ETFGI, reports Active ETF Assets Reach Record US$ 2.59 Trillion as Industry Posts Highest-Ever YTD Inflows of US$ 590 Billion at end July.

During July the actively managed ETFs industry globally gathered net inflows of $89.58 billion, bringing year-to-date net inflows to a record $590.46 billion, according to ETFGI’s July 2026 Active ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. ETFGI, is a 14 year old leading independent research and consultancy firm renowned for its expertise in subscription research, consulting services, 6 annual ETFGI Global ETFs Insights Summits, and ETF TV on global ETF industry trends. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Highlights

• Assets invested in the global actively managed ETF industry reached a record US$2.59 trillion at the end of July 2026, surpassing the previous all-time high of US$2.56 trillion recorded at the end of June 2026. 
• Assets have increased 35.6% year-to-date, rising from US$1.91 trillion at the end of 2025 to US$2.59 trillion at the end of July 2026. 
• Actively managed ETFs gathered net inflows of US$89.58 billion in July 2026. 
• Year-to-date net inflows reached a record US$590.46 billion, exceeding the previous annual record pace of US$322.69 billion during the same period in 2025 and US$188.78 billion in 2024. 
• The actively managed ETF industry has now recorded 76 consecutive months of net inflows, highlighting sustained investor demand for active strategies delivered through the ETF wrapper. 
• YTD 1212 Active ETFs have been launched by 269 providers and 173 ETFs have closed.

“The S&P 500 declined slightly by 0.06% in July but remained up 10.14% year-to-date in 2026. Developed markets excluding the US gained 0.30% during July and were up 14.62% year-to-date, with Luxembourg (+12.10%) and Norway (+9.93%) posting the strongest gains among developed markets. Emerging markets fell 0.33% in July but remained up 9.40% year-to-date, while Taiwan (-7.80%) and Turkey (-5.91%) recorded the largest declines among emerging markets,” according to Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner, Founder, and Owner of ETFGI.

Growth in assets in the actively managed ETFs industry as of end of July

Source: ETFGI data sourced from ETF/ETP sponsors, exchanges, regulatory filings, Thomson Reuters/Lipper, Bloomberg, publicly available sources and data generated in-house. Note: “ETFs” are typically open-end index funds that provide daily portfolio transparency, are listed and traded on exchanges like stocks on a secondary basis as well as utilising a unique creation and redemption process for primary transactions. “ETPs” refers to other products that have similarities to ETFs in the way they trade and settle but they do not use a mutual fund structure. The use of other structures including grantor trusts, partnerships, notes and depositary receipts by ETPs can create different tax and regulatory implications for investors when compared to ETFs which are funds.

The Active ETFs globally had 5,678 ETFs, with 7,807 listings, assets of $2.59 Tn, from 724 providers listed on 49 exchanges in 39 countries at the end of July. 

ETF Providers

Dimensional and J.P. Morgan were the largest providers of actively managed ETFs globally at the end of July, each managing approximately $309 billion in assets and holding an 11.9% share of the global active ETF market.  J.P. Morgan was the industry’s top gatherer of new assets, attracting $52.5 billion in net new assets year-to-date. iShares ranked third with US$176.7 billion in assets but nearly matched J.P. Morgan’s success in attracting new money, gathering $51.8 billion in net new assets through July. Together, these three providers managed $795 billion in active ETF assets and attracted $138.8 billion in net new assets in 2026, accounting for nearly one-quarter of the industry’s record $590.5 billion in year-to-date inflows.

Net flows 

• Actively managed ETFs gathered net inflows of US$89.58 billion in July 2026. 
• Year-to-date net inflows reached a record US$590.46 billion, exceeding the previous annual record pace of US$322.69 billion during the same period in 2025 and US$188.78 billion in 2024. 
• Equity-focused actively managed ETFs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$56.89 billion in July 2026, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$355.77 billion, nearly double the US$183.36 billion gathered during the same period in 2025.
• Fixed income-focused actively managed ETFs listed globally attracted net inflows of US$25.31 billion in July 2026, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$178.75 billion, exceeding the US$123.80 billion gathered through July 2025.
• Equity-focused actively managed ETFs accounted for the largest share of net new assets in July, reflecting continued investor demand for active equity strategies.
• Fixed income-focused actively managed ETFs also experienced strong growth, as investors continued to allocate capital to actively managed bond strategies in search of income opportunities and active risk management.

Substantial inflows can be attributed to the top 20 ETFs/ETPs by net new assets, which collectively gathered     $30.53 Bn in July, the Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM US) gathered $6.19 Bn alone.

Source: ETFGI