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ETFGI Reports That The Global ETFs Industry Has Attracted A Record-Breaking US$620.54 Billion In Net Inflows During The First Four Months Of 2025

Date 16/05/2025

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm renowned for its expertise in subscription research, consulting services, events, and ETF TV on global ETF industry trends, reported today that the global ETFs industry has attracted a record-breaking US$620.54 billion in net inflows during the first four months of 2025, according to ETFGI's April 2025 Global ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, the monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted)

Highlights

  • Record net inflows of $620.54 Bn in the first 4 months of 2025, the second highest recorded YTD net inflows were $467.69 Bn in 2024 and the third highest YTD net inflows were $464.20 Bn in 2021.

  • Net inflows of $157.03 Bn during April.

  • 71st month of consecutive net inflows.

  • Assets of $15.44 Tn invested in the ETFs industry globally at the end of April, below the record high assets of $15.50 Tn at the end of February 2025.

“The S&P 500 index was down 0.68% in April and is down 4.92% YTD in 2025. The developed markets excluding the US index was up 4.86% in April and is up 10.85% YTD in 2025. Spain (up 8.65%) and Portugal (up 7.67%) saw the largest increases amongst the developed markets in April. The emerging markets index increased by 0.88% during April and is up 1.80% YTD in 2025. Hungary (up 10.78%) and Mexico (up 10.40%) saw the largest increases amongst emerging markets in April,” according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder, and owner of ETFGI.

Growth in assets in the Global ETFs industry as of the end of April

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The Global ETFs industry has 14,013 products, with 27,751 listings, assets of $15.44 Tn, from 858 providers listed on 81 exchanges in 63 countries at the end of April.

During April, ETFs gathered net inflows of $157.03 Bn. Equity ETFs gathered net inflows of $85.85 Bn, bringing YTD net inflows to $297.44 Bn, higher than the $263.08 Bn in net inflows YTD in 2024. Fixed income ETFs reported net inflows of $16.22 Bn during April, bringing YTD net inflows to $98.19 Bn, higher than the $80.34 Bn in net inflows YTD in 2024. Commodities ETFs reported net inflows of $10.50 Bn during April, bringing YTD net inflows to $32.41 Bn, much higher than the $8.35 Bn in net outflows YTD in 2024. Active ETFs attracted net inflows of $32.20 Bn during the month, gathering net inflows for the year of $176.75 Bn, much higher than the $96.93 Bn in net inflows YTD in 2024.

Substantial inflows can be attributed to the top 20 ETFs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $88.28 Bn during April. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO US) gathered $20.88 Bn, the largest individual net inflow.

Top 20 ETFs by net new assets April 2025: Global

 

Name

 

Ticker

Assets
($ Mn)
Apr-25

NNA
($ Mn)
 YTD-25

NNA
($ Mn)
Apr-25

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

 

VOO US

    608,445.63

            54,986.89

        20,884.28

SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF

 

BIL US

      47,040.58

            10,774.23

          5,978.74

Huatai-Pinebridge CSI 300 ETF

 

510300 CH

      51,301.98

             3,384.30

          5,815.80

iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF

 

SGOV US

      44,737.13

            14,845.82

          5,328.67

Schwab Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

 

SMBS US

       5,016.67

             4,887.01

          4,884.51

China AMC CSI 300 Index ETF

 

510330 CH

      26,127.04

             4,610.17

          4,739.06

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

 

VTI US

    440,142.77

            13,747.76

          4,478.15

E Fund CSI 300 ETF

 

510310 CH

      35,430.33

             2,800.34

          4,231.36

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

 

BSV US

      38,646.90

             4,556.33

          3,859.99

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF

 

SPLG US

      61,978.37

            11,493.84

          3,609.51

Harvest CSI 300 Index ETF

 

159919 CH

      22,846.76

             2,123.55

          3,036.36

iShares Bitcoin Trust

 

IBIT US

      56,768.88

             5,406.13

          2,693.67

Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bull 3x Shares

 

SOXL US

       9,210.55

             3,982.73

          2,576.19

Vanguard Growth ETF

 

VUG US

    150,525.30

             6,383.00

          2,488.66

China AMC China 50 ETF

 

510050 CH

      22,303.77

             1,761.87

          2,433.19

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

 

ITOT US

      64,085.91

             3,444.30

          2,407.48

China CSI 500 ETF

 

510500 CH

      15,018.11

             1,256.71

          2,322.22

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

 

SPY US

    568,675.32

          (26,913.07)

          2,244.54

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF

 

SHV US

      22,228.38

             3,140.41

          2,142.86

Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF

 

QQQM US

      42,218.84

             6,074.17

          2,124.01

 

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The top 10 ETPs by net new assets collectively gathered $1.73 Bn over April. AMUNDI PHYSICAL GOLD ETC (C) - Acc (GOLD FP) gathered $391.18 Mn, the largest individual net inflow.

Top 10 ETPs by net new assets April 2025: Global

Name

 

Ticker

Asset
($ Mn)
Apr-25

NNA
($ Mn)
 YTD-25

NNA
($ Mn)
Apr-25

AMUNDI PHYSICAL GOLD ETC (C) - Acc

 

GOLD FP

       7,895.64

                895.96

             391.18

Japan Physical Gold ETF

 

1540 JP

       5,072.40

                771.64

             354.95

MicroSectors FANG+ 3X Leveraged ETN

 

FNGB US

          387.39

                390.39

             193.21

Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF

 

BTC US

       3,981.49

                435.03

             152.32

iShares Bitcoin ETP

 

IB1T GY

          207.88

                197.48

             121.98

Xtrackers Physical Gold Euro Hedged ETC

 

XAD1 GY

       1,641.29

                  50.94

             118.38

Xetra Gold EUR

 

4GLD GY

      18,624.11

                797.86

             103.48

iShares Physical Gold GBP Hedged ETC - GBP Hdg

 

IGLG LN

          149.20

                104.07

             101.06

Inverse VIX Short-Term Futures ETNs due March 22 2045

 

VYLD US

            93.41

                189.20

              99.18

ProShares UltraShort Gold

 

GLL US

          128.33

                123.03

              89.88

 

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Investors have tended to invest in Equity ETFs during April.