ETFGI reports record year for ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan with over 50% increase in invested assets during first 11 months of 2017

LONDON — December 21, 2017 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan increased by over 50% during the first 11 months of 2017 to reach a new high of US$269 billion at the end of November.

 

According to ETFGI’s November 2017 Japan ETF and ETP industry insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service, assets invested in ETFs/ETPs grew by 55.4% during the first 11 months of 2017, from $84.6 Bn at the end of 2016. With one month of 2017 still to go the increase of $96.0 Bn represented the greatest absolute annual increase on record, more than doubing the previous record of US$46.8 Bn set for the whole of 2015.

 

If the trend continues through December, 2017 is also on track to see the greatest percentage increase in assets since initial growth in use of ETFs in Japan in the early 2000s.

 

 

 

Year-to-date, through end of November 2017, ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan saw record net inflows of US$48.6 Bn; 39.0% more than net inflows for the whole of 2016. The majority of these flows can be attributed to the top 20 ETFs by net new assets, which collectively gathered US$49.5 Bn during 2017. The TOPIX Exchange Traded Fund (1306 JP) on its own accounted for net inflows of US$15.3 Bn.

 

Top 20 ETFs by net new assets: Japan

 

Name

Ticker

Assets
(US$ Mn)
 Nov-17

ADV
(US$ Mn)
Nov-17

NNA
(US$ Mn)
YTD 2017

TOPIX Exchange Traded Fund

1306 JP

58,055

62.5

15,302

Daiwa ETF TOPIX

1305 JP

27,981

5.4

7,935

Listed Index Fund TOPIX

1308 JP

26,819

8.4

7,756

Nikkei 225 Exchange Traded Fund

1321 JP

47,207

84.1

3,621

Listed Index Fund 225

1330 JP

24,445

22.4

2,989

MAXIS TOPIX ETF

1348 JP

8,239

2.5

2,727

MAXIS NIKKEI225 ETF

1346 JP

11,885

10.7

2,159

Daiwa ETF NIKKEI 225

1320 JP

21,760

20.0

1,486

NEXT FUNDS JPX-Nikkei Index 400 Exchange Traded Fund

1591 JP

5,056

4.0

1,187

NEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 Double Inverse Index Exchange Traded Fund

1357 JP

1,486

293.3

916

NEXT FUNDS Tokyo Stock Exchange REIT Index ETF

1343 JP

2,299

2.5

510

MAXIS JPX-Nikkei Index 400 ETF

1593 JP

2,216

1.2

479

DIAM ETF TOPIX

1473 JP

1,008

0.0

367

SMAM Nikkei 225 ETF

1397 JP

628

0.0

317

iShares JPX Nikkei 400 ETF

1364 JP

1,038

0.2

308

Daiwa ETF Tokyo Stock Exchange REIT Index

1488 JP

364

0.0

307

iShares Core TOPIX ETF

1475 JP

838

1.1

290

MAXIS J-REIT ETF

1597 JP

788

0.2

278

Daiwa ETF JPX-Nikkei 400

1599 JP

1,469

0.4

264

DIAM ETF JPX-Nikkei 400

1474 JP

834

0.0

251

 

Equity ETFs/ETPs saw year-to-date net inflows of $50.1 Bn, which is greater than the net inflows of $34.3 Bn over the same period last year.

 

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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 is a 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 is an independent research and consultancy firm launched in 2012 in London offering consulting services and paid for research subscription services. Our service is the only global offering of monthly reports covering each region of the world where ETFs, ETPs are listed, a monthly directory and monthly fact sheets along with a database covering all global products plus you receive insights from us.

 

Previously Deborah Fuhr served as global head of ETF research and implementation strategy and as a managing director at BlackRock/Barclays Global Investors from 2008 – 2011. She 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.

 

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