ICI.org – Washington, DC – The combined assets of the nation’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $2.387 trillion in September, according to ICI. The Institute’s monthly statistical collection also includes the value of shares issued and redeemed by exchange-traded funds.

 

Statistics contained in the Institute’s monthly ETF report have been obtained from information provided to ICI by exchange-traded funds and commodity funds. Commodity funds are listed in the Domestic (Sector/Industry) category.

 

Assets of Exchange-Traded Funds by Type Millions of dollars

		September 2016	August 2016	September 2015
Total Domestic Equity		1,454,996	1,452,184	1,174,130
	Domestic (Broad-Based)	1,100,318	1,096,647	877,434
	Domestic (Sector/Industry)	354,678	355,537	296,696
Global/International Equity		500,510	496,812	444,946
Hybrid		4,687	4,616	3,647
Bond		427,229	420,740	333,098
All		2,387,423	2,374,351	1,955,821

Value of Shares Issued and Redeemed by All Exchange-Traded Funds Millions of dollars

	September 2016	August 2016	YTD 2016	YTD 2015
Gross Issuance	127,508	112,858	1,097,028	1,295,935
Gross Redemptions	110,452	85,459	940,295	1,155,733
Net Issuance	17,056	27,399	156,733	140,202

Note: Components may not add to the total due to rounding.

 

 

Number of Exchange-Traded Funds by Type

		September 2016	August 2016	September 2015
Total Domestic Equity		758	747	687
	Domestic (Broad-Based)	385	374	346
	Domestic (Sector/Industry)	373	373	341
Global/International Equity		627	634	570
Hybrid		22	20	22
Bond		280	279	273
All		1,687	1,680	1,552

 

Highlights: Assets of all exchange-traded funds rose in September by $13.07 billion, or 0.6 percent, to $2.387 trillion. Over the past 12 months, ETF assets increased $431.60 billion, or 22.1 percent. Assets in domestic equity ETFs increased $280.87 billion since September 2015, and global equity ETF assets increased $55.56 billion during this period. At the end of September 2016, assets of bond funds were $427.23 billion and hybrid funds were $4.69 billion.

 

During September, the value of all ETF shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by $17.06 billion. In September 2015, the value of all ETF shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by $19.48 billion.