Assets Invested In ETFs And ETPs Listed In Japan Reached A Record 120 Billion US Dollars At The End Of The First Half Of 2015 According To ETFGI

Assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Japan reached a new record of US$120 billion at the end of the first half of 2015 as well as a record level of US$18 billion in net new assets (NNA). Net inflows in the first half of 2015 have surpassed the prior record of US$13.5 billion set in the first half of 2014, according to ETFGI’s preliminary ETF and ETP global insights report. At the end of June 2015, the Japanese ETF/ETP industry had 157 ETFs/ETPs, with 212 listings, assets of US$120 Bn, from 20 providers on 2 exchanges.
 
“June was a difficult month for most markets around the world. The S&P 500 index ended June down 2% for the month and finished the first half of 2015 up 1%. Market performance in the first half of 2015 was impacted by a number of uncertainties in the first half of 2015: the situation in Greece and the impact on the Eurozone, when the Fed will raise interest rates, volatility in the Chinese market and the MERS outbreak in South Korea.” according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner of ETFGI.
 
In the first half of 2015 record levels of NNA have been gathered by ETFs/ETPs listed globally with US$152 billion beating the prior record of US$130 billion in the first half of 2014. US listed ETFs/ETPs gathered US$103 billion, beating the previous record of US$76 billion gathered in the first half of 2012, while European listed ETFs/ETPs gathered US$40 billion, beating the US$32 billion gathered in the first half of 2014.
 
In June 2015, ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan saw net inflows of US$3.4 Bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the majority of the net inflows with US$3.3 Bn, while commodity ETFs/ETPs experienced net outflows with US$142 Mn.
 
YTD through end of June 2015, ETFs/ETPs have seen a record level of net inflows of US$18 Bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows YTD with US$16.6 Bn, followed by commodity ETFs/ETPs with US$355 Mn.

Nomura AM gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in June with US$1.7 Bn, followed by Nikko AM with US$865 Mn and Daiwa with US$479 Mn net inflows.
 
YTD, Nomura AM gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows with US$7.2 Bn, followed by Nikko AM with US$4.3 Bn and Mitsubishi UFJ with US$2.0 Bn net inflows.