The most popular new U.S.-listed ETPs this year include the SPDR BlackStone/GSO Senior Loan ETF (NYSEArca: SRLN), which has $155 million in assets, Barclays ETN+ Select MLP ETN (NYSEAra: ATMP), which as $110 million in assets, and the iShares MSCI USA Momentum Index Fund (NYSEArca: MTUM), which as $104 million in assets.
The most popular U.S.-listed ETFs as of April include WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (NSYEArca: DXJ), which saw $5.4 billion in inflows, iShares MSCI Japan (NYSEARca: EWJ), which added $4.2 billion, and iShares Russell 2000 (NYSEArca: IWM), which attracted $2.8 billion.
U.S.-listed ETFs with the largest redemptions include SPDR Gold (NYSEArca: GLD) -$13.4 billion, SPDR S&P 500 (NYSEArca: SPY) -$5.4 billion and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (NYSEArca: EEM) -$2.4 billion.
Year-to-date, global ETP have attracted $79.9 billion in assets, outpacing last year’s first quarter expansion. Investors have jumped onto developed market equity ETPs, which added $73.6 billion so far this year, as they rode the market rally. Meanwhile, commodity ETPs were the biggest losers, seeing $17.8 billion in net redemptions.
As of the end of April, there were 4,852 global ETPs with $2.1 trillion in assets under management.
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Max Chen contributed to this article.