--- title: Year-To-Date Net ETF Inflows Overtake 2019 description: Equity, gold and short-term fixed income ETFs had inflows in March. image: https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Depositphotos_247188554_xl-2015-May-12-2022-09-27-33-89-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/year-to-date-net-etf-inflows-overtake-2019#popup-newsletter) #### Want the latest news on securities markets -- FREE? 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(All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.) **Highlights** - **Happy 30th Anniversary to the ETF Industry** - **ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$20.44 billion during March** - **Year-to-date net inflows of $119.13 billion are the 3rd highest when compared with year-to-date inflows by this point of time in previous years.** - **Assets of $5.37 trillion invested in the Global ETFs/ETPs industry at the end of March are the 2ndhighest for this month in previous years.** The global ETFs industry celebrated its 30th anniversary on March 9, 2020 – 30 years since the listing of the first successful ETF – the Toronto Stock Exchange listed the Toronto 35 Index Participation Fund, known as TIPs. That ETF still exists today and is now known as the iShares S&P/TSX 60 index ETF XIU with assets of C$7.81billon, now owned by BlackRock. The first successful ETF launch in the US, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ticker SPY, was nearly 3 years later on January 22, 1993 by State Street Global Advisors. SPY is the world’s largest ETF with $252.54 billion in assets under management. “At the end of March, the S&P 500 was down 12.35% as the pandemic (Covid-19) forced US government to take strict measures and set some form of lockdown around the states reinforcing the fear for deep recession and high unemployment. Outside the U.S., the S&P Developed ex-U.S. BMI plummeted nearly 14.29%.  The S&P Emerging BMI dove 16.97% during the month and Global equities as measured by the S&P Global BMI plunged 14.32% as well.” According to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder and owner of ETFGI. At the end of March 2020, the Global ETFs/ETPs industry had 7,996 ETFs/ETPs, with 16,031 listings from 450 providers on 72 exchanges in 58 countries. ETFs/ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of $20.44 billion during March. Equity ETFs/ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of $31.02 billion, bringing net inflows for 2020 to $69.00 billion, greater than the $36.16 billion in net inflows equity products had attracted by the end of March 2019.  Fixed income ETFs/ETPs listed globally reported net outflows of $26.88 billion during March, bringing net inflows for 2020 to $9.01 billion, lower than the $56.28 billion in net inflows fixed income products had attracted by the end of March 2019.  Commodity ETFs/ETPs reported $10.46 billion in net inflows bringing net inflows for 2020 to $19.99 billion, which is greater than the $864 million in net inflows gathered at this point in 2019. Substantial inflows can be attributed to the top 20 ETFs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $79.82 billion at the end of March, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY US) gathered $13.10 billion alone. Investors have tended to invest in Equity, Gold and short term fixed income ETFs in March. Source: ETFGI [Share](https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/year-to-date-net-etf-inflows-overtake-2019) [Tweet](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=US+ETFs+Have+Record+Net+Inflows&url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/year-to-date-net-etf-inflows-overtake-2019) [Share](https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/year-to-date-net-etf-inflows-overtake-2019) ![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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