September saw a decline in ETF assets across the globe.
That's according to figures from Strategic Insight, which found that all major regions but Canada saw assets fall slightly. Net new flows into ETFs globally totaled $7.8 billion, which is 70 percent lower than they were in August.
Equity ETFs accounted for $12 billion in inflows ($16 billion altogether, but offset by outflows in both Europe and Asia), while both bond and "other" ETFs were hit with net redemptions—$0.5 billion for the former and $3.5 billion for the latter.
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By category, equity U.S. large-cap ETFs were ahead, recording $12 billion. Equity U.S. mid/small cap ETFs were next, with $2.6 billion, and equity global large cap accounted for $2 billion.
Equity Germany took a hit of $3.6 billion in outflows during September. Other poorly performing sectors were commodities—precious metals, down $1.8 billion; the energy sector, down $1.7 billion; equity Taiwan, down $1.6 billion and equity Europe large-cap, down $1.2 billion.
Among the 35 new ETFs launched during the month, Lyxor UCITS ETF Nikkei JPX-400 accounted for the lion's share of the $633 million in net flows, with $160 million. The fund is listed on Euronext Paris and on the London Stock Exchange.
Db X-trackers introduced four new smart beta ETFs with the MSCI World Index as its benchmark. The ETFs weight the stocks based on earnings quality, momentum, value and low beta. In addition, Source, the European ETF provider, launched the Source EURO STOXX 50 ETF; the new fund brought in $46 million.
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