ETFGI Reports Today That Leveraged And Inverse ETFs And ETPs Listed Globally Suffered Net Outflows Of US$138 Million During November 2019

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that Leveraged and Inverse ETFs and ETPs suffered net outflows of US$138 million during November. Total assets invested in leveraged and inverse ETFs and ETPs decreased from US$77.5 billion at the end of October to $77.2 billion, according to ETFGI’s November 2019 Leveraged and Inverse 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 leveraged and inverse ETFs/ETPs decreased by 0.4% during November 2019 to $77.2 billion.
• During November, leveraged and inverse ETFs/ETPs listed globally saw net outflows of $138 million.
• The majority of assets were invested in Leverage ETFs/ETPs with $48.9 billion, followed by Leveraged/Inverse products with assets of $15.8 billion, then Inverse with $12.5 billion.

“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.

At the end of November 2019, the Global leveraged/inverse ETF/ETP industry had 852 ETFs/ETPs. Of these 852 ETFs/ETPs, 435 were leveraged products, while 202 were inverse listings, and 215 were leveraged inverse. The largest market for leveraged and inverse ETFs/ETPs was in the United States, which, at the end of November 2019, had assets of $48.1 billion invested in 281 ETFs/ETPs.

Global leveraged/inverse ETF and ETP asset growth as at the of end of November 2019

During November, globally listed leveraged and inverse ETFs/ETPs suffered net outflows of $138 million and net outflows year-to-date reached $2.90 billion. The top 20 leveraged and inverse ETFs/ETPs by Year-to-Date net new assets collectively gathered $15.91 billion year-to-date to November. TheNEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 Double Inverse Index Exchange Traded Fund (1357 JP) gathered $2.43 billion alone, the largest net inflow year-to-date to November. 

Top 20 ETFs/ETPs by YTD net new assets November 2019: Leveraged and Inverse