09.07.2015 - Global ETF industry pulls in record $152 billion in first half of 2015
A record level of $152 billion in net new assets was gathered by exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products listed globally in the first half of 2015, according to data from industry consultants ETFGI. The figure surpasses the prior record of $130 billion gathered in the first half of 2014. At the end of June 2015, the global ETF/ETP industry had 5,823 ETFs/ETPs, with 11,295 listings, assets of $2.971 trillion, from 259 providers listed on 62 exchanges in 51 countries. At a regional level, US listed ETFs/ETPs took the lion’s share of net new assets over the six-month period, gathering an impressive $103 billion, beating the previous record of $76 billion gathered in the first half of 2012. European listed ETFs/ETPs gathered $40 billion, beating the $32 billion gathered in the first half of 2014...............................................Full Article: Source
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