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ETFGI Reports That Active ETFs And ETPs Listed Globally Reach A New High Of US$95.9 Billion At The End Of July 2018

Date 22/08/2018

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in Active ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a new high of US$95.9 billion, following net inflows of US$3.59 billion and market moves during July, according to ETFGI’s July 2018 Global Active ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service.  (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.) 
 
Highlights 

  • Active ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a new high of $95.9 Bn in assets.
  • Active ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net new assets of $3.59 Bn during July 2018.
  • Fixed income products experienced the largest net inflows, while commodity-based products saw the largest net outflows.

“The S&P 500 gained 3.72%, international markets ex US were up 1.93% and emerging markets up 2.81%.  Investors are still concerned about the impact of trade wars and Brexit,” according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner and a founder of ETFGI.
 
At the end of July 2018, the Global Active ETF/ETP industry had 524 ETFs/ETPs, with 640 listings, assets of US$95.9 Bn, from 104 providers on 18 exchanges. Due to net inflows and market moves the assets invested in Actively managed ETFs and ETPs listed globally increased by 4.70% during July, from $91.6 Bn at the end of June and have increased 26.1% year-to-date, from $76.0 Bn.

Growth in Active ETF and ETP assets as of the end of July 2018




Fixed income products gathered the largest net inflows during July, with $2.86 Bn bringing the year-to-date total to $13.3 Bn. Equity based products gathered net inflows of $660 Mn during July bringing the year-to-date total to $5.10 Bn. Commodity based products experienced net outflows of $8 Mn during July 2018 bringing year-to-date net inflows to $1.90 Bn.

Top 20 Active ETFs/ETPs by net new assets July 2018: Global
 

Name Country Listed Ticker Total Assets
(US$ Mn)
Jul-18
ADV
(US$ Mn)
Jul-18
NNA
(US$ Mn)
YTD 2018
NNA
(US$ Mn)
Jul-18
iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF US NEAR US 4,382 101 1,501 533
PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Strategy Fund US MINT US 9,860 94 1,812 448
JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF US JPST US 1,694 31 1,583 381
PIMCO US Dollar Short Maturity ETF UK MINT LN 2,863 11 268 268
First Trust Senior Loan ETF US FTSL US 1,723 14 389 160
Invesco Ultra Short Duration ETF US GSY US 1,338 17 271 131
Huntington US Equity Rotation Strategy ETF US HUSE US 234 7 159 130
ARK Innovation ETF US ARKK US 1,171 15 701 110
LYXOR SMART CASH - UCITS ETF - C-EUR France CSH2 FP 876 3 49 92
AGFiQ Enhanced Global Infrastructure ETF Canada QIF CN 211 4 208 89
Fidelity Limited Term Bond ETF US FLTB US 187 5 81 79
iShares Liquidity Income ETF US ICSH US 406 5 263 63
iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF US COMT US 785 7 460 62
PIMCO Euro Short Maturity ETF Germany PJS1 GY 3,075 2 (163) 62
First Trust Low Duration Mortgage Opportunities ETF US LMBS US 1,457 9 507 56
ARK Web x.O ETF US ARKW US 672 12 380 50
BMO Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF Canada ZST CN 126 3 90 50
Horizons Active Floating Rate Bond ETF Canada HFR CN 545 4 232 47
Mackenzie Floating Rate Income ETF Canada MFT CN 441 3 230 47
PIMCO Sterling Short Maturity ETF UK QUID LN 495 1 225 46

 

Source: ETFGI data sourced from ETF/ETP sponsors, exchanges, regulatory filings, Thomson Reuters/Lipper, Bloomberg, publicly available sources and data generated in-house. Note: This report is based on the most recent data available at the time of publication. Asset and flow data may change slightly as additional data becomes available.

Investors tended to invest in short term, broad/aggregate fixed income funds during July 2018. The iShares Short maturity Bond ETF, trading under the aptly named (NEAR US), saw the greatest net inflows during July with $553 Mn. This was followed by the PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Strategy Fund (MINT US) with net inflows of $448 Mn during July. The top 20 Actively managed ETFs/ETPs, by net new assets during July, saw inflows totalling $2.90 Bn and collectively have $32.5 Bn in assets under management.