ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In ETFs/ETPs Listed In Asia Pacific Ex-Japan Reached A New Record Of 132 Billion US Dollars At The End Of Q3 2016

ETFGI, the leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, today reported assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Asia Pacific ex-Japan reached a new record of US$132 billion at the end of Q3 2016. Net flows gathered by ETFs/ETPs in September were US$6.46 Bn, according to preliminary data from ETFGI’s September 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report (click here to view the ETFGI global asset growth chart for ETFs/ETPs listed in Asia Pacific ex-Japan).
 
Record levels of assets were also reached at the end of Q3 for ETFs/ETPs listed globally at US$3.408 trillion, in the United States with US$2.416 trillion and in Europe at US$566.74 Bn.

At the end of Q3 2016, the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF/ETP industry had 929 ETFs/ETPs, with 1,077 listings, assets of US$132 Bn, from 114 providers listed on 18 exchanges in 14 countries.

“Although there was a rally after the FOMC's vote to leave interest rates unchanged in September, the S&P 500 ended the month flat and the SJIA with a moderate decline of 0.4%. Developed markets ex-US and Emerging markets were up 1.5% and 1.2%, respectively" according to Deborah Fuhr, co-founder and managing partner at ETFGI.

In September 2016, ETFs/ETPs saw net outflows of US$124 Mn. Equity ETFs/ETPs experienced the largest net outflows with US$391 Mn, followed by commodity ETFs/ETPs with US$10 Mn, while fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$115 Mn.
 
YTD through end of Q3 2016, ETFs/ETPs have seen net inflows of US$6.46 Bn. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of US$2.82 Bn, followed by commodity ETFs/ETPs with US$941 Mn, while equity ETFs/ETPs experienced net outflows YTD of US$857 Mn.
 
SPDR ETFs is the largest ETF/ETP provider in terms of assets with US$19 Bn, reflecting 14.2% market share; HSBC/Hang Seng is second with US$12 Bn and 9.4% market share, followed by CSOP/China Southern with US$11 Bn and 8.6% market share. The top three ETF/ETP providers, out of 114, account for 32.2% of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF/ETP assets.
 
SPDR ETFs gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in September with US$293 Mn, followed by Vanguard with US$223 Mn and Mirae Horizons with US$139 Mn net inflows.
 
YTD, Yuanta gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows YTD with US$1.50 Bn, followed by CSOP/China Southern with US$1.41 Bn and SPDR ETFs with US$1.10 Bn net inflows.