ETFGI Reports That Assets Invested ETFs And ETPs Listed In Globally Reached A Record High Of US$5.78 Trillion At The End Of September 2019

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed Globally gathered net inflows of US$77.17 billion in September, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$350.25 billion which is on par with the US$351.09 gathered at this time last year. Assets invested in the Global ETF/ETP industry have increased by 2.6%, from US$5.64 trillion at the end of August, to US$5.78 trillion at the end of September, according to ETFGI's September 2019 Global ETFs and ETPs industry insights landscape report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Highlights

• Assets invested in the Global ETF/ETP industry reach a record $5.78 trillion at the end of September.
• September 2019, ETFs/ETPs listed Globally gathered $77.17 billion in net inflows, second highest on record.
• Year to date NNA is $350.25 billion which is on par with the $351.09 billion gathered YTD in 2018.
• The S&P 500 gained 1.9% during September despite slowing economic growth, ongoing trade disputes and a presidential impeachment inquiry. Shifting the focus to the S&P Developed ex-U.S. BMI, the index was up 3.0%, as 23 of 25 countries gained during the month; the highest gainer in the month was Korea (up 6.4%), while Hong Kong continued to decline (down 0.8%). From an Emerging Markets standpoint, the S&P Emerging BMI gained 1.4%, with 15 of the 23 reporting gains. Globally, equities reclaimed prior month losses, gaining 2.1%, as measured by the S&P Global BMI (38 out of 50 countries reporting gains).” According to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder and owner of ETFGI.

Global ETF and ETP assets as of the end of September 2019

At the end of September 2019, the Global ETF/ETP industry had 7,797 ETFs/ETPs, with 15,662 listings, from 422 providers on 69 exchanges in 58 countries.

 In September 2019, ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of $77.17 billion. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs listed Globally attracted net inflows of $23.40 billion in September, bringing net inflows for 2019 to $171.53 billion, considerably greater than the $74.14 billion in net inflows fixed income products had attracted by the end of September 2018.  Equity ETFs/ETPs listed Globally gathered net inflows of $45.88 billion in September, bringing net inflows for 2019 to $134.90 billion, substantially less than the $250.91 billion in net inflows equity products had attracted by the end of September 2018. Commodity ETFs/ETPs gathered $3.97 billion in net inflows bringing net inflows to $18.26 billion for 2019, which is greater than the $3.15 billion in net outflows suffered through September 2018.

Substantial inflows can be attributed to the top 20 ETF's by net new assets, which collectively gathered $38.51 billion in September, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust gathered $8.62 billion alone.

Top 20 ETFs by net new inflows September 2019: Global

The top 10 ETP's by net new assets collectively gathered $4.57 billion in September. The SPDR Gold Shares gathered $2.11 billion alone.

Top 10 ETPs by net new inflows September 2019: Global

Investors have tended to invest in ETFs and ETPs providing exposure to US and global equities, Corporate and broad/aggregate fixed income during September.