ETF Industry Sees $856 billion Of Inflows In 2022

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Jacob Wolinsky
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LONDON —January 12, 2023 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that the global ETF industry gathered US$69.37 billion in net inflows during December, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$856.16 billion. During December 2022, assets invested globally in the ETF/ETP industry decreased by 2.7%, from US$9.48 trillion at the end of November to US$9.23 trillion, according to ETFGI’s December 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)

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Highlights

  • Global ETF industry gathered $856.16 Bn in net inflows in 2022.  2nd highest level of annual net inflows behind the $1.29 Tn gathered in 2021.
  • Net inflows of $69.37 Bn during December.
  • 43rd month of consecutive net inflows.
  • Assets of $9.23 Tn invested in global ETFs industry at the end of December 2022.
  • Assets decreased 10.1% YTD in 2022, going from $10.26 Tn at end of 2021 to $9.23 Tn.

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“The S&P 500 decreased by 5.76 % in December and was down 18.11% in 2022. Developed markets excluding the US decreased by 0.46% in December and were down 16.06% in 2022. Israel (down 6.05%) and US           (down 17.45%) saw the largest decreases amongst the developed markets in December. Emerging markets decreased by 1.07% during December and were down 17.75% in 2022. Qatar (down 10.21%) and Peru          (down 7%) saw the largest increases amongst emerging markets in December.” According to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder and owner of ETFGI.

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

The Global ETFs industry had 11,119 products, with 22,860 listings, assets of US$9.229 Tn, from 671 providers on 81 exchanges listed in 64 countries at the end of December.

During December, ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of $69.37 Bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of $35.53 Bn over December, bringing 2022 net inflows to $479.59 Bn, lower than the $909.35 Bn in net inflows equity products gathered in 2021. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of $19.63 Bn during December, bringing 2022 net inflows to $238.21 Bn, lower than the $238.49 Bn in net inflows fixed income products had attracted in 2021. Commodities ETFs/ETPs reported net outflows of $1.75 Bn during December, bringing 2022 net outflows to $16.38 Bn, more than the $10.18 Bn in net outflows commodities products reported in 2021. Active ETFs/ETPs attracted net inflows of $12.67 Bn over the month, gathering net inflows of $121.91 Bn, lower than the 2021 net inflows of $131.08 Bn.

Substantial inflows can be attributed to the top 20 ETFs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $31.07 Bn during December. iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG US) gathered $2.78 Bn, the largest individual net inflow.

Top 20 ETFs by net new inflows December 2022: Global

Name

Ticker

Assets
($ Mn)
Dec-22

NNA
($ Mn)
YTD-22

NNA
($ Mn)
Dec-22

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

AGG US

82,470.60

4,294.21

2,778.33

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI US

259,599.47

25,730.84

2,528.08

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

BND US

85,171.39

14,358.04

2,279.88

iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF

IWF US

59,365.00

3,565.52

1,773.78

Huatai-Pinebridge CSI 300 ETF

510300 CH

11,232.48

4,407.77

1,735.44

NEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 Leveraged Index ETF

1570 JP

3,689.47

629.34

1,711.62

iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF

SGOV US

7,399.24

6,580.29

1,640.88

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

SCHD US

44,725.95

15,564.87

1,638.99

JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF

JPST US

23,868.55

5,554.27

1,566.92

Vanguard Value ETF

VTV US

99,491.11

11,121.26

1,474.55

ProShares UltraPro QQQ

TQQQ US

10,559.55

11,374.57

1,474.17

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF

JEPI US

17,484.99

12,924.74

1,445.71

ChinaAMC CSI Science and Technology Innovation Board 50 ETF

588000 CH

7,366.06

5,715.65

1,338.80

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

IEF US

22,829.26

8,825.29

1,243.47

iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF – Acc

IWDA LN

44,799.43

6,324.92

1,137.23

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index ETF

2828 HK

4,580.74

2,089.56

1,123.81

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

VEA US

101,056.65

10,277.75

1,097.08

iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF

SUB US

11,027.08

4,426.18

1,055.70

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF

SPYV US

15,167.15

3,294.93

1,028.36

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF

IWD US

54,276.68

(155.73)

999.89

The top 10 ETPs by net new assets collectively gathered $2.85 Bn over December. United States Oil Fund LP (USO US) gathered $304.8 Mn, the largest individual net inflow.

Top 10 ETPs by net new inflows December 2022: Global

Name

Ticker

Assets
($ Mn)
Dec-22

NNA
($ Mn)
YTD-22

NNA
($ Mn)
Dec-22

WisdomTree Brent Crude Oil – Acc

BRNT LN

1,345.43

915.05

1,009.63

SPDR Gold Shares

GLD US

52,560.44

(2,361.92)

567.97

ProShares Ultra DJ-UBS Natural Gas

BOIL US

574.08

618.75

498.05

Invesco Physical Gold ETC – EUR Hdg Acc

SGLE IM

555.04

482.07

230.23

NEXT NOTES Nikkei JPX Leveraged Crude Oil ETN – Acc

2038 JP

601.32

(735.40)

142.43

United States Natural Gas Fund LP

UNG US

425.61

(1.97)

91.08

WisdomTree Natural Gas 3x Daily Short – Acc

3NGS LN

91.34

187.34

90.19

Invesco Physical Gold ETC – Acc

SGLD LN

14,679.50

757.89

79.39

Kiwoom Securities Kiwoom INDXX US Tech Top 10 ETN 5

760005 KS

69.98

69.98

69.98

abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF

SGOL US

2,442.78

68.94

67.35

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

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Jacob Wolinsky is the founder of HedgeFundAlpha (formerly ValueWalk Premium), a popular value investing and hedge fund focused intelligence service. Prior to founding the company, Jacob worked as an equity analyst focused on small caps. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com FD: I do not purchase any equities to avoid conflict of interest and any insider information. I only purchase broad-based ETFs and mutual funds.