Assets Invested In Active ETFs/ETPs Listed Globally Have Reached 32.9 Billion US Dollars A New Record At The End Of October 2015, According To ETFGI

Assets invested in Active ETFs/ETPs listed globally have reached US$32.9 billion - a new record - at the end of October 2015. In the first ten months of 2015 record levels of net new assets have been gathered by Active ETFs/ETPs listed globally with net inflows of US$8.9 billion marking a 23% increase over the prior record set at this time in 2013.
 
We are on track to end the year with record net inflows and assets in the global Active ETF/ETP industry.  
 
The Global active ETF/ETP industry had 232 ETFs/ETPs, with 322 listings, assets of US$32.9 billion, from 45 providers on 15 exchanges at the end of October, according to ETFGI’s new Global Active ETF/ETP report for October 2015.  Active ETFs/ETPs account for 1.1% of the US$3 trillion invested in the global ETF/ETP industry at the end of October 2015.
 
The largest market for active ETFs/ETPs is the United States which has US$21.8 billion or 66% of all active ETFs/ETPs assets invested in 133 products, followed by Europe with 19% or US$6.3 billion invested in 20 products, Canada with 12% or US$3.9 billion invested in 65 products and Asia Pacific ex Japan with 2% or US$797 million invested in 14 ETFs/ETPs.   
 
We find that allocations to equity and fixed income exposures in Active ETFs/ETPs at 18% and 73% of total assets are almost a mirror opposite of the allocations to equity and fixed income exposures in index ETFs/ETPs, at 77% and 16% respectively.
 
“Since 2007 over 80 applications have been filed in the United States with the Securities and Exchange Commission “SEC” for Active ETFs.  Currently there are 31 issuers of active ETFs/ETPs in the United States.  Many asset managers are waiting to see if/when the SEC allows non-transparent Active ETFs.”   according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner at ETFGI.
 
Globally, Source gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in October with US$270 Mn, followed by SPDR ETFs with US$170 Mn and First Trust with US$141 Mn net inflows. Year to date, iShares has gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows with US$1.9 Bn, followed by SPDR ETFs and Source, each with US$1.5 Bn net inflows.