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Onwards and upwards!
The Australian ETF industry recorded another strong month of growth, with the industry rising to a fresh record high in August. Total industry FuM at the month end was $30.9B, which is a growth of 2.2% ($842m) for the month. While asset appreciation aided industry growth, the majority (75%) of the month’s growth came from net new money. Unlike most of the year so far, which has seen strong inflows into Australian equities, the category with the highest level of inflows this month was global equities, which received net inflows of $350m.
Market Size & Growth
Market cap
- ASX Exchange Traded Funds Market Cap: $30.9B– new record high
- Market cap growth for year: +2.8%, +$842.2B
New money
- New unit growth for year (units outstanding by number): 2.1%
- Net new money (units outstanding by $ value): +$724.5B
Products
- 212 Exchange Traded Products trading on the ASX
- No new products launched, and no products closed.
Trading value
- Trading value up 6% month on month
Performance
- Gold Mining ETFs were the best performing funds this month, followed by Resources ETFs.
Comments: With continued macro-environmental instability gold exposures performed strongly this month with gold miners ETFs providing investors with the best performance for the month of August.
Top 5 category inflows (by $) – August
| Category | Inflow Value | |
| International Equities | $ 346,877,883 | |
| Fixed Income | $ 150,236,790 | |
| Australian Listed Property | $ 59,519,542 | |
| Cash | $ 49,259,945 | |
| Currency | $ 24,887,346 | |
Top category outflows (by $) – August
| Category | Outflow Value | |
| Australian Equities | ($ 16,138,097) | |
Top sub-category inflows (by $) – August
| Category | Inflow Value | |
| International Equities – Developed World | $ 152,943,076 | |
| Australian Bonds | $ 113,635,819 | |
| Australian Listed Property | $ 59,519,542 | |
| International Equities – Europe | $ 50,993,730 | |
| Cash | $ 49,259,945 | |
Top sub-category outflows (by $) – August
| Category | Outflow Value | |
| Australian Equities – Broad | ($ 91,341,555) | |
| Australian Equities – Short | ($ 1,630,045) | |
| Oil | ($ 1,025,078) | |
I am an investor with HVST.
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