| Investors plowed about another $15 billion into exchange-traded funds so far this month and, together with the S&P 500 Index rising to the 2,000 milestone, total assets in U.S.-listed ETFs rose 3 percent in August to a record of nearly $1.913 trillion.
Still, the pace of asset gathering for the 21-year-old ETF industry is lagging 2013. A total of about $106 billion has been hauled in year-to-date, compared with more than $131 billion in the first eight months of 2013. Indeed, it looks unlikely, but not impossible, for asset gathering this year to top last year's record level of $188 billion...............................................Full Article: Source
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