The BlackRock ETP Landscape series of reports Industry Highlights provides commentary on the global Exchange Traded Product (ETP) industry as of March 2015.
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NON-U.S. DEVELOPED MARKETS EQUITY ETP FLOWS SURGED IN MARCH TO SECURE BEST Q1 ON RECORD
- Global ETPs gathered $36.1bn to lift Q1 flows to $97.2bn, nearly triple the total from Q1 2014
- Nearly all of the March flows went to non-U.S. developed markets equity funds, led by a new high for European exposures of $14.8bn and accelerating Japanese equity flows of $8.3bn
- Currency-hedged equity had its best month ever, accounting for $13.4bn spread across Europe, EAFE and Japan exposures as investors anticipated further strengthening of the U.S. dollar
Sources: BlackRock, Bloomberg.
