Through the first six months of this year, $84 billion flowed into U.S.-listed ETFs with $29 billion, or 34%, heading into ETFs that benchmark to MSCI indices. [Investors Love ETFs With MSCI Indices]
New ETFs backed by MSCI indices are also proving to be impressive asset gatherers. In the first half of 2014, “75 ETFs based on MSCI indexes – around one third of all equity ETFs launched, raising a total of approximately USD 1.5 billion,” according to MSCI.
Quarterly Derivatives Volume & Open Interest on Listed Futures & Options Based on MSCI Indexes
Chart Courtesy: MSCI
Tom Lydon’s clients own shares of EEM and EFA.