| [Y]ear-to-date trading flow data suggest more than $38Bn of aggregate net outflows for passive index swap and listed commodity-linked ETFs. This retrenchment compares to total net inflow estimates of $25Bn during the same 48-weeks in 2012 or about a $63Bn year/year downswing. Passive index net redemptions for the short holiday trading week ending 3rd December are assessed at $1.7Bn amid a 0.5% total return for the DJ-UBS index.
For our previous report, we issued figures for October passive retail and institutional commodity AUM to just below $273Bn. Adding estimates for actively managed commodity investments would lift this total to $339Bn; a drop of 2% month/month and 18% year/year...............................................Full Article: Source
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