ETFGI reports the global ETFs industry gathered US$105.88 billion of net inflows in February 2022

 

LONDON —March 16, 2022 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reported today the global ETFs industry gathered US$105.88 billion in net inflows in February 2022, bringing year to date net inflows to US$182.28 Bn. At the end of the month, assets invested in the global ETFs industry decreased by 0.5%, from US$9.87 Tn at the end of January, to US$9.82 Tn, according to ETFGI's February 2022 Global ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, the monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)
 

Highlights

  • Global ETFs industry gathered $105.88 billion of net inflows in February 2022
  • YTD net inflows of $182.28 Bn are the second highest on record, after YTD net inflows in 2021 of $224.33 Bn.
  • $1.25 Tn in net inflows gathered in the past 12 months.
  • 33rd month of consecutive net inflows.
  • Assets of $9.82 Tn invested in the global ETFs industry at end of February 2022.
  • Assets decreased 4.4% YTD in 2022, going from record $10.27 Tn at end of 2021 to $9.82 Tn.
  • Equity ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered $72.64 Bn net inflows in February 2022.

 

“The S&P 500 decreased by 2.99% in February as the world watches the situation in the Ukraine unfold.  Developed markets excluding the US, experienced a loss of 1.34% in February. Japan (down 0.59%) and Portugal (down 0.62%) experienced the smallest losses amongst the developed markets in February, while Austria suffered the largest loss of 10.92%. Emerging markets decreased by 3.43% during February. Peru (up 7.07%) and UAE (up 6.02%) gained the most while Russia (down 50.32 %) and Hungary (down 24.63 %) witnessed the largest declines. S&P Dow Jones announced the removal of all stocks domiciled and listed in Russia due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.” According to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder and owner of ETFGI.

 

Global ETF and ETP assets as of the end of February 2022

 

The Global ETFs industry had 10,100 products, with 20,472 listings, assets of $9.82 Tn, from 625 providers listed on 79 exchanges in 62 countries at the end of February 2022.

During February 2022, ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of $105.88 Bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of $72.64 Bn over February, bringing year to date net inflows to $134.51 Bn, lower than the $153.92 Bn in net inflows equity products had attracted at this point in 2021.  Fixed income ETFs/ETPs had net inflows of $9.96 Bn during February, bringing net inflows for the year through February 2022 to $5.84 Bn, much lower than the $30.04 Bn in net inflows fixed income products had attracted by the end of February 2021. Commodities ETFs/ETPs reported net inflows of $4.71 Bn during February, bringing net inflows for the year through February 2022 to $8.51 Bn, significantly higher than the $772 Mn in net inflows commodities products had reported year to date in 2021. Active ETFs/ETPs attracted net inflows of $14.08 Bn over the month, gathering net inflows year to date of $22.85 Bn, lower than the $33.84 Bn in net inflows active products had reported in the first two months of 2021.

Substantial inflows can be attributed to the top 20 ETFs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $57.42 Bn during February. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO US) gathered $16.07 Bn, the largest individual net inflow.
 

Top 20 ETFs by net new inflows February 2022: Global

Name

 

Ticker

Assets
($ Mn)
Feb-22

NNA
($ Mn)
 YTD-22

NNA
($ Mn)
Feb-22

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

 

VOO US

278,098.78

20,470.12

16,067.93

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

 

IVV US

313,762.90

7,338.99

8,332.09

Vanguard Value ETF

 

VTV US

98,717.61

8,304.20

6,059.19

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

 

SPY US

397,666.33

(27,062.76)

3,495.40

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

 

SCHD US

34,167.97

4,449.59

2,646.66

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF

 

SHV US

15,779.91

2,625.22

2,406.64

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

VCIT US

46,450.45

1,678.19

1,741.45

Vanguard Total International Bond ETF

 

BNDX US

46,625.09

2,231.18

1,520.87

Invesco S&P 500 ETF - Acc

 

SPXS LN

13,760.73

1,177.08

1,483.97

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF

 

VCSH US

42,273.24

1,507.47

1,443.85

ProShares UltraPro QQQ

 

TQQQ US

17,120.79

4,521.79

1,441.65

iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF - Acc

 

CSSPX SW

55,366.94

1,862.55

1,387.50

SPDR Bloomberg SASB U.S. Corporate ESG UCITS ETF - Acc

 

SPPU GY

6,750.77

1,374.70

1,372.93

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

 

VTI US

276,795.45

5,383.26

1,336.27

VanEck Vectors Semiconductors ETF

 

SMH US

9,038.21

2,904.24

1,238.32

iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF

 

FLOT US

8,750.42

1,555.48

1,195.69

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

 

IEFA US

99,831.89

2,909.31

1,134.38

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF

 

SPYV US

14,183.70

1,637.33

1,055.87

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

 

IEF US

17,413.53

230.79

1,052.12

Hwabao WP Cash Tianyi Listed Money Market Fund

 

511990 CH

23,845.83

901.90

1,004.43

 

The top 10 ETPs by net new assets collectively gathered $3.70 Bn over February. SPDR Gold Shares (GLD US) gathered $711.05 Mn, the largest individual net inflow.
 

Top 10 ETPs by net new inflows February 2022: Global

Name

 

Ticker

Assets
($ Mn)
Feb-22

NNA
($ Mn)
 YTD-22

NNA
($ Mn)
Feb-22

SPDR Gold Shares

 

GLD US

62,133.70

3,212.56

711.05

iShares Physical Gold ETC - Acc

 

SGLN LN

14,104.53

598.28

513.74

iShares Gold Trust

 

IAU US

30,588.43

448.41

483.29

Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

 

DBC US

3,674.03

620.50

473.45

Xtrackers IE Physical Gold ETC Securities - Acc

 

XGDU LN

2,856.71

514.23

391.00

iShares Silver Trust

 

SLV US

13,291.52

361.38

280.85

iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust

 

GSG US

1,993.55

244.96

221.73

Invesco DB Agriculture Fund

 

DBA US

1,310.12

232.06

221.49

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures

 

UVXY US

891.36

(304.52)

202.88

Xtrackers Physical Gold ETC (EUR) - Acc

 

XAD5 GY

3,184.08

486.85

201.02

 


Investors have tended to invest in Equity ETFs/ETPs during February.


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