ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reported today assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally reached a new record of US$6.66 trillion at the end of July.    ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$79.35 billion during  July, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$373.16 billion which is significantly higher than the US$270.21 billion gathered at this point last year.  Assets invested in the global ETFs/ETPs industry increased by 6.0%, from US$6.28 trillion at the end of June 2020, to US$6.66 trillion at the end of July, according to ETFGI's July 2020 Global ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Highlights

• Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally reach a new record of $6.66 trillion at the end of July.
• ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of $79.35 Bn during July the third highest monthly net inflow on record.  January 2018 was the largest monthly net inflow with $105.59 Bn.
• $373.16 Bn in YTD net inflows is significantly higher than the US$270.21 Bn gathered at this point in 2019.

“The S&P 500 gained 5.6% in July, aided by the U.S. Federal Reserve stimulus and strong earnings.   International markets also gained, with Developed Ex-U.S. and Emerging up 3.0% and 8.5%, respectively. In the developed markets  Scandinavian countries benefited most, led by Norway (up 10.8%) and Sweden (up 10.1%); while Japan (down 2.0%) was the sole negative performer among developed countries. Dollar weakness contributed toward the positive momentum in Emerging markets where 19 of 25 countries gained, led by Brazil (up 14.4%) and Pakistan (up 13.4%), while Taiwan (up 12.1%) neared an all-time high.” According to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder and owner of ETFGI.

Global ETF and ETP assets as of the end of July 2020

The Global ETF/ETP industry had 8,268 ETFs/ETPs, with 16,472 listings, assets of $6.66 Trillion, from 465 providers  listed on 71 exchanges in 58 countries.

During July, ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of $79.35 billion. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of $34.77 billion during July, bringing net inflows for 2020 to $140.63 billion, more than the $131.67 billion in net inflows fixed income products had attracted duirng July 2019. Equity ETFs/ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of $24.28 billion during the month, bringing net inflows for 2020 to $112.92 billion, lower than the $114.32 billion in net inflows equity products had attracted at this point in 2019.  Commodity ETFs/ETPs reported $10.32 billion in net inflows bringing net inflows for 2020 to $64.17 billion, which is much greater than the $7.76 billion in net inflows reported through July 2019.

Substantial inflows can be attributed to the top 20 ETFs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $30.32 billion at the end of July, the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG US) gathered $3.49 billion.

Top 20 ETFs by net new inflows July 2020: Global

The top 10 ETPs by net new assets collectively gathered $10.57 billion in July. The SPDR Gold Shares - Acc (GLD US) gathered $3.75 billion.

Top 10 ETPs by net new inflows July 2020: Global

Investors have tended to invest in Fixed Income and Equity ETFs/ETPs at the end of July.