At current rates
of asset inflows, it will not be long before index funds effectively control Corporate America and the corporations of many foreign countries.
Not exact matches
LONDON, April 12 - Man Group, the world's largest listed hedge fund, reported a 3 percent rise in total
assets in the first - quarter after net
inflows of $ 4.8 billion more than offset performance losses.
This year was a record - breaking year on all fronts for the ETF business:
inflows of $ 476 billion, and
assets under management swelling to $ 3.4 trillion.
This is because higher
inflows will cause adjustments in the economy — potentially including lower credit card rates, a stronger dollar, weaker lending standards, higher unemployment and surging
asset markets» - Could you please provide us the explanation
of a rising unemployment in the US in the case
of a stronger US$?
So far this year, FPE has gathered more than $ 284 million in net creations, an
asset haul that has come on the heels
of $ 1.65 billion in net
inflows in 2017.
Fixed - income exchange - traded funds set a blistering pace
of asset gathering in the first half
of 2017, easily positioning the
asset class to top 2016's record
inflows.
While the liberalizing reforms usually undermine the ability
of the elite to capture a disproportionate share
of growth, in other words, because the reforms often seem to encourage massive foreign capital
inflows, and these push up the price
of assets largely controlled by the elite, political opposition to the reforms is weakened.
During the quarter,
assets under management decreased $ 23 billion to $ 821 billion, reflecting net market depreciation
of $ 29 billion, primarily in equity
assets, partially offset by net
inflows of $ 6 billion (6).
A greater
inflow of institutional cash, combined with more options to trade the digital
asset, could propel the market forward.
The larger a country's foreign current account deficit, by definition the greater the
inflow of foreign money to purchase its
assets, mainly government bonds in the case
of the US and many other countries.
If these
inflows however are counterbalanced by rising private
inflows from Chinese businesses and wealthy individuals taking money out
of China, either because
of weaker domestic growth prospects
of because
of rising nervousness and uncertainty,
asset prices might not fall as much as we would have expected, but Australia will be caught in a vice a little like that
of, for example, Spain, in which export weakness can not be partially counterbalanced by a weaker currency.
Our analysis
of rolling 12 - month periods shows cumulative
inflows into non-U.S. funds over the last 12 months were the highest as a percentage
of assets under management since June 2014.
Before the end
of April, when the market started its gut - wrenching descent, «the combination
of return generation and risk diversification was part
of a broader virtuous circle for fixed income, which also included significant
inflows to the
asset class and direct support from central banks,» El - Erian writes at the start
of his viewpoint, noting that in addition to delivering solid returns with lower volatility relative to stocks, the inclusion
of fixed income in diversified
asset allocations also helped to reduce overall portfolio risk.
Foreign large - blend funds, for example, had
inflows of $ 21.3 billion and collected greater
inflows than the next four top -
asset - gathering categories combined in July.
One is
inflows from retail investors who, spooked by the prospect
of central bank tightening, have shifted into an
asset class where they traditionally represent just 10 % or so
of available capital.
In the 1990s, superannuation fund
asset growth is likely to be more dependent on the
inflow of new money (and the application
of exceptional investment skills).
In addition, according to the BlackRock Investment Institute, dollar rallies tend to be self - reinforcing — a stronger dollar begets greater
inflows into U.S.
assets in expectation
of further dollar appreciation.
Despite the promoters
of ETFs in Europe enjoying net
inflows for March, the
assets under management in the European ETF industry ($ 628.3 bn) decreased, down from $ 632.2 bn at...
But those
assets are highly concentrated in a few select ETFs: namely, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) and the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), which together account for 49 %
of the company's total
assets and the vast majority
of its
inflows.
This indicator also measures the cumulative
inflow of money into or out
of a specific trading
asset, although the methodology differs somewhat from that
of the Money Flow Index.
On a percentage basis, the biggest winner on the list was the ProShares Short VIX Short - Term Futures ETF (SVXY), with
inflows of $ 778 million, or 72 %
of its
assets under management.
Vanguard, an
asset - managing firm that is famous for its advocacy
of passive, has seen
inflows of nearly $ 170 billion over the past year, more than all other fund families combined, according to an analysis
of Morningstar Direct data.
«We are pleased to continue to see steady
inflows across our diverse line - up
of mutual funds,» said Doug Coulter, president
of RBC Global
Asset Management Inc. «Investor demand for products with long - term growth and income potential remains strong.
«A significant contributor to our positive
inflows was the BlueBay Global Convertible Bond Fund, which hit the milestone
of more than $ 1 billion in
assets under management during the month
of July.»
