For the month of March, global inflows into ETPs slowed to $14.7 billion, with fixed-income products accounting for $5.8 billion, emerging market equity ETPs lost $1 billion and alternative products added $1.7 billion.
Back at home, assets in U.S.-listed exchange traded funds and exchange traded notes rose to $1.21 trillion in March, a 12% increase over the same month last year, according to the ETF Industry Association. U.S.-listed ETP net cash inflows hit $13.2 billion for March and a year-to-date net cash inflow of $55.9 billion, a record first quarter for a calendar year.
In March, U.S. equity ETPs brought in $7.5 billion, fixed-income added $4.1 billion and global/international equities attracted $1.6 billion. Meanwhile, currency ETPs lost $484 million and commodities bled $216 million.
As of the end of March, there were 1,446 U.S.-listed ETPs, a 23% jump compared to the same time last year. There were 1234 U.S.-listed ETFs and 212 U.S.-listed ETNs.
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Max Chen contributed to this article.