Global ETFs/ETPs Industry Leads Global Hedge Fund Industry By $1 Trillion For The First Time

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reports today that the global ETF/ETP industry was $1.07 trillion larger than the global hedge fund industry at the end of Q2 2017.

Assets invested in ETFs/ETPs globally were $4.17 trillion at the end of Q2 2017 vs. $3.10 trillion invested in hedge funds. Assets invested in the global ETF/ETP industry first surpassed those invested in hedge funds in Q2 2015, and in two years the difference in assets has grown to exceed $1 trillion for the first time.