ETFs/ETPs Listed iIn Japan Have Gathered A Record 33.7 Billion US Dollars In Net New Assets This Year As Of The End Of November 2015, According To ETFGI

ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan have gathered a record US$33.7 billion in net new assets year to date as of the end of November 2015 which is 210% above the record level of US$15.5 billion of net new assets gathered at this point in 2013. The Japanese ETF/ETP industry had 169 ETFs/ETPs, with 224 listings, assets of US$132 Bn, from 21 providers on 2 exchanges at the end of November, according to ETFGI’s Global ETF and ETP insights report for November 2015 (click here to see ETFGI’s chart for assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan).
 
In the first eleven months of 2015 record levels of net new assets have been gathered by ETFs/ETPs listed globally with net inflows of US$319.3 Bn marking a 15% increase over the prior record set during the first eleven months of 2014. In the United States net inflows reached US$201.7Bn, which is 5% higher than the prior record set last year, in Canada net inflows at US$11.4 Bn are up 10.7% over the prior record set in 2012, while in Europe year to date (YTD) net inflows climbed to US$72.6 Bn, representing a 18% increase on the record set YTD through end of November 2014.  In Japan, YTD net inflows were up 210% on the prior record set in 2013, standing at US$33.7 Bn at the end of November 2015.
 
“Global markets were mostly down in November, developed markets outside the US declined 1%, emerging markets ended down 3% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 ended up less than 1%.”  according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner at ETFGI.
 
In November 2015, ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan saw net outflows of US$1.2 Bn. Commodity ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows with US$88 Mn, followed by fixed income ETFs/ETPs with US$5 Mn, while equity ETFs/ETPs had net outflows of US$507 Mn.
 
YTD through end of November 2015, ETFs/ETPs have seen net inflows of US$33.7 Bn.  Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows YTD with US$27.7 Bn, followed by commodity ETFs/ETPs with US$841 Mn, and fixed income ETFs/ETPs with US$54 Mn.
 
Mitsubishi UFJ gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in November with US$628 Mn, followed by DIAM with US$254 Mn and Simplex AM with US$35 Mn net inflows.
 
YTD, Nomura AM gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows with US$15.8 Bn, followed by Nikko AM with US$6.4 Bn and Daiwa with US$3.7 Bn net inflows.