ETF Industry Smashes Monthly Growth Record
Ilan Israelstam | Mar 15, 2019 13:07
- The Australian ETF industry continued its strong growth in the early months of 2019, reaching a fresh record high and recording its largest ever monthly FuM increase
- The industry ended February at a record $44.8B, with market cap increasing by 5.4% (+$2.3B). The monthly growth figure of $2.3B eclipses the previous record of $2B of FuM growth achieved in November 2017
- With markets rebounding, the industry growth this month came primarily from price increases, which accounted for ~80% of the monthly result – the remaining ~20% being due to net inflows of ~$524m
- International equities were once again the category with the greatest level of inflows, followed by Australian Bonds and Cash
- From a performance perspective, given the tremendous rebound in their equity market, Chinese exposures performed most strongly
- Net outflows at a category level were limited, and relegated to small amounts of profit taking in gold exposures.
- ASX Exchange Traded Funds Market Cap: $44.8B
- Market cap increase for month: 5.4%, +$2,300M – Largest increase on record
- Market cap growth for last 12 months:21%, + $7.9B
Comment: The Industry’s market cap continued its recovery from January, growing by a record $2.3B (+5.4%) in February, exceeding its previous record of $2B monthly growth achieved in November 2017.
h2 New money/h2- New unit growth for year (units outstanding by number): +1.5%
- Net new money for month (units outstanding by $ value): +$524.7M
- 242 Exchange Traded Products trading on the ASX – no new products launched, 4 products matured
- Trading value increased 24% for the month
Comment: As asset prices rose in February, so too did market sentiment, contributing to a 24% increase in trading value by ETF investors.
h2 Performance/h2- Top performing products this month were Chinese equities exposures, followed by Palladium
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