ETFGI Press Release April 2015: Japan

ETFGI Press Release April 2015: Japan

Assets in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan reached a new record high of 112 billion US dollars at the end of April according to ETFGI

LONDON — May 11, 2015 — Assets in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan reached a new record high of 112 billion US dollars at the end of April, according to ETFGI’s preliminary monthly ETF and ETP global insight report for April 2015.

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.

The Japanese ETF/ETP industry had 157 ETFs/ETPs, with 212 listings, from 20 providers on 2 exchanges.

“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 outflows of US$205 Mn.

Commodity ETFs/ETPs experienced the largest net outflows with US$145 Mn, while equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$907 Mn.

YTD through end of April 2015, ETFs/ETPs have seen net inflows of US$10.3 Bn.  Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$8.9 Bn, followed by commodity ETFs/ETPs with US$515 Mn, and fixed income ETFs/ETPs with US$20 Mn.

Nikko AM gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in April with US$605 Mn, followed by Sumitomo Mitsui with US$296 Mn and Mitsubishi UFJ with US$190 Mn net inflows.

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