Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered a level of US$23.47 billion in net inflows in August, bringing year to date net inflows to a record level of US$295.67 billion, which is much greater than the net inflows of US$74.25 billion over the same period last year and more than the US$234.44 billion gathered in all 2016.
Fixed income ETFs and ETPs have gathered a level of US$11.15 billion in net inflows in August, growing year to date net inflows to a record level of US$107.28 billion , which is greater than the same period last year which saw net inflows of US$93.56 billion .
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Commodity ETFs/ETPs accumulated net inflows of US$1.39 billion in August. Year to date, net inflows are at US$5.64 Bn, which is significantly less than the net inflows of US$33.68 billion gathered over the same period last year.
iShares gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows in August with US$13.68 billion , followed by Vanguard with US$10.00 billion and Nomura AM with US$4.46 billion net inflows.
YTD, iShares gathered the largest net ETF/ETP inflows with US$172.63 billion which is above the US$137.90 billion gathered in all of 2016, followed by Vanguard with US$101.79 billion and Nomura AM with US$18.09 billion and Schwab ETFs with US$18.04 billion in net inflows.
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