9%—
9 MMIT NYLI MacKay Muni Intermediate ETF $1.46B0.3%3.6%+3.0%-0.2%+0.2%+4.2%+0.9%
10 MMCA NYLI MacKay California Muni Intermediate ETF $89.6M0.36%3.36%+2.9%-0.9%-0.3%+4.4%—

Funds with less than $25 million in net assets and leveraged or inverse funds are left out of the ranking. Returns are total returns with distributions reinvested (3 and 5 years annualized), as of Oct 27, 2026.

How the top 5 compare

    Growth of each fund’s value from the start of the range, distributions reinvested. The dashed gray line is the S&P 500 (SPY).

    All 14 New York Life ETFs

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    All New York Life ETFs
    Fund KindNet assetsCostYieldYTD1 yr5 yr
    HFXI IQ FTSE International Equity Currency Neutral ETF Developed markets$2.03B0.2%3.19%+14.3%+17.6%+11.6%
    MMIT NYLI MacKay Muni Intermediate ETF Intermediate municipal$1.46B0.3%3.6%-0.2%+0.2%+0.9%
    QAI NYLI Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF Actively managed$1.01B0.81%1.4%+6.7%+6.6%+4.2%
    MMIN NYLI MacKay Muni Insured ETF Municipal$462.5M0.3%4.12%-0.8%-0.6%+0.3%
    LRND NYLI U.S. Large Cap R&D Leaders ETF Large-cap$398.5M0.14%0.32%+15.3%+14.0%—
    IQSM NYLI Candriam U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF Mid-cap$329.7M0.15%1.05%+13.6%+14.3%—
    IQSU IQ Candriam ESG U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF ESG and screened$327.5M0.09%0.89%+16.0%+15.9%+11.1%
    IWLG NYLI Winslow Large Cap Growth ETF Large-cap growth$312.0M0.5%0%+3.8%+0.2%—
    IQSI NYLI Candriam International Equity ETF Developed markets$267.6M0.15%2.73%+10.6%+11.8%+7.9%
    MNA NYLI Merger Arbitrage ETF Actively managed$251.5M0.78%0%+2.8%+2.6%+2.5%
    MMCA NYLI MacKay California Muni Intermediate ETF Intermediate California municipal$89.6M0.36%3.36%-0.9%-0.3%—
    IWFG NYLI Winslow Focused Large Cap Growth ETF Large-cap growth$60.5M0.46%0%+0.9%-2.6%—
    WRND NYLI Global Equity R&D Leaders ETF World, including US$10.4M0.18%0.95%+14.4%+12.9%—
    REIX NYLIM CBRE Real Estate & Infrastructure ETF Real estate$6.9M0.45%2.73%+6.3%+5.2%—

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