--- title: February Had Largest Monthly Inflow For Global ETPs description: Global fixed income flows in February highlighted a disparity compared to equities. image: https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/european-commodity-etfs-record-inflows-May-12-2022-09-27-11-02-AM.jpg --- ![websites-group](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/new-MMG-01.svg) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-new-marketsmedia-logo.svg)](https://www.marketsmedia.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-traders-redlogo.svg)](https://www.tradersmagazine.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-bestexe-logo.svg)](https://www.bestexecution.net/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-fidesk-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-fixglobal-new-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) - [*Facebook*](https://www.facebook.com/MarketsMedia/) - [*Twitter*](https://twitter.com/marketsmedia) - [*Linkedin*](https://www.linkedin.com/company/markets-media-llc) - [Newsletter](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/february-had-largest-monthly-inflow-for-global-etps#popup-newsletter) #### Want the latest news on securities markets -- FREE? 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In line with what we saw in November, buying was driven by inflows into equity ETPs ($108.1B), alongside inflows into fixed income ($19.4B), and outflows from commodities (-$2.5B – primarily out of gold). Investors used rates-driven market volatility in February as an opportunity to add to risk, with the second largest inflow month for US equities on record ($61.7B) – a huge jump vs. January’s flows of $3.5B, and just shy of November 2020’s record $65B. **Embracing the barbell** Amid this record-setting month for flows, investors showed increased specificity with a significant pickup in global sector flows. February marked a record inflow month for financials ($9.3B) and materials ($2.4B), which have been popular alongside industrials and energy as cyclical sectors that could benefit from a global growth pickup. At the other end of the sector barbell, tech inflows also hit a record $13.5B in February, vs. $8.6B in January. Quality tilted sectors have continued to be popular with investors: healthcare flows, for example, returned to positive territory with $0.7B added in February, while traditional bond-proxy sectors like utilities and consumer staples were outliers in registering small outflows. **Credit out of favour** Global fixed income flows in February highlighted a disparity compared to equities, with a lack of conviction in rate-sensitive exposures. High yield (HY) notched up a second consecutive month of global outflows, with $1.3B of net selling, while global investment grade (IG) inflows of $4.3B went almost entirely into EMEA-listed ETPs and masked outflows from US-listed IG ETPs. On the whole, global credit flows have lacked a clear trend since September, following a bumper $90B added to IG and HY between April and August 2020, driven by immense policy support. Since then, IG and HY have recorded just $7B of net inflows. Emerging market debt (EMD) has remained a bright spot, however, registering inflows in every month since March 2020; $2.2B was added to EMD ETPs in January, followed by a further $1.4B in February – driven driven entirely by inflows into China bond ETPs totalling $1.4B. Source: iShares [Share](https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/february-had-largest-monthly-inflow-for-global-etps) [Tweet](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=US+ETFs+Have+Record+Net+Inflows&url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/february-had-largest-monthly-inflow-for-global-etps) [Share](https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/february-had-largest-monthly-inflow-for-global-etps) ![email](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Markets%20Media/email.svg) ### NEWSLETTER SIGN UP And receive exclusive articles on securities markets ### Related articles 1. 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