Strong net inflows of US$35 billion in September and positive market performance helped to push global ETF and ETP assets to US$2.22 trillion, a new record high, at the end of Q3 2013, according to ETFGI’s Q3 2013 Global ETF and ETP industry insights report.
The Global ETF/ETP industry now has 4,982 ETFs/ETPs, with 10,019 listing, from 212 providers listed on 57 exchanges.
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Deborah Fuhr, managing partner at ETFGI, said: "The Federal Reserve’s decision in their last meeting to maintain the QE scheme at its current size and positive market performance encouraged investors to put net inflows of US$35 billion back into the market through ETFs/ETPs."
Year to date (YTD) net inflows into ETFs/ETPs are at US$168.9 billion, which is below the US$188.4 billion at this time in 2012. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$29.3 billion, followed by fixed income with US$5.8 billion, and commodity with US$1.2 billion.
Equity
In September, Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$29.3 billion. North American/US equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$14.98 billion, followed by emerging market equity with US$6.0 billion, and European equity with US$3.74 billion.
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Fixed income ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of US$5.8 billion. Government bond ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$2.69 billion, followed by high yield with US$2.47 billion, and emerging market bond with US$835 billion.
Commodity
Commodity ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of US$1.16 billion. Precious metals ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$674 million, followed by broad commodity indices with US$563 million.
ETF/ETP Providers
YTD, Vanguard ranks first based on net inflows of US$45.1 billion, iShares is 2nd with US$41.6 billion WisdomTree is 3rd with US$12.0 billion, PowerShares is 4th with US$10.6 billion and First Trust is 5th with US$5.3 billion.
Index Providers
S&P Dow Jones has the largest amount of ETF/ETP assets tracking its benchmarks with US$608 billion, reflecting 27.4% market share; MSCI is second with US$358 billion and 16.1% market share, followed by Barclays with US$195 billion and 8.8% market share.
