At the end of April 2012, the US ETF industry had 1,170 ETFs, assets of USD1,074.5bn, from 30 providers on three exchanges as of the end of April 2012, according to ETF Global Insight.
ETF assets have decreased by 0.2% from USD1,077.1bn in March 2012 to USD1,074.5bn in
April 2012. YTD through end of April 2012, ETF assets have increased by 14.4% from USD939.3bn to
USD1,074.5bn.
In April 2012, ETFs saw net inflows of USD4.2bn. Fixed income ETFs gathered net inflows of
USD4.6bn, of which USD1.8bn went into corporate bond ETFs. Commodity ETFs gathered net inflows of USD0.5bn, of which USD0.7bn went into ETFs providing exposure to precious metals, while ETFs providing exposure to agriculture, energy, industrial metals and broad commodity indices experienced net outflows totalling a combined USD0.1bn. Equity ETFs experienced net outflows of USD0.8bn, of which ETFs providing exposure to US equity indices saw net outflows of USD0.4bn, while ETFs providing exposure to global equity indices gathered net inflows of USD0.3bn.
YTD through end of April 2012, ETFs have gathered net inflows of USD53.0bn. Equity ETFs have gathered USD33.1bn, of which net inflows of USD19.7bn went into ETFs providing exposure to US equity indices. Fixed income ETFs have gathered net inflows of USD20.2bn, of which USD7.6bn net inflows went into high yield ETFs, while government bond ETFs have experienced net outflows of USD0.8bn. Commodity ETFs have gathered net inflows USD0.2bn, of which USD0.6bn net inflows went into ETFs providing exposure to precious metals, while ETFs providing exposure to agricultural commodities experienced net outflows of USD0.3bn.
YTD through end of April 2012, leveraged ETFs have experienced net outflows of USD3.2bn, inverse ETFs have experienced USD0.3bn net outflows, while leveraged inverse ETFs have gathered USD2.5bn net inflows.
Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows in April with USD4.4bn, followed by iShares with USD1.2bn and Van Eck Associates Corp with USD1.0bn net inflows.
Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows YTD with USD21.7bn, followed by iShares with USD13.0bn and SPDR ETFs with USD6.2bn net inflows.
PowerShares experienced the largest net outflows in April with USD2.5bn. Direxion Shares meanwhile, has experienced the largest net outflows YTD with USD0.6bn, followed by ProShares with USD0.5bn and Bank of New York with USD0.3bn net outflows.
Including other Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), at the end of April 2012, the US ETF/ETP industry had 1,457 ETFs/ETPs, assets of USD1,206.2bn, from 47 providers on 3 exchanges.
ETF/ETP assets have decreased by 0.4% from USD1,210.5bn in March 2012 to USD1,206.2bn in
April 2012.
YTD through end of April 2012, ETF/ETP assets have increased by 13.7% from USD1,061.2bn to USD1,206.2bn.
In April 2012, ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of USD3.5bn. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of USD4.6bn, of which USD1.8bn went into corporate bond ETFs/ETPs. Equity ETFs/ETPs experienced net outflows of USD0.8bn, of which ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to US equity indices experienced USD0.4bn net outflows. Commodity ETFs/ETPs experienced USD0.1bn net outflows, of which energy ETFs/ETPs experienced USD0.2bn net ouflows, while precious metals ETFs/ETPs gathered USD0.4bn net inflows.
YTD through end of April 2012, ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of USD59.4bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered USD33.9bn net inflows, of which ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to US equity indices gathered USD20.5bn net inflows. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered USD20.2bn net inflows, of which USD7.6bn net inflows went into high yield ETFs/ETPs. Commodity ETFs/ETPs gathered USD3.9bn net inflows, of which precious metals ETFs/ETPs gathered USD2.9bn net inflows, while ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to agricultural commodities experienced USD0.4bn net outflows.
YTD through end of April 2012, leveraged ETFs/ETPs experienced USD1.8bn net outflows, inverse ETFs/ETPs experienced USD0.5bn net outflows, while USD2.3bn net inflows went into leveraged inverse ETFs/ETPs.
Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows in April with USD4.4bn, followed by iShares with USD1.1bn and Van Eck Associates Corp with USD1.0bn net inflows.
Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows YTD with USD21.7bn, followed by iShares with USD13.5bn and SPDR ETFs with USD8.0bn net inflows.
PowerShares experienced the largest net outflows in April with USD2.5bn.
Direxion Shares experienced the largest net outflows YTD with USD0.6bn, followed by Bank of New York with USD0.3bn net outflows.
