ETFGI reports assets invested in Smart Beta ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a new high of $680 Bn at the end of August 2018

LONDON — October 4, 2018 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in Smart Beta ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a new high of US$680 billion, following net inflows of US$5.90 billion and market moves during August. Strong inflows during the month were primarily driven by US equities, according to ETFGI’s August 2018 Smart Beta: Global ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service.  (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.) 

Highlights

• Total Assets in Smart Beta ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a record $680 Bn at the end of August.
• Net new assets gathered by ETFs/ETPs listed globally were $5.90 Bn in August.
• 31^st consecutive months of net inflows into Smart Beta ETFs/ETPs listed globally. 

“On August 22, 2018 the S&P 500 marked its longest bull market -  3,453 days, without a bear market - a 20% drop from the index’s 52-week high. August was a strong month for U.S. equities with economic strength and strong corporate earnings pushing the S&P 500 to reach record highs and gain 3.26% during the month and up 9.94% year to date.  Most non-US markets suffered declines during August due to investors’ concerns over trade tensions, Brexit, currency crises and a fear of contagion.  Developed markets ex US declined 1.44% in August while up 0.46% YTD, EM markets were down 3.51% and are down 0.81% YTD and Frontier markets were down 4.50% and are down 1.66% YTD.” according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner and a founder of ETFGI.

At the end of August 2018, the Global Smart Beta ETF/ETP industry had 1,240 ETFs/ETPs, with 2,265 listings, assets of $680 Bn, from 151 providers listed on 38 exchanges in 31 countries. Following net inflows of $5.90 Bn and market moves during the month, assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally increased by 3.19%, from $659 Bn in July 2018 to $680 Bn.

Comparison of assets in market cap, smart beta, other and active equity products 

August marked the 31^th consecutive month of net inflows into ETFs/ETPs listed globally, Year-to-date, Assets held by Smart Beta products have increased 12.1% from $607 Bn. Value factor ETFs/ETPs attracted the greatest net inflows during August, with $2.14 Bn, bringing year-to-date net inflows to $12.15 Bn.

Substantial inflows during August can be attributed to the top 20 Smart Beta ETFs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $5.59 Bn.  The Vanguard Value ETF (VTV US) gathered $821 Mn, the largest net inflows in August. 
 
Top 20 Smart Beta ETFs by net new assets August 2018: Global

 
Top 10 Smart Beta ETPs by net new assets August 2018: Global

 
Investors have tended to invest in value and multi-factor methodology ETFs in August.

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Free registration is available for investment advisors, as well as buyside traders, portfolio managers and fund selectors. Standard registration rate is available for everyone else: http://bit.ly/2MkpLfz

Speakers will include:

• Jürgen Blumberg, Head of Capital Markets EMEA, Invesco
• Ari Burstein, President, Capital Markets Strategies
• Eugenie Shen, Managing Director, Head of Asset Management Group Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA)
• Grace Chong, Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills
• Shaokai Fan, Director - Central Bank & Public Policy Team, World Gold Council
• Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner, ETFGI LLP
• Trevor Lee, Director, Investment Products, Securities and Futures Commission
• Matthew Mark, Director - Asset Owners Distribution, World Gold Council
• Frank Mohr, Global Head ETF Sales Trading, Commerzbank
• Andrew Naylor, Director - Central Bank & Public Policy Team, World Gold Council
• Viktor Östebo, Head of Institutional Trading, Flow Traders Asia
• Jacqueline Pang, Head of Capital Markets – APAC, State Street Global Advisors
• Eric Pollackov, Global Head of ETF Capital Markets, Invesco
• Brain Roberts, Senior Vice President, Head of Exchange Traded Products, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
• Antoine de Saint Vaulry, Head of ETF Trading, APAC, Citi
• Cindy Shek, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
• Robin Tsui , Gold Specialist APAC, State Street Global Advisors
• Rebecca Sin, Head of ETF Sales Trading, Asia, Commerzbank
• Anuradha Thakur, Joint Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, Government of India

 Conference sessions will include: • Fireside Chat on ETF Policy and Regulatory Issues • Impact of Regulatory Developments on ETFs • Exchange and market maker panel • Overview of Trends Impacting the ETF Industry • How to Increase the Use of ETFs by Institutional Investors and Financial Advisors in Asia Pacific

Free registration is available for investment advisors, as well as buyside traders, portfolio managers and fund selectors.  Standard registration rate is available for everyone else:  http://bit.ly/2MkpLfz  

ETFs Global Markets Roundtable conference is designed to provide the opportunity for institutional investors and financial advisors, as well as other market participants, to hear from regulators, leading ETF issuers, major brokers, stock exchanges, law firms and others about regulatory, liquidity, pricing, trading, and technological developments impacting the use and trading of ETFs, and the impact that ETFs have on the markets and market structure. The ETFs Global Markets Roundtable events are a series of conferences organised by ETFGI and Capital Markets Strategies.

The first event took place in June 2017 in New York City. In 2018 ETFs Global Markets Roundtable conferences were held in London on April 19 (covering EMEA), New York on May 15 (covering USA/Latin America), and Toronto on May 31 (covering Canada). The events offer an opportunity for a substantive and in-depth discussion about the liquidity, trading, technological and regulatory developments impacting ETFs in the respective jurisdictions.

To view the agendas, speakers and sponsors for our prior events in 2018 please click on the city name below:
London      April 19, 2018
New York   May 15, 2018
Toronto      May 31, 2018
 
Schedule of upcoming conferences in 2019
EMEA (London) - March / April 2019
US/Latin America (New York) - May 2019
Canada (Toronto) - June 2019
APAC (Hong Kong) - October 2019
 
If you are interested in sponsoring or speaking at our upcoming events in 2019 or have any questions, please contact Deborah Fuhr at deborah.fuhr@etfgi.com

 
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About Deborah Fuhr 

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. 
 
Past awards for Ms Fuhr include she was the recipient of the 100 Women in Finance 2017 European Industry Leadership Award, the 2014 William F. Sharpe Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to the field of index investing and she named one of the “100 Most Influential Women in Finance” by Financial News over several years, most recently in 2016. 
 
Deborah Fuhr is a founder and board member of Women in ETFs “WE” a not for profit organization to connect, support and inspire Women and Men in the ETF ecosystem. WE has over 4,200 members in chapters around the world.  www.womeninetfs.com
 
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