ETFs/ETPs listed globally gathered 13.1 billion US dollars in net new assets in January 2016, according to ETFGI. LONDON — February 8, 2016 — Despite difficult market conditions, the global ETF/ETP industry gathered net inflows of US$13.1 billion in net new assets (NNA) in January 2016, according to preliminary data from ETFGI’s January 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report. ETFs/ETPs listed globally have now gathered net inflows for 24 consecutive months. At the end of January 2016, the global ETF/ETP industry had 6,180 ETFs/ETPs, with 11,895 listings, assets of US$2,853 Bn, from 277 providers on 64 exchanges. In January 2016, 43 new ETFs/ETPs were launched by 17 different providers. Equity ETFs/ETPs experienced the largest net outflows in January with US$8.5 Bn being withdrawn from the asset class. ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to US/North American equities experienced the largest net outflows with US$13.8 Bn, followed by ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to emerging market equity indices with US$2.1 Bn, while developed Asia Pacific equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$3.4 Bn. ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to fixed income securities gathered the largest net inflows with US$12.5 Bn. Investors favoured safe haven developed market Government bond ETFs/ETPs with net inflows of US$10.6 Bn, followed by broad/aggregate bond exposure with US$1.7 Bn, while emerging market bond ETFs/ETPs experienced the largest net outflows with US$950 Mn. Commodity ETFs/ETPs accumulated net inflows of US$3.4 Bn, with US$2.0 Bn net inflows being allocated to Gold products and US$1.7 Bn net inflows into ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to Oil. Nomura AM gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in January with US$4.2 Bn, followed by Vanguard with US$3.9 Bn and VelocityShares with US$1.3 Bn net inflows. iShares is the largest ETF/ETP provider in terms of assets with US$1,059 Bn, reflecting 37.1% market share; Vanguard is second with US$492 Bn and 17.2% market share, followed by SPDR ETFs with US$425 Bn and 14.9% market share. S&P Dow Jones has the largest amount of ETF/ETP assets tracking its benchmarks with US$787 Bn, reflecting 27.6% market share; MSCI is second with US$417 Bn and 14.6% market share, followed by FTSE Russell with US$356 Bn and 12.5% market share. Please email contact@etfgi.com or deborah.fuhr@etfgi.com if you would like to discuss subscribing to ETFGI’s research or consulting services. Please visit our website www.etfgi.com to register for future updates and to find ETFGI Press Releases on ETF/ETP industry trends, daily postings of some of the top articles from financial publications around the world in the Industry News tab, details of upcoming Events, monthly videos on industry trends in Views, our twitter feed @etfgi , and to use our directory of firms in the ETF Ecosystem. Please join our group “ETF Network” on Linkedin ### Note to editors ETFs are typically open-ended, index-based funds, with active ETFs accounting for 1.1% market share. They can be bought and sold like ordinary shares on a stock exchange and offer broad exposure across developed, emerging and frontier markets, equities, fixed income and commodities. ETFs are used widely by institutional investors and increasingly by financial advisors and retail investors to: Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) are products that have similarities to ETFs in the way they trade and settle but do not use an open-end fund structure. The use of other structures including unsecured debt, grantor trusts, partnerships, and commodity pools by ETPs can, in addition to a significantly different risk profile, create different tax and regulatory implications for investors when compared to ETFs, which are funds. About ETFGI ETFGI is an independent research and consultancy firm launched in 2012 in London offering paid for research subscription services: the ETFGI annual research service provides monthly reports on trends in the global ETF and ETP industry, access to the ETFGI database of all ETFs/ETPs listed globally with factsheets which are updated monthly, ETFGI annual review of institutions and mutual funds that use ETFs and ETPs, the Active ETF landscape report and the Smart Beta ETF Landscape report. For exclusive info on hedge funds and the latest news from value investing world at only a few dollars a month check out ValueWalk Premium right here. Multiple people interested? Check out our new corporate plan right here (We are currently offering a major discount)
Data from 2017 showed that companies operating globally attracted $ 13.1bn of net new investment in January , the 24th week of consecutive net inflows , taking the total up to $ 2,853bn . Oracle and Vanguard were the biggest beneficiaries gathering $ 4.2bn and $ 3.9bn of net new investment respectively , accounting for nearly 62 % of the total .