ETFGI Press Release August 2014: Japan

ETFGI Press Release August 2014: Japan

ETFGI’s research finds ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan have gathered record net new assets of 16.6 billion US dollars year to date through the end of August 2014

LONDON — September 8th, 2014 — ETFGI’s research finds ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan have gathered record net new assets of 16.6 billion US dollars year to date through the end of August 2014. The Japanese ETF/ETP industry had 140 ETFs/ETPs, with 182 listings, assets of US$91 Bn, from 18 providers on 3 exchanges according to preliminary data from ETFGI’s end August 2014 Global ETF and ETP industry insights report.

New record highs in assets were reached at the end of August by ETF/ETP industries in Canada with US$67.9 Bn, Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) with US$103.7 Bn, Europe with US$477.4 Bn, the United States with US$1.91 Tn and globally with US$2.70 Tn. YTD NNA flows reached record levels for the ETF/ETP industries in Japan at US$16.5 Bn, Europe at US$50.4 Bn, the US at US$107.3 Bn and globally at US$185.0 Bn.

“In August investors invested net new money into an array of equity, fixed income and commodity exposures due to concerns over the situations in Ukraine and Gaza. The S&P 500 was up 4% in August and closed above the 2,000 threshold for the first time on August 26th. Developed markets were up slightly, emerging markets gained 3% and Latin America was up 9% in August. August was also a good month for fixed income.” according to Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner at ETFGI.

In August 2014, ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of US$1.6 Bn, of which equity ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows with US$1.5 Bn.

Nomura gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in August with US$918 Mn, followed by Daiwa with US$379 Mn, and iShares with US$158 Mn in net inflows in August.

Nomura AM is the largest ETF/ETP provider in terms of assets with US$41.7 Bn, reflecting 45.7% market share, Daiwa is second with US$19.9 Bn and 21.8% market share, followed by Nikko AM with US$18.7 Bn and 20.5% market share. The top three ETF/ETP providers, out of 18, account for 88.0% of Japanese ETF/ETP assets, while the remaining 15 providers each have less than 9% market share.

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