BlackRock Global ETP Landscape Industry Highlights - August 2015: Record Flows Amid Volatility

The BlackRock ETP Landscape Industry Highlights provides commentary on the global Exchange Traded Product (ETP) industry as of August 2015. 

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ETP FLOWS CLIMB TO NEW YEAR-TO-DATE RECORD HIGH

• Global ETPs gathered $17.2bn in August driven by non-U.S. developed markets equity and fixed income as concerns over flagging global growth returned and market volatility increased    
• Demand held up for non-U.S. developed markets equity driven by pan-European exposures with $6.2bn, Japan Equity with $5.0bn and EAFE funds with $1.2bn    
• Investors redeemed ($7.4bn) from emerging markets equity funds amid a bout of market volatility spurred by continued concerns over China and deflation    
• Fixed income gathered $8.3bn with an underlying shift to safety in government debt, which gathered $7.1bn, while higher-yielding categories came under pressure with high-yield corporate bond outflows reaching ($0.9bn) 

Sources: BlackRock, Bloomberg