ETFGI Reports ETFs/ETPs Listed In The United States Gathered Record Inflows Of 44 Billion US Dollars And Assets Reached A New High Of 2.798 Trillion US Dollars At The End Of Q1 2017

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States reached a new record high of US$2.798 trillion at the end Q1 2017 surpassing the prior record of US$2.758 trillion set at the end of February 2017, according to data from ETFGI’s Q1 2017 global ETF and ETP industry insights report (click here to view the ETFGI asset growth chart for ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States).
  
At the end of March 2017, the US ETF/ETP industry had 2,000 ETFs/ETPs, assets of US$2.798 trillion, from 110 providers listed on 3 exchanges.

“Investors have favoured equities over fixed income and commodities as equity markets have performed positively in March and in the first quarter of 2017. The S&P 500 gained 0.1% in March and 6.1% during the first quarter. International equity markets performed strongly in March and in the first quarter with the international markets ex US up 2.6% in March and 7.5% in Q1 and emerging markets up 2.1% in March and 11.1% in Q1. With the first round of the French elections looming, European volatility expectations increased,” according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner and a founder of ETFGI. 

ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States gathered a record level of US$44.39 Bn of net new assets in March marking the 13th consecutive month of net inflows. Year to date, net inflows stand at a record level of US$133.62 Bn. At this point last year there were net inflows of US$34.07 Bn.
 
Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of US$34.20 Bn in March, bringing year to date net inflows to
US$93.15 Bn, which is greater than the net outflows of US$9.36 Bn over the same period last year.
 
Fixed income ETFs and ETPs experienced net inflows of US$8.19 Bn in March, growing year to date net inflows to US$31.92 Bn, which is greater than the same period last year which saw net inflows of US$30.84 Bn.
 
Commodity ETFs/ETPs gathered net outflows of US$108 Mn in March. Year to date, net inflows are at US$3.98 Bn, compared to net inflows of US$8.97 Bn over the same period last year.
 
iShares gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in March with US$24.25 Bn, followed by Vanguard with US$12.59 Bn and Schwab ETFs with US$2.23 Bn net inflows.
 
In Q1, iShares gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows with US$54.32 Bn, followed by Vanguard with US$40.49 Bn and SPDR ETFs with US$11.68 Bn net inflows.