ETFs/ETPs Listed Globally Have Gathered 10.80 Billion US Dollars In Net New Assets In February 2016, According To ETFGI

ETFs/ETPs listed globally have gathered US$10.80 in net new assets in February 2016, according to preliminary data from ETFGI’s February 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report. ETFs/ETPs listed globally have now gathered net inflows for 25 consecutive months.

In the first two months of 2016 record levels of net new assets have been gathered by ETFs/ETPs listed in Asia Pacific ex Japan with net inflows of US$6.41and in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan where US$9.24 Bn has been gathered year to date.  Year to date a record level of net new assets have been gathered by commodity ETFs/ETPs with US$12.28 Bn, leveraged ETFs/ETPs with US$5.61 and Inverse ETFs/ETPs with US$1.41 Bn.

The global ETF/ETP industry had 6,200 ETFs/ETPs, with 11,963 listings, assets of US$2.85 trillion, from 279 providers listed on 64 exchanges in 51 countries. (click here to see ETFGI’s chart of global ETF/ETP asset growth)
 
“February was another volatile month for equity markets which drove investors to invest net flows into government bonds and gold.   The S&P 500 closed the month down 0.13%. Despite recent uncertainty, emerging markets gain 0.31% in February, while developed markets outside of the U.S. declined 1%.” according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner at ETFGI.
 
In February 2016, ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of US$10.81 Bn.  Fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$13.64 Bn, followed by commodity ETFs/ETPs with US$8.89 Bn, while equity ETFs/ETPs experienced net outflows of US$12.95 Bn

The net inflows of US$ 8.91 Bn into Commodity ETFs/ETPs in February 2016 of is a record high. The previous high was U$6.72 Bn gathered in Sep 2012.
 
Vanguard gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in February with US$4.18 Bn, followed by iShares with US$3.10 Bn and Nomura AM with US$1.49 Bn net inflows.

YTD, Vanguard gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows with US$8.08 Bn, followed by Nomura AM with US$5.71 Bn and iShares with US$3.56 Bn net inflows.

S&P Dow Jones has the largest amount of ETF/ETP assets tracking its benchmarks reflecting 27.3% market share; MSCI is second with 14.3% market share, followed by FTSE Russell with a 12.3% market share.