European ETF assets at $556bn in November, reports ETFGI

Dec 23rd, 2016 | By | Category: ETF and Index News

Assets invested in exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products listed in Europe were $556bn at the end of November, down from the record high of $567bn reached at the end of Q3 2016, according to latest research from ETFGI.

Europe-listed ETF assets at $556bn in November, reports ETFGI

The most successful gatherers of net new ETF assets in November were BNP Paribas Easy with $1.5bn, Vanguard with $883m, and Source with $718m.

Net flows gathered by ETFs/ETPs in November were positive at $3.6bn, marking the 27th consecutive month of net inflows for the region.

Year to date (YTD), net inflows stand at $50.5bn, less than the $72.6bn gathered at this point last year.

Equity ETFs/ETPs attracted $7.8bn of net inflows during the month, bringing YTD net inflows to $11.9bn, less than the $42.3bn gathered over the same period last year.

Fixed income ETFs/ETPs experienced net outflows of $3.8bn in November, reducing YTD net inflows to $23.7bn, which is also less than the same period last year which saw net inflows of $24.9bn.

Commodity ETFs/ETPs lost $398m in net outflows during the month. YTD, net inflows are at $12.7bn, compared to net inflows of $1.2bn over the same period last year.

BNP Paribas Easy was the most successful gatherer of net new assets in November with $1.5bn, followed by Vanguard with $883m and Source with $718m net inflows.

iShares drew in the largest net ETF/ETP inflows YTD with $28.5bn, followed by ETF Securities with $5.2bn and SPDR ETFs with $4.6bn net inflows.

At the end of November 2016, the European ETF/ETP industry had 2,228 ETFs/ETPs, with 7,023 listings from 56 providers listed on 25 exchanges in 21 countries.

Record levels of assets under management were reached at the end of November for ETFs/ETPs listed globally at $3,445bn, in the United States at $2,471bn and in Canada at $83.4bn.

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