US-listed exchange traded fund turnover rose by five per cent in the week ending 27 February, with monthly average daily turnover reaching USD87bn, according to the latest ETF liquidity
US-listed exchange traded fund turnover rose by five per cent in the week ending 27 February, with monthly average daily turnover reaching USD87bn, according to the latest ETF liquidity report from Deutsche Bank researchers Aram Flores and Shan Lan.
Turnover in the S&P 500 SPDR was USD30.8bn. The PowerShares QQQ Nasdaq 100 had turnover of USD5.1bn followed by the UltraShort S&P 500 ProShares with turnover of USD4.7bn. No new US ETFs were launched.
Short-related ETF turnover rose 11 per cent to USD15.3bn, remaining the second largest category after large cap ETFs.
Among emerging country ETFs, iShares FTSE/Xinhua China ETF turnover was USD996m, followed by the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF with turnover of USD831m.
In non-US developed market flows, iShares MSCI Japan had turnover of USD225m. In non-US regional flows, emerging market turnover was USD1.88bn and developed global markets had turnover of USD1.26bn.
Total assets under management for equity based ETFs declined by 5.5 per cent from the previous week to USD328bn.
