ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally reached a new record high of 3.343 trillion US dollars at the end of July 2016

ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally reached a new record high of 3.343 trillion US dollars at the end of July 2016

ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally reached a new record high of 3.343 trillion US dollars at the end of July 2016
 

 

 

Source: ETFGI data sourced from ETF/ETP sponsors, exchanges, regulatory filings, Thomson Reuters/Lipper, Bloomberg, publicly available sources and data generated in-house. Note: “ETFs” are typically open-end index funds that provide daily portfolio transparency, are listed and traded on exchanges like stocks on a secondary basis as well as utilising a unique creation and redemption process for primary transactions. “ETPs” refers to other products that have similarities to ETFs in the way they trade and settle but they do not use a mutual fund structure. The use of other structures including grantor trusts, partnerships, notes and depositary receipts by ETPs can create different tax and regulatory implications for investors when compared to ETFs which are funds.

LONDON — August 18, 2016 — ETFGI, the leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, today reported assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally reached a new record high US$3.343 trillion at the end of July 2016. Net flows gathered by ETFs/ETPs in July were strong with US$52.68 Bn of net new assets gathered during the month marking the 30th consecutive month of net inflows, according to preliminary data from ETFGI’s July 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report.

Record levels of assets were also reached at the end of July for ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States at US$2.367 trillion, in Europe at US$539.16 Bn, in Japan at US$191.82 Bn and in Canada which reached US$81.19 Bn.

At the end of July 2016, the Global ETF/ETP industry had 6,476 ETFs/ETPs, with 12,342 listings, assets of US$3.343 trillion, from 285 providers listed on 65 exchanges in 53 countries. 

“Investor confidence returned during July after the surprising result of June’s Brexit vote. The S&P 500 was up 3.7% in July. Developed markets outside the U.S. gained 5.1% and emerging markets were up 4.8%." according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner at ETFGI.

In July 2016, ETFs/ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$52.60 Bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$33.36 Bn, followed by fixed income ETFs/ETPs with US$13.25 Bn, and commodity ETFs/ETPs with US$5.45 Bn.

YTD through end of July 2016, ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of US$175.32 Bn which is below the record level of US$199.06 Bn gathered at this point in 2015. YTD, fixed income ETFs/ETPs have gathered a record level and the largest net inflows with US$80.89 Bn, followed by equity ETFs/ETPs with US$48.43 Bn, and commodity ETFs/ETPs which have gathered a record level of US$31.99 Bn net inflows.

iShares gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in July with US$23.45 Bn, followed by SPDR ETFs with US$14.34 Bn and Vanguard with US$7.17 Bn net inflows.

YTD, iShares gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows with US$63.97 Bn, followed by Vanguard with US$49.46 Bn and SPDR ETFs with US$17.67 Bn net inflows.


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About ETFGI: ETFGI the leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem.  Launched in 2012 by Deborah Fuhr and partners in London the firm offers paid for research subscription services: the ETFGI annual research service provides monthly reports on trends in the global ETF and ETP industry, access to the ETFGI database of all ETFs/ETPs listed globally with factsheets which are updated monthly, ETFGI annual review of institutions and mutual funds that use ETFs and ETPs, the Active ETF landscape report and the Smart Beta ETF Landscape report. 

Deborah Fuhr is the managing partner and co-founder of ETFGI, she previously served as global head of ETF research and implementation strategy and as a managing director at BlackRock/Barclays Global Investors from 2008 – 2011. Fuhr also worked as a managing director and head of the investment strategy team at Morgan Stanley in London from 1997 – 2008, and as an associate at Greenwich Associates.  

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ETFs are typically open-ended, index-based funds, with active ETFs accounting for 1.1% market share. They can be bought and sold like ordinary shares on a stock exchange and offer broad exposure across developed, emerging and frontier markets, equities, fixed income and commodities. ETFs are used widely by institutional investors and increasingly by financial advisors and retail investors to:

  • equitize cash

  • implement diversified exposure to a market

  • comprise a core or satellite investment

  • be a long term strategic investment

  • implement tactical adjustments to portfolios

  • use as building blocks to create entire portfolios

  • allow investors to hedge the market

  • use as an alternative to futures and other derivative products

Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) are products that have similarities to ETFs in the way they trade and settle but do not use an open-end fund structure. The use of other structures including unsecured debt, grantor trusts, partnerships, and commodity pools by ETPs can, in addition to a significantly different risk profile, create different tax and regulatory implications for investors when compared to ETFs, which are funds.

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