ETFGI reports ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States gathered record inflows of 44 billion US dollars and assets reached a new high of 2.798 trillion US dollars at the end of Q1 2017

ETFGI reports ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States gathered record inflows of 44 billion US dollars and assets reached a new high of 2.798 trillion US dollars at the end of Q1 2017

London — April 27, 2017 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States reached a new record high of US$2.798 trillion at the end Q1 2017 surpassing the prior record of US$2.758 trillion set at the end of February 2017, according to data from ETFGI’s Q1 2017 global ETF and ETP industry insights report.
  
At the end of March 2017, the US ETF/ETP industry had 2,000 ETFs/ETPs, assets of US$2.798 trillion, from 110 providers listed on 3 exchanges.

“Investors have favoured equities over fixed income and commodities as equity markets have performed positively in March and in the first quarter of 2017. The S&P 500 gained 0.1% in March and 6.1% during the first quarter. International equity markets performed strongly in March and in the first quarter with the international markets ex US up 2.6% in March and 7.5% in Q1 and emerging markets up 2.1% in March and 11.1% in Q1. With the first round of the French elections looming, European volatility expectations increased,” according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner and a founder of ETFGI. 

ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States gathered a record level of US$44.39 Bn of net new assets in March marking the 13th consecutive month of net inflows.  Year to date, net inflows stand at a record level of US$133.62 Bn. At this point last year there were net inflows of US$34.07 Bn.

Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of US$34.20 Bn in March, bringing year to date net inflows to US$93.15 Bn, which is greater than the net outflows of US$9.36 Bn over the same period last year.

Fixed income ETFs and ETPs experienced net inflows of US$8.19 Bn in March, growing year to date net inflows to US$31.92 Bn, which is greater than the same period last year which saw net inflows of US$30.84 Bn.

Commodity ETFs/ETPs gathered net outflows of US$108 Mn in March. Year to date, net inflows are at US$3.98 Bn, compared to net inflows of US$8.97 Bn over the same period last year.

iShares gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in March with US$24.25 Bn, followed by Vanguard with US$12.59 Bn and Schwab ETFs with US$2.23 Bn net inflows.

In Q1, iShares gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows with US$54.32 Bn, followed by Vanguard with US$40.49 Bn and SPDR ETFs with US$11.68 Bn net inflows.

###

Attribution Policy: The information contained herein is proprietary. The media is welcome to use our information and ideas, provided that the following sourcing is included: ETFGI the leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, based in London, England. Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner, co-founder, ETFGI website www.etfgi.com.  

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.  

She has been working with investors, ETF, ETP providers, index providers, exchanges, MMs and APs, regulators, trade associations, custodians, law firms, accounting firms around the world since 1997. ETFGI is honored to count as our research and consulting clients some of the leading firms in the ETF Ecosystem around the world as well as some new entrants and firms that are considering entering the ETF, ETP industry.

Below is a short description of the 8 subscription services ETFGI currently offers. We welcome your feedback and suggestions on our current research as well as suggestions for new research.
 

ETFGI annual research service – paid subscription
ETFGI annual review of institutions and mutual funds that use ETFs and ETPs – paid subscription
ETFGI Active ETF landscape annual report service – paid subscription
ETFGI Smart Beta ETF Landscape annual report service – paid subscription
ETFGI and Kreab 2017 ETF Trading and Market Structure Conference – paid registration 
ETFGI EM and FM report – paid subscription
ETFGI monthly Highlights – free subscription
ETFGI weekly newsletter – free subscription 

Below is a link to a video which provides overviews of our website www.etfgi.com
ETFGI Website Tour (7 minutes)