ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported that assets invested in Leverage and Inverse ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a record US$89.64 billion at the end of July.  Leveraged and Inverse ETFs and ETPs gathered net inflows of US$203 million during July and YTD gathered net inflows of US$20.56 billion which is significantly more than the YTD net outflows of US$3.4 billion during 2019 and the full year 2019 net outflows of US$4.13 billion, according to ETFGI’s July 2020 Leveraged and Inverse ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, a monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.) 

Highlights

• Assets invested in Leverage and Inverse ETFs and ETPs listed globally reach a record $89.64 Bn at end of July.
• YTD Leverage and Inverse ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of $20.56 Bn which is significantly more than the YTD net outflows of US$3.4 Bn during 2019 and the full year 2019 net outflows of US$4.13 Bn.

 “The S&P 500 gained 5.5% during July. Totally the market is 1.25% up during the first month of Q3 which overcome the historical collapse of pandemic. During July the tech giants achieved again a great month. Developed markets outside the U.S. were up 3.04%. In July, the three Scandinavian countries Norway (up 10.78), Sweden (up 10.11) and Finland (up 9.18) were the leaders. Emerging markets gained 8.47% in July and are up 19.86% in Q3.” According to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder and owner of ETFGI.

At the end of July 2020, the Global leveraged/inverse ETF/ETP industry had 875 ETFs/ETPs. Of these 875 ETFs/ETPs, 445 were leveraged products, while 213 were inverse listings, and 217 were Leveraged/Inverse.

Global leveraged/inverse ETF and ETP asset growth as at the of end of July 2020

The majority of assets were invested in Leveraged ETFs/ETPs with $53.7 billion, followed by Leveraged/Inverse products with assets of $19.7 billion and Inverse with $16.3 billion.

The largest market for leveraged and inverse ETFs/ETPs is the United States, which, at the end of July 2020, had assets of $54 Bn invested in 243 ETFs/ETPs.

The Samsung KODEX 200 Futures Inverse 2X ETF – Acc gathered $2.22 Bn alone, the largest net inflow year-to-date to July. 

Top 20 ETFs/ETPs by YTD net new assets July 2020: Leveraged and Inverse