Volume in fixed income exchange-traded funds increased by six per cent in quarter two, reversing the first quarter trend when they lost ground to equities, according to the latest Data Points report released by Tradeweb.
A higher proportion of overall trading volume was from sell requests; this trend was particularly pronounced in the fixed income sector, where over two-thirds of volume was selling.
The top 10 ETFs by traded volume in the period were:
1 iShares MSCI World LSE GBX (equity)
2 Amundi ETF MSCI Emerging Markets A PAR EUR (equity)
3 iShares Markit iBoxx Euro High Yield EUR LSE EUR (fixed income)
4 Lyxor ETF Euro Cash PAR EUR (fixed income)
5 Amundi ETF Topix EUR Hedged Daily PAR EUR (equity)
6 db x-trackers II EONIA UCITS ETF GER EUR (fixed income)
7 Amundi ETF MSCI EM Asia EUR PAR EUR (equity)
8 iShares Euro Stoxx 50 De GER EUR (equity)
9 iShares S&P 500 ETF GER EUR (equity)
10 Amundi ETF Euro Stoxx 50 PAR EUR (equity)
Data Points is a report prepared by Tradeweb. Information for Data Points is aggregated across Tradeweb’s database of real-time fixed income and derivatives trading activity from the world’s largest dealers.
