ETFGI reports today that Leveraged and Inverse ETFs and ETPs listed globally suffered net outflows of US$138 million during November 2019

LONDON— December 30, 2019 —ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that Leveraged and Inverse ETFs and ETPs suffered net outflows of US$138 million during November. Total assets invested in leveraged and inverse ETFs and ETPs decreased from US$77.5 billion at the end of October to $77.2 billion, according to ETFGI’s November 2019 Leveraged and Inverse ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.) 

Highlights

• Assets invested in leveraged and inverse ETFs/ETPs decreased by 0.4% during November 2019 to $77.2 billion.
• During November, leveraged and inverse ETFs/ETPs listed globally saw net outflows of $138 million.
• The majority of assets were invested in Leverage ETFs/ETPs with $48.9 billion, followed by Leveraged/Inverse products with assets of $15.8 billion, then Inverse with $12.5 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, the Global leveraged/inverse ETF/ETP industry had 852 ETFs/ETPs. Of these 852 ETFs/ETPs, 435 were leveraged products, while 202 were inverse listings, and 215 were leveraged inverse. The largest market for leveraged and inverse ETFs/ETPs was in the United States, which, at the end of November 2019, had assets of $48.1 billion invested in 281 ETFs/ETPs.

Global leveraged/inverse ETF and ETP asset growth as at the of end of November 2019

 

During November, globally listed leveraged and inverse ETFs/ETPs suffered net outflows of $138 million and net outflows year-to-date reached $2.90 billion. The top 20 leveraged and inverse ETFs/ETPs by Year-to-Date net new assets collectively gathered $15.91 billion year-to-date to November. TheNEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 Double Inverse Index Exchange Traded Fund (1357 JP) gathered $2.43 billion alone, the largest net inflow year-to-date to November. 

Top 20 ETFs/ETPs by YTD net new assets November 2019: Leveraged and Inverse

Name	Country Listed	Ticker	Assets (US$ Mn)  Nov-19	ADV  (US$ Mn)    Nov-19	NNA (US$ Mn)  YTD-19	Leverage
NEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 Double Inverse Index Exchange Traded Fund	Japan	1357 JP	2,428.47	160.21	2,209.10	Leveraged Inverse
VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN	US	TVIX US	891.77	240.93	2,004.69	Leveraged
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ	US	SQQQ US	1,222.63	264.20	1,493.33	Leveraged Inverse
VelocityShares Daily 3x Long Natural Gas ETN	US	UGAZ US	923.70	419.32	1,316.83	Leveraged
iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN	US	VXX US	928.17	475.93	1,264.57	Leveraged
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures	US	UVXY US	579.45	205.19	1,001.86	Leveraged
ProShares UltraShort S&P500	US	SDS US	1,080.97	117.92	654.13	Leveraged Inverse
Daiwa ETF Japan Nikkei225 Inverse Index	Japan	1456 JP	595.00	0.14	642.92	Inverse
ProShares UltraPro Short S&P 500	US	SPXU US	612.36	98.98	551.27	Leveraged Inverse
ProShares Short S&P500	US	SH US	1,930.97	79.48	494.66	Inverse
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3X Shares	US	SPXS US	501.04	84.56	480.22	Leveraged Inverse
CSOP Hang Seng Index Daily -2x Inverse Product	Hong Kong	7500 HK	484.25	56.04	468.70	Leveraged Inverse
Samsung KODEX 200 Futures Inverse 2X ETF	South Korea	252670 KS	674.13	117.05	408.90	Leveraged Inverse
Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bear 3x Shares	US	SOXS US	239.21	81.96	385.92	Leveraged Inverse
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3x Shares	US	DUST US	339.89	91.10	382.79	Leveraged Inverse
Lyxor UCITS ETF CAC 40 DAILY DOUBLE SHORT	France	BX4 FP	328.98	23.32	325.37	Leveraged Inverse
Xtrackers ShortDAX Daily UCITS ETF - 1C	Germany	XSDX GY	579.17	5.97	303.26	Inverse
Simplex - Nikkei Average Bear Double Exchange Trade Fund	Japan	1360 JP	381.23	21.43	292.81	Leveraged Inverse
NEXT NOTES Nikkei TOCOM Leveraged Crude Oil ETN	Japan	2038 JP	304.62	3.49	260.40	Leveraged
ProShares UltraShort QQQ	US	QID US	323.06	46.52	249.97	Leveraged Inverse

 

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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. 

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 the ETF.com’s 2018’s Lifetime Achievement Award, 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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