Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan reached a new record high of US$102 billion at the end of February 2015, according to ETFGI’s monthly ETF and ETP global insight report for February.
The Japanese ETF/ETP industry had 151 ETFs/ETPs, with 196 listings, from 19 providers on 2 exchanges at the end of February.
March 9th marked the 25th anniversary of the listing of the first ETF in Canada.
“Investors allocated the majority of net new assets to equities as the US market rebounded from a difficult January to end February with both the S&P 500 and the Dow up 6% for the month. Volatility declined during the month. Developed markets were up 6% for the month, while emerging and frontier markets were up 3%” according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner of ETFGI.
In February ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan 2015 gathered net inflows of US$1.5 Bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$2.49 Bn, followed by commodity ETFs/ETPs with US$185 Mn, and fixed income ETFs/ETPs with net inflows with US$5 Mn.
Nikko AM gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in February with US$1.08 Bn, followed by Daiwa with US$275 Mn and Nomura AM with US$216 Mn net inflows. Year to date in 2015 Nikko AM gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows with US$1.96 Bn, followed by Nomura AM with US$1.49 Mn and DIAM with US$873 Mn net inflows.
