Summary for ETFs listed globally
At the end of April 2012, the global ETF industry had 3,232 ETFs, with 7,161 listings, assets of
US$1,528.4 Bn, from 161 providers on 50 exchanges.
Assets
- ETF assets have decreased by 0.6% from US$1,538.1 Bn in March 2012 to US$1,528.4 Bn in April 2012.
- YTD through end of April 2012, ETF assets have increased by 13.1% from US$1,351.4 Bn to US$1,528.4 Bn.
Flows
- In April 2012, ETFs saw net inflows of US$2.0 Bn. Fixed income ETFs gathered US$5.3 Bn net inflows, of which US$2.1 Bn net inflows went into corporate bond ETFs. Equity ETFs experienced US$4.5 Bn net outflows, of which ETFs tracking European equity indices experienced US$5.2 Bn net outflows. Commodity ETFs gathered US$0.7 Bn net inflows, of which US$0.9 Bn net inflows went into precious metals ETFs, while ETFs providing exposure to agriculture, energy, industrial metals and broad commodity indices experienced net outflows totalling a combined US$0.3 Bn.
- YTD through end of April 2012, ETFs saw net inflows of US$60.6 Bn. Equity ETFs gathered US$33.1 Bn net inflows, of which US$20.2 Bn net inflows went into ETFs tracking US equity indices, while ETFs tracking European equity indices experienced US$5.8 Bn net outflows. Commodity ETFs gathered US$1.6 Bn net inflows, of which US$1.8 Bn went into ETFs providing exposure to precious metals, while ETFs providing exposure to agricultural commodities experienced US$0.4 Bn net outflows.
- YTD through end of April 2012, leveraged ETFs experienced US$3.3 Bn net outflows, while leveraged inverse ETFs gathered net inflows of US$2.9 Bn.
- Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows in April with US$4.4 Bn, followed by Van Eck Associates Corp with US$1.0 Bn and PIMCO with US$0.6 Bn net inflows.
- Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows YTD with US$21.8 Bn, followed by iShares with US$15.7 Bn and SPDR ETFs with US$6.7 Bn net inflows.
- PowerShares experienced the largest net outflows in April with US$2.5 Bn.
- db x-trackers experienced the largest net outflows YTD with US$1.3 Bn, followed by Polaris with US$0.8 Bn and Commerzbank with US$0.6 Bn net outflows.
Summary for ETFs/ETPs listed globally
Including other Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), at the end of April 2012, the global ETF/ETP industry had 4,601 ETFs/ETPs, with 9,246 listings, assets of US$1,718.0 Bn, from 195 providers on 54 exchanges.
Assets
- ETF/ETP assets have decreased by 0.6% from US$1,728.7 Bn in March 2012 to US$1,718.0 Bn in April 2012.
- YTD through end of April 2012, ETF/ETP assets have increased by 12.6% from US$1,526.0 Bn to US$1,718.0 Bn.
Flows
- In April 2012, ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of US$1.3 Bn. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of US$5.3 Bn, of which US$2.1 Bn net inflows went into corporate bond ETFs/ETPs, while money market ETFs/ETPs experienced US$0.7 Bn net outflows. Equity ETFs/ETPs experienced US$4.6 Bn net outflows, of which ETFs/ETPs tracking European equity indices experienced US$5.2 Bn net outflows, while ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to Asia Pacific equity indices gathered US$0.3 Bn net inflows.
- YTD through end of April 2012, ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of US$68.3 Bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered US$33.8 Bn net inflows, of which US$21.1 Bn net inflows went into ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to US equity indices, while ETFs/ETPs providing exposure European equity indices experienced US$5.8 Bn net outflows. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered US$24.5 Bn net inflows, of which US$10.6 Bn net inflows went into corporate bond ETFs/ETPs, while money market ETFs/ETPs experienced US$2.1 Bn net outflows. Commodity ETFs/ETPs gathered US$6.2 Bn net inflows, of which US$4.6 Bn net inflows went into ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to precious metals, while ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to agricultural commodities experienced US$0.6 Bn net outflows.
- YTD through end of April 2012, leveraged ETFs/ETPs experienced US$1.8 Bn net outflows, while leveraged inverse ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of US$2.7 Bn.
- Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows in April with US$4.4 Bn, followed by Van Eck Associates Corp with US$1.0 Bn and PIMCO with US$0.6 Bn net inflows.
- Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows YTD with US$21.8 Bn, followed by iShares with US$16.2 Bn and SPDR ETFs with US$8.5 Bn net inflows.
- iShares experienced the largest net outflows in April with US$2.5 Bn.
- db x-trackers experienced the largest net outflows YTD with US$1.3 Bn, followed by Polaris with US$0.8 Bn and Commerzbank with US$0.6 Bn net outflows.
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Deborah Fuhr
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Email: deborah.fuhr@etfgi.com