ETFGI Press Release April 2015: Canada

ETFGI Press Release April 2015: Canada

Assets in ETFs/ETPs listed in Canada reached a new record of 69.9 billion US dollars at the end of April according to ETFGI

LONDON — May 8, 2015 — Assets in ETFs/ETPs listed in Canada reached a new record of 69.9 billion US dollars, according to ETFGI’s preliminary monthly ETF and ETP global insight report for April 2015. The Canadian ETF industry had 360 ETFs, with 511 listings, from 10 providers listed on 1 exchange.
 
Record levels of assets were reached at the end of April for ETFs/ETPs listed globally at US$2.998 trillion, in the United States at US$2.132 trillion, Europe at US$511 billion, Asia Pacific ex-Japan at US$125 billion, Japan at US$112 billion and Canada at US$69.9 billion.

“Market performance outside the United States contributed to the overall increase in assets invested in ETFs/ETPs.  Developed and emerging markets had a very good month, gaining 5% and 8%, respectively while in the United States the S&P 500 and Dow were up less than 1%”, according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner of ETFGI.
 
In April 2015, ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of US$885 Mn. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$701 Mn and equity ETFs/ETPs with US$56 Mn, while commodity ETFs/ETPs saw net outflows of US$24 Mn.
 
YTD through end of April 2015, ETFs/ETPs have seen net inflows of US$4.6 Bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows YTD with US$2.1 Bn, followed by fixed income ETFs/ETPs with US$1.9 Bn, while commodity ETFs/ETPs experienced US$63 Mn in net outflows.

BMO AM gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in April with US$586 Mn, followed by Vanguard with US$211 Mn, First Asset with US$69 Mn, RBC Global AM with US$68 Mn and PowerShares with US$61 Mn.
 
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