ETFGI reports that ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe gathered net inflows of US$5.06 Bn during November 2018

LONDON — December 17, 2018 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe gathered net new assets of US$5.06 billion during November 2018, marking the 50th consecutive month of net inflows. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
 
Highlights

  • ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe gathered net new assets of $5.06 Bn during November 2018, marking the 50th consecutive month of net inflows.
  • Equity products gathered the largest net inflows during November, while active ETFs/ETPs experienced the largest net outflows.
  • ETF/ETP assets have increased by 1.3% during November to $794 Bn.

 
“While trade talks continue to make noise in the headlines, the very real prospect of slowing global growth appears to be filtering into market sentiment. A seemingly more reposed approach to monetary policy along with the China-US trade truce provided enough of a tailwind to lift US markets to finish in the green by the end of November, with the S&P 500 gaining 2.04% over the month bringing the year-to-date gain to 5.11%. Apart from the Eurozone, where various domestic issues continue to dominate, most developed markets closed the month with marginal gains. The S&P developed ex-US BMI was up 0.17% in November with year-to-date declines of 9.66%. EM and FM bounced back from the October fall, finishing up 4.61% and 1.94% respectively, softening year-to-date declines to 11.2% and 9.0%”, according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner and a founder of ETFGI.
 
According to ETFGI’s November 2018 Europe ETF and ETP industry insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service, equity products gathered the largest net inflows during November with $2.98 Bn, followed by fixed income ETFs/ETPs with $2.39 Bn, while active ETFs/ETPs experienced the largest net outflows with $518 Mn.
 
European ETF and ETP asset growth as at end of November 2018
 

 
At the end of November 2018, the European ETF/ETP industry had 2,319 ETFs/ETPs, with 8,098 listings, assets of $794 Bn, from 69 providers on 28 exchanges. ETF/ETP assets have increased by 1.3% from $783 Bn at the end of October but decreased by 1.1% from $802 Bn at the end of 2017.
 
Year-to-date through end of November, ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe have seen net inflows of $52.8 Bn, which is half the amount gathered at this point last year. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows year-to-date with $37.0 Bn, followed by fixed income ETFs/ETPs with $14.6 Bn, while leveraged inverse ETFs/ETPs experienced the largest net outflows with $947 Mn. During November, the top 20 ETFs collectively gathered $8.15 Bn in net new assets.
 
Top 20 ETFs by monthly net inflows: Europe
 

Name Ticker Assets
(US$ Mn)
 Nov-18
ADV
(US$ Mn)
Nov-18
NNA
(US$ Mn)
YTD 2018
NNA 
(US$ Mn) Nov-18
iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF CSSPX SW 31,810 8 4,788 1,123
iShares Core MSCI EM IMI UCITS ETF EMIM LN 9,956 4 2,746 591
UBS (LU) MSCI Canada UCITS ETF (CAD) A-dis CANCDA SW 1,273 1 973 514
Lyxor UCITS ETF S&P 500 SP5C FP 1,002 0 503 482
iShares Edge MSCI World Min Vol UCITS ETF MVOL LN 2,749 3 828 445
Lyxor S&P 500 UCITS ETF - D-USD LSPU LN 3,107 1 1,266 419
iShares $ Corp Bond UCITS ETF LQDE LN 4,711 10 (929) 403
Xtrackers S&P 500 Swap UCITS ETF D5BM GY 4,496 3 1,708 391
iShares Edge MSCI World Qual Factor UCITS ETF IWQU LN 1,139 2 706 367
iShares $ Treasury Bond 7-10yr UCITS ETF IBTM LN 3,459 1 1,442 362
SPDR Barclays 0-3Y Euro Corp Bond UCITS ETF SYBD GY 1,785 1 862 356
SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF SPYY GY 1,221 2 238 344
iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF IWDA LN 15,842 19 2,542 330
Invesco S&P 500 ETF SPXS LN 3,675 7 1,158 318
Xtrackers II Eurozone Gvnt Bond UCITS ETF DR XGLE GY 2,683 7 776 306
iShares NASDAQ 100 UCITS ETF CSNDX SW 2,381 3 772 298
iShares Edge MSCI World Mom Factor UCITS ETF IWMO LN 1,294 3 220 283
UBS MSCI ACWI SF UCITS ETFCHF Hdg A-acc ACWIS SW 696 1 (698) 278
SPDR MSCI Europe Energy ETF STN FP 338 1 323 274
UBS MSCI ACWI SF UCITS ETF EUR Hdg A-acc ACWIE SW 908 1 (522) 269

 
 
Similarly, during November, the top 10 ETPs collectively gathered $1.06 Bn in net new assets.
 
Top 20 ETFs by YTD net inflows: Europe
 

Name Ticker Assets
(US$ Mn)
 Nov-18
ADV
(US$ Mn)
Nov-18
NNA
(US$ Mn)
YTD 2018
NNA 
(US$ Mn) Nov-18
iShares Physical Gold ETC SGLN LN 3,516 3 535 208
ETFS Brent Crude BRNT LN 246 2 129 199
ETFS WTI Crude Oil CRUD LN 580 11 (72) 173
Xtrackers Brent Crude Oil Booster EUR Hgd ETC XETC GY 159 1 45 97
ETFS Physical Silver PHAG LN 840 1 9 86
GBS Bullion Securities GBS LN 3,122 5 (574) 82
Boost WTI Oil 3x Leverage Daily GBP ETP 3OIL LN 72 1 (75) 56
ETFS EUR Daily Hedged WTI Crude Oil 00XM GY 70 0 29 55
Xetra Gold EUR 4GLD GY 7,094 12 254 55
Xtrackers Physical Gold ETC (EUR) XAD5 GY 2,303 1 1,774 45

 
 
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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. 

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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. 
 
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