ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached of US$8.95 trillion at the end of April 2021

LONDON — May 12, 2021 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$105.37 billion during April, bringing year-to-date net inflows to a record US$465.41 billion which is higher than the prior record US$184.04 billion which was gathered at this point last year. Assets invested in the global ETFs and ETPs industry have increased by 4.6% from US$8.56 trillion at the end of March 2021, to US$8.96 trillion at the end of April, according to ETFGI's April 2021 Global ETFs and ETPs industry landscape insights report, a monthly report which is part of an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Highlights

• A record $8.95 trillion invested in ETFs and ETPs listed globally at the end of April
• Net inflows of $105.37 billion gathered in April
• Record YTD net inflows of $465.41 Bn beating the prior record $184.04 billion gathered YTD in 2020
• 23rd month of consecutive net inflows

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• Shelly Antoniewicz, Senior Director, Industry and Financial Analysis, Investment Company Institute, ICI 
• Jeffrey B. Baccash, Global Head of ETF Solutions, BNP Paribas  
• Eric Biegeleisen, CFA, Deputy Chief Investment Officer & Portfolio Manager, 3EDGE Asset Management
• Annette Capretta, Associate General Counsel, Investment Company Institute
• Bill Davis, Managing Director, Stance Capital
• Vincent Deluard, Director - Global Macro Strategy, StoneX
• Dan Draper, CEO, S&P Dow Jones Indices 
• Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner, Founder, ETFGI 
• Stacy Fuller, Partner, K&L Gates
• Jennifer Grancio, Chief Executive Officer, Engine No. 1
• John Jacobs, Executive Director, Center for Financial Markets and Policy, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
• David LaValle, CEO, Alerian  
• Matt Lewis, VP, Head of ETF Implementation and Capital Markets, American Century Investments
• Dan Madden, Head of Capital Markets, FlexShares Exchange Traded Funds  
• Kevin D. Mahn, President & Chief Investment Officer, Hennion & Walsh Asset Management  
• Rob Marrocco, Senior Director, Listings, Cboe Global Markets
• Kathleen Moriarty, Partner, Chapman and Cutler LLP 
• Andrew B. Peake, CFA, Managing Director, UBS Financial Services, New York
• Barry Pershkow, Partner, Chapman and Cutler LLP 
• Christine Podolak, Senior Director, Exchange Traded Products Surveillance & Investigations, FINRA 
• Eric Pollackov, Global Head of ETF Capital Markets, Invesco  
• Fred Pye, Chairman & CEO, 3iQ Corp. 
• Prof. Amin Rajan, CEO, CREATE-Research
• Amanda Rebello, Head of Passive Sales, US Onshore, DWS 
• Rick Redding, CEO, Index Industry Association
• Edward Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Head of ETFs, American Century Investments
• Kimberly Russell, Vice President, Market Structure Specialist, State Street Global Advisors SPDR  
• Jim Toes, President & CEO, STA
• Perth Tolle, Founder, Life + Liberty Indexes
• Richard Tseng, CFA, Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Investment Solutions Group, CIO Portfolio Management, Bank of America, N.A.
• Diana van Maasdijk, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Equileap
• Lorraine Wang, Founder & CEO, GAMMA Investing
• Darek Wojnar, Executive Vice President, Head of Funds and Managed Accounts, Northern Trust Asset Management

• Lessons learned in 2020
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• Creating Better Trading Systems and Tools for ETFs
• Hot ETFs Regulatory Topics
• Future of Indexing
• Sustainable Finance and ESG regulations in the US and Europe 
• Creating ESG Indices  
• Investing in Digital Assets 
• Examination of the State of Active ETFs 
• Global Macro Outlook 
• Update on Flows & Trends in the Global ETF Industry   
• How Are Institutions and Financial Advisors Using ETFs?  
• How are Investors Integrating ESG into their Portfolios 
• The Growth in the Use of Model Portfolios 
• Direct Indexing  
• ETF Selection and Due Diligence 
• Future Trends in the ETF Industry 

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Best regards, Deborah and Margareta


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