In an historic month for global geopolitics, the Australian exchange traded funds industry reached new record highs, and also experienced its largest trading month on record. The industry ended the month at $24.6B – a new all-time record. In addition, the industry’s trading value reached $2.5B for the month,

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The Australian exchange traded fund industry bucked the trend of broader market declines during October and finished the month valued at a stable $24.1B, which was approximately the same value as September. The industry stood its ground amongst local and international sharemarket declines to record higher levels of inflows compared to September,

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The Australian exchange traded fund industry once again hit an all-time high for funds under management in September, building on positive growth recorded for the last few months. The industry ended the month at $24.1B, which included strong growth of approx. $530m for the month (2% growth). This month’s result was particularly strong when considering that the Australian sharemarket was flat and that global sharemarkets fell.

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The Australian exchange traded fund industry hit a new all-time high in August of $23.6 billion in funds under management (FUM). The industry gained a modest 1% (or $220 million) in FUM, building on the positive growth from July, which had marked the previous record.

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The Australian exchange traded funds industry hit an all-time high for funds under management in July, reversing a rare month of negative growth in June. The industry ended the month at $23.4B, growing approx. $900m for the month (4% monthly growth). Despite strong sharemarket performance throughout the month,

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The Australian exchange traded fund industry grew by 5%, or $1.1B, during the first half of 2016, despite the challenging market conditions, ending the financial year with total funds under management of $22.5B. June was especially turbulent with the Brexit vote and the Australian election all adding to ongoing volatility. Investors continued to support ETFs by investing almost $1.4B in new money into the industry during the last 6 months meaning that all the industry’s growth this half has come from structural growth,

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It was a bumper month for the Australian exchange traded fund industry, which increased 6.3% ($1.4 billion) to hit a new record of $23.2 billion in total funds under management (FUM) in May. Growth this month was significant across all metrics, including net inflows, trading activity and new products launched.

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The Australian