BlackRock's ETP Landscape January 2013 - Record-Breaking ETP Flows In January

Global asset flows for exchange traded products (ETPs) recorded the best January on record with $40.2bn in flows.

• Following a record-breaking year for global ETP flows in 2012 with $262.7bn in net new assets, momentum continued in January. Investors favored riskier assets as equities accounted for 94% of flows.
• Emerging Markets were a dominant trend. Emerging Markets Equity ETPs gathered $13.2bn in January. Single Country ETPs also saw strong inflows of $5.8bn with investors favoring China, South Korea and Mexico exposures.
• Fixed Income inflows moderated, with $2.1bn for the month, as investors moved out of Treasuries and into other higher yielding areas of the fixed income universe. High Yield ETPs were the one of best asset-gathering category with $0.8bn of inflows.

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