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Assets Invested in Global ETFs Decreased

Written by Shanny Basar | Feb 16, 2022 9:09:20 AM

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, ETFGI reported the global ETFs industry gathered US$76.40 billion of net inflows in January 2022.  Due to market declines in January the assets invested in the global ETFs industry decreased by 3.9% from a record US$10.27 trillion at the end of December 2021, to US$9.87 trillion, according to ETFGI's January 2022 Global ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, the monthly report which is part of anan annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Highlights

  • Due to market declines in January the assets invested in the global ETFs industry decreased by 3.9% from a record $10.27 trillion at the end of December 2021, to US$9.87 trillion. 
  • Net inflows of $76.40 Bn in January are slightly lower than the net inflows of $85.38 Bn gathered in January 2021.
  • $1.29 Tn in net inflows gathered in the past 12 months.
  • 32nd month of consecutive net inflows
  • Equity ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered $61.85 Bn net inflows in January 2022.

“The S&P 500 decreased by 5.17% in January. Developed markets excluding the US, experienced a loss of 5.33% in January. All countries in developed markets experienced losses, with New Zealand suffering the biggest loss of 14.35%. Emerging markets decreased by 0.94% during January. Chile (up 12.44%) and Colombia (up 12.36%) gained the most, whilst Russia (down 8.74 %) and Poland (down 4.82%) witnessed the largest declines.” According to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder and owner of ETFGI.

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At the end of January 2022, the Global ETFs industry had 9,977 products, with 20,221 listings, assets of
$9.87 Tn, from 617 providers listed on 79 exchanges in 62 countries.

During January 2022, ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of $76.40 Bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of $61.85 Bn inJanuary, greater than the $48.48 Bn in net inflows equity products attracted in January 2021. Fixed Income ETFs/ETPs listed globally reported net outflows of $4.13 Bn during January, much lower than the $16.12 Bn in net inflows fixed income products had attracted in January 2021. Commodity ETFs/ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of $3.79 Bn, higher than the $2.83 Bn in net inflows commodity products had attracted in January 2021. Active ETFs/ETPs reported $8.79 Bn in net inflows, lower than the $16.93 Bn in net inflows active products had attracted in January 2021.

Source: ETFGI