ETF data provider ETFGI reports that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed globally broke through the USD5.000 trillion milestone at the end of May 2018 to reach USD5.004 trillion.
Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally broke through the USD5.000 trillion milestone at the end of May 2018. Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally increased by 0.71 per cent, or USD35.15 billion, during May, to reach USD5.004 trillion.
In May 2018, ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of USD50.00 billion, the highest since January 2018, which saw USD105.75 billion net inflows and May saw the 52nd month of consecutive net inflows into ETFs/ETPs listed globally.
ETFGI reports that assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally grew by USD30.15 billion in May. The increase of 0.71 per cent, from USD4.969 trillion in April 2018, also represents the greatest monthly growth in assets since April 2018, which saw a monthly increase of USD49.49 billion, the firm says.
At the end of May 2018, the global ETF industry had 5,585 ETFs, with 11,624 listings, assets of USD4.859 trillion, from 339 providers on 68 exchanges in 56 countries.
At the end of May 2018, the Global ETF/ETP industry had 7,430 ETFs/ETPs, with 14,140 listings, assets of USD5.004 trillion, from 375 providers on 70 exchanges in 57 countries.
May 2018 marked the 52nd consecutive month of net inflows into ETFs/ETPs listed globally, with USD40.99 billion gathered during the month; 15.4 per cent less than net inflows at this point last year.
The majority of these flows can be attributed to the top 20 ETFs by net new assets, which collectively gathered USD989.51 billion in May 2018. The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA US) on its own accounted for net inflows of USD17.1 billion.
