Exchange traded funds and exchange traded products listed globally gathered US$8.69B in net inflows – the lowest monthly amount since January 2014 when the global ETF/ETP industry experienced net outflows of US$6.25Bn, according to ETFGI, an independent research and consultancy firm.

ETFGI’s June 2018 Global ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, also reveals that 442 new ETFs/ETPs were listed in the first half of 2018, an increase over the 408 new ETFs/ETPs in the first half of 2017.

The report reveals that equity ETFs/ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of $2.08 Bn in June, bringing net inflows for 2018 to $150.21 Bn, a decline from the $239.54 Bn in net inflows for the same period of 2017. ETFGI also reports that Fixed Income ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of $7.58 Bn in June, growing net inflows for 2018 to $46.42 Bn. This is less than the $84.08 Bn in net inflows at this point last year.

ETFGI reports that at the end of June 2018, the Global ETF/ETP industry had 7,430 ETFs/ETPs, with 14,237 listings, assets of US$4.986Tn, from 376 providers listed on 70 exchanges in 57 countries.