ETFGI: Q1 Trends in the US ETF and ETP Industry

NEW YORK - April 18, 2016 - PRLog -- As Q2 gets into full swing, Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner for ETFGI, shares the latest reports on Q1 numbers in the US ETF and ETP space with Asset TV, and discusses the trends in the sector.

A continuing trend since 2008, ETF and ETP asset growth once again outperforms its high from the previous year, setting a new record of $2.18 billion from 94 providers on 3 exchanges as of March 16th.  The number of products in the space has also climbed to 1,863 total ETFs/ETPs, doubling the amount of products from 6 years ago.

Despite this year having one of the worst starts on record for the industry, in March the equity markets within the ETFs/ETPs space showed a strong performance.  As the top performer, equity markets took in $22.3 billion of net new assets in March while fixed-income markets followed with $8.3 billion.  However, when viewed on the full Q1 timescale, the ranking shifts quite a bit.  For year-to-date, fixed-income markets were the top performer with $30.8 billion net new assets, while equity markets actually had net outflows across the quarter with $9.3 billion, mostly due to the turbulent start at the beginning of the quarter.

Deborah also shares the data on the top 3 ETF/ETP providers listed in the US.  iShares was the top performer with $14.7 billion gathered in March and $16.5 billion gathered year-to-date, followed by Vanguard with $9.1 billion gathered in March and $16.4 billion gathered year-to-date.  SPDR ETFs followed in third with $5.8 billion gathered in March and $7.6 billion gathered year-to-date.  These three ETF/ETP providers made up 81.8% of the total market share, with the remaining 91 providers splitting the remaining amount.

While the US ETF/ETP industry continues to reach record levels, the global ETF/ETP industry is also performing extremely well, having reached the $3 trillion milestone, with Europe, Japan and Canada among the top performers in Q1.

To watch this video, as well as Deborah Fuhr's report on the global ETF/ETP trends for Q1, tune into Asset TV http://bit.ly/1SbY2Fe


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