ETFGI reports that assets invested in actively managed ETFs listed globally reached a new record of US$1.26 trillion at the end of February

Press Release

LONDON — March 25, 2025 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm renowned for its expertise in subscription research, consulting services, events, and ETF TV on global ETF industry trends, reported today that assets invested in the actively managed ETFs listed globally reached a new record of US$1.26 trillion at the end of February, according to ETFGI's February 2025 Active ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Highlights

• Assets invested in the actively managed ETFs globally reached a new record of $1.26 Tn at the end of February, beating the previous record of $1.23 Tn at the end of January 2025.
• Net inflows of $51.72 Bn in February 2025.
• YTD net inflows of $103.69 Bn are the highest on record, followed by YTD net inflows of $46.40 Bn in 2024, and the third highest record YTD net inflows of $33.07 Bn in 2021.
• 59^th month of consecutive net inflows.

“The S&P 500 index decreased by 1.30% in February bit is up by 1.44% YTD in 2025. The developed markets excluding the US index increased by 1.31% in February and is up 6.08% YTD in 2025. Luxembourg (up 14.10%) and Spain (up 8.87%) saw the largest increases amongst the developed markets in February. The emerging markets index decreased by 0.04% during February but is up 0.26% in 2025. Indonesia (down 15.94%) and Thailand (down 9.48%) saw the largest decreases amongst emerging markets in February”, according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder, and owner of ETFGI.

Growth in assets invested in actively managed ETFs listed globally as of end of February    

There are 3,395 actively managed ETFs listed globally, with 4,354 listings, assets of $1.26 Tn, from 543 providers listed on 40 exchanges in 32 countries at the end of February.

Equity focused actively managed ETFs listed globally gathered net inflows of $25.07 Bn during February, bringing year to date net inflows to $51.46 Bn, higher than the $27.41 Bn in net inflows in 2024. Fixed Income focused actively managed ETFs listed globally reported net inflows of $22.13 Bn during February, bringing YTD net inflows to $43.54 Bn, much higher than the $16.39 Bn in net inflows YTD in 2024.

Substantial inflows can be attributed to the top 20 active ETFs/ETPs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $18.75 Bn during February. Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF (JAAA US) gathered $2.01 Bn, the largest individual net inflow.

Top 20 actively managed ETFs by net new assets February

Investors have tended to invest in Equity actively managed ETFs during February.

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