ETFGI Press Release April 2014: Japan

ETFGI Press Release April 2014: Japan

According to ETFGI: Assets in ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan reached US$82.4 billion, a new record high, at the end of April 2014
 
LONDON — May 8th, 2014 — ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan gathered US$5.0 billion in net new assets in April which, when combined with a small positive market performance in the month, pushed assets in the Japanese ETF/ETP industry to a new record high of US$82.4 billion, according to preliminary data from ETFGI’s April 2014 ETF and ETP industry insights report. At the end of April 2014, the Japanese ETF/ETP industry had 137 ETFs/ETPs, with 179 listings, from 18 providers on 3 exchanges.

The ETF/ETP industry globally hit a record high of US$2.49 trillion in assets at the end of April 2014.

“In April, as was the case in March, investors continued to show a strong preference to equity allocations. Equity markets were again choppy in April - the S&P 500 closed at an all-time high on April 2nd but ended the month up less than 1%. The DJIA closed the month at an all-time high of 16,581. Outside the U.S., developed markets improved slightly, European equities continued to strengthen, while emerging markets remained flat for the month.” according to Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner at ETFGI.

In April 2014, ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan saw net inflows of US$5.0 Bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$5.1 Bn, followed by marginal net inflows into fixed income and commodity ETFs/ETPs.

YTD through end of April 2014, ETFs/ETPs have seen net inflows of US$12.7 Bn which is significantly more than the US$1.5 gathered at this time in 2013. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows YTD with US$10.8 Bn.

In April 2014, Daiwa ETFs gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows with US$3.7 Bn, followed by Nomura with US$557 Mn, and Nikko with US$430 Mn in net inflows.

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