In the first ten months
of 2015 record levels
of net new
assets have been gathered by Active ETFs / ETPs listed globally with net
inflows of US$ 8.9 billion marking a 23 % increase over the prior record set at this time in 2013.
In a classic scale industry, BlackRock is an
asset - gathering machine, with organic net
inflows of over 7 % -LSB-...]
There's strong momentum in Canada's exchange - traded fund (ETF) industry, with
inflows well ahead
of last year, suggests a new report from Toronto - based BMO Global
Asset Management (BMO GAM) issued on Monday.
Leveraged loans or Senior Loans once an obscure area in Fixed Income space has seen real growth in
assets inflow in last couple
of years.
EM equity exchange - traded and mutual funds have attracted $ 26 billion
of inflows since February, reversing a fraction
of the roughly $ 150 billion that had exited the
asset class since the 2013 taper tantrum, EPFR Global data show.
Net new
asset inflows continued in the first quarter
of 2014 when total client
assets reached a record high
of $ 2.31 trillion according to Charles Schwab's first quarter earnings release.
The combination
of record net
inflows plus overall capital appreciation across most
asset classes
of EUR19.6 billion pushed
assets under management (AUM) in ETFs up by 24 per cent year - on - year to EUR467.4 billion.
These website disclosures show investors the daily and weekly liquid
assets, net
inflows / outflows, market - based NAVs and imposition
of fees.
Total Standard Life Wrap platform
assets under administration are # 30.3 bn including net
inflows of # 3.0 bn in the first nine months
of 2016.
Elevate has # 11.0 bn
of assets under administration and has consistently delivered gross
inflows in excess
of # 2bn p.a. since 2010.
Standard Life today announces that the combined
assets under administration (AUA) for its adviser platforms now exceed # 50bn, benefiting from net
inflows of # 6.7 billion over the twelve months to 30 September 2017.
Specialist fund providers such as Vanguard (see related article — The man behind the ETF index revolution: John C Bogle) and Blackrock iShares hold
assets in the trillions
of dollars with annual
inflows into ETFs in the billions.
Although still a relatively small portion
of overall ETF
assets, at $ 360 billion as
of June 2014, strategic beta ETFs garnered about $ 20 billion in net
inflows year - to - date in 2014, according to the most recent data available from Morningstar.
That belief led to huge
inflows of assets over the years.
Our analysis
of rolling 12 - month periods shows cumulative
inflows into non-U.S. funds over the last 12 months were the highest as a percentage
of assets under management since June 2014.
We have $ 430 million in
assets and accounted for 12.5 percent
of inflow into ETFs in the categories
of our 6 core products to date in 2012.
The more risk - averse a plan is, the less capable it is
of funding
inflows, and the older the plan's participant population, the larger the proportion
of assets that will go into bonds and other safer investments.
For an individual DB plan, the cash
inflow and outflow characteristics will help determine the plan's
asset allocation, together with the risk tolerance
of the plan sponsor.
While the data is lagged a month (October flow data becomes available in November, for instance),
asset flows out
of alternative mutual funds and ETFs exceeded
inflows for the first time in....
Net flows gathered by ETFs / ETPs in September were strong with US$ 25.19 Bn
of net new
assets gathered during the month marking the 32nd consecutive month
of net
inflows, according to preliminary data from ETFGI's September 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report (click here to view the ETFGI global
asset growth chart).
VTI's lower expense ratio seems to be the result
of asset growth, as the fund broke through $ 230 billion in AUM in the past six months partly due to net
inflows of more than $ 3.5 billion.
Therefore if Zimbabwe is to make the most
of the opportunities to attract meaningful
inflows of investment, and receive the optimum price and terms when selling state - owned
assets, the promotion
of legal certainty, ease
of doing business and the protection
of contract and property rights are all likely to play an important role.
The broader cryptocurrency space may be well - positioned to draw additional
inflows, due to the constant creation
of new alternative
asset protocols and the ever - changing range
of value propositions they provide.
As such, there is a strong chance that the
inflow of speculative buy activity that comes about as a result
of barriers to entry into the market being removed will outweigh the impact
of bitcoin futures allowing certain parties to take up short side positions on the
asset's future.
According to CNBC, ETFs had
inflows of $ 476 billion USD, while
assets under management reached $ 3.4 trillion USD.
And, while slowing growth in China and much
of Europe may dampen currencies and incomes over there, there is still abundant non-U.S. capital looking for placement and very strong demand for U.S.
assets, as 2015 proved with record
inflows.