Global ETF/ETPs reach $2.7trn
Year to date, net new assets gathered of $185bn, surpassing the previous high of $140.1bn set in the first eight months of 2012.
The global ETF and ETP industry had 5,421 ETFs/ETPs, with 10,467 listings, from 223 providers listed on 60 exchanges.
“In August investors invested net new money into an array of equity, fixed income and commodity exposures due to concerns over the situations in Ukraine and Gaza," said Deborah Fuhr, managing partner at ETFGI.
"The S&P 500 was up 4% in August and closed above the 2,000 threshold for the first time on August 26th. Developed markets were up slightly, emerging markets gained 3% and Latin America was up 9% in August. August was also a good month for fixed income.”
New record highs in assets were reached at the end of August by ETF/ETP industries in Canada with $67.9bn, Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) with $103.7bn, Europe with $477.4bn, the US with $1.91trn.
In August 2014 ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of $24.7bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with $12.7bn, followed by fixed-ncome ETFs/ETPs with $9.8bn, and commodity ETFs/ETPs with net inflows of $235m
iShares gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in August with $14.5bn, followed by Vanguard with $6.4bn, DB x-trackers with $1.1bn, new entrant WBI Shares with $1.04bn and Think ETFs with $973m.
iShares is the largest ETF/ETP provider in terms of assets with $1.0trn, reflecting 37.8% market share, SPDR ETFs is second with $432.5bn and 16.0% market share, followed by Vanguard with $414.9bn and 15.3% market share.
The top three ETF/ETP providers, out of 223, account for 69.1% of global ETF/ETP assets, while the remaining 220 providers each have less than 4% market share.
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