ETFGI Reports That Assets Invested In ETFs And ETPs Listed Globally Hit A New Record High Of US$6.12 Trillion At The End Of November 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 
$75.29 billion in November, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$477.01 billion which is significantly higher than the US$439.61 billion gathered at this point last year. Assets invested in the Global ETF/ETP industry have increased by 2.5%, from US$5.96 trillion at the end of October, to US$6.12 trillion at the end of November, according to ETFGI's November 2019 Global ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights 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 reached a new record of $6.12 trillion at the end of November.
• The $75.29 billion in net inflowsgathered in November is the 4th highest monthly net inflow on record. 
• Year-to-date net inflows of $477.01 billion are the 2nd highest behind November 2017 with $653.97 billion 
• Assets are up 27% year to date which is greater than the 20.1% CAGR over the past 10 years. 
• Equity products have gathered more net inflows than fixed income products as of the end of November. 

“During November the S&P 500 gained 3.6% as global markets were resistant to fears of inflation and showed optimism on the trade talks.  Global equities as measured by the S&P Global BMI were up 2.5% and the S&P Emerging BMI gained 0.1%.” According to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder and owner of ETFGI.

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

At the end of November 2019, the Global ETF/ETP industry had 7,926 ETFs/ETPs, with 15,883 listings from 429 providers on 70 exchanges in 58 countries. 

In November 2019, ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of $75.29 billion. Equity ETFs/ETPs listed Globally gathered net inflows of $56.92 billion in November, bringing net inflows for 2019 to $215.28 billion, substantially less than the $311.62 billion in net inflows equity products had attracted by the end of November 2018.  Fixed income ETFs/ETPs listed Globally attracted net inflows of $16.40 billion in November, bringing net inflows for 2019 to $207.65 billion, considerably greater than the $86.16 billion in net inflows fixed income products had attracted by the end of November 2018.  Commodity ETFs/ETPs suffered $1.71 billion in net outflows bringing net inflows for 2019 to $18.45 billion, which is greater than the $1.49 billion in net outflows suffered through November 2018. 

Substantial inflows can be attributed to the top 20 ETFs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $29.51 billion in November, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY US) gathered $6.64 billion alone.

Top 20 ETFs by net new inflows November 2019: Global

The top 10 ETPs by net new assets collectively gathered $1.78 billion in November. The Velocity Shares Daily 3x Long Natural Gas ETN (UGAZ US) gathered $472 million alone.

Top 10 ETPs by net new inflows November 2019: Global

Investors have tended to invest in core Equity and core Fixed Income ETFs during November.