ETFGI reports that assets invested in currency hedged ETFs and ETPs listed globally have increased 32% to US$172 billion as of the end of November 2019

LONDON — December 31, 2019 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that currency hedged ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$1.81billion during November, while year to date there were net inflows of US$23.92 billion. Total assets invested in currency hedged ETFs and ETPs increased 32.3% from US$130 billion to US$172 billion, with a 5-year CAGR of 19.7%, according to ETFGI’s November 2019 Currency hedged ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service.  (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.) 

Highlights

  • Currency hedged ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of $1.81 billion during November.
  • Currency hedged ETFs/ETPs providing Mixed (DM & EM) exposures gathered largest inflows in November. 
  • YTD assets invested in currency hedged ETFs/ ETPs increased 32.3% from US$130 billion to US$172 billion.

 

“During November the S&P 500 gained 3.6% as global markets were resistant to fears of inflation and showed optimism on the trade talks.  Global equities as measured by the S&P Global BMI were up 2.5% and the S&P Emerging BMI gained 0.1%.” According to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder and owner of ETFGI.

At the end of November 2019, there were 977 currency hedged ETFs/ETPs, with 1,704 listings, assets of $172 billion, from 73 providers listed on 29 exchanges in 22 countries. Following net inflows of $1.81 billion and market moves during the month, assets invested in currency hedged ETFs/ETPs increased by 1.8%, from $169 billion at the end of October to 
$172 billion.

 

At the end of November 2019, there were currency hedged ETFs/ETPs hedged against 15 different currencies. Year to date, 29 new currency hedged ETFs/ETPs were launched by 30 providers across 18 index providers in 14 countries, while 74 products were delisted from 16 different providers. 

 

During the month, Mixed exposures (EM and DM) gathered the largest net inflows with $682 million, followed by United States exposures with $420 million and other exposures with $344 million, while Developed European exposures experienced the largest net outflows with $131 million. On a year to date basis, Mixed exposures gathered the largest net inflows with $13.81 billion, followed by United States exposures with $6.85 billion and global developed market exposures with $4.96 billion, while Developed Asia Pacific exposures experienced the largest net outflows with $3.96 billion.

 

The top 10 currency hedged ETFs/ETPs by net new assets collectively gathered $1.69 billion during November. The Vanguard Total International Bond ETF (BNDX US) gathered $479 million, the largest net inflow in November. 

Top 10 ETFs/ETPs by net new assets November 2019: Currency hedged

Name

Ticker

Assets
(US$ million)
 Nov-19

ADV
(US$ million)
Nov-19

NNA
(US$ million)
YTD 2019

NNA
(US$ million)
Nov-19

Vanguard Total International Bond ETF

BNDX US

  24,307.23 

     92.73 

  10,009.37 

    478.93 

iShares USD Treasury Bond 0-1yr UCITS ETF - Acc

TBX1 SW

   1,070.77 

          -   

   1,066.04 

    317.96 

LYXOR UCITS ETF MSCI WORLD - MONTHLY HEDGED D-EUR

WLDH FP

      560.08 

       0.21 

      313.44 

    224.54 

iShares $ Floating Rate Bond UCITS ETF - Acc (MXN)

FRMXNX IX

      686.34 

          -   

      675.42 

    130.01 

BNP Paribas EUR Hedged RICI Enhanced Energy ER Index ETC

B4NX GY

      116.95 

       0.16 

      120.60 

    120.56 

Xtrackers MSCI Japan UCITS ETF (DR) (EUR) - 4C

XMK9 IM

      842.85 

          -   

     (221.68)

    116.09 

iShares J.P. Morgan $ EM Bond UCITS ETF - CHF Hedged - Acc

EMCH SW

        94.88 

          -   

        95.08 

     94.57 

SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill UCITS ETF

ZPRM GY

        82.37 

          -   

        83.26 

     76.66 

UBS Irl ETF plc - S&P 500 ESG UCITS ETF - CHF Hdg - Acc

5ESGS SW

        71.94 

          -   

        70.65 

     69.12 

UBS (Irl) ETF plc - MSCI ACWI Socially Responsible UCITS ETF

AWSRIW SW

      199.51 

       1.83 

        92.42 

     63.25 

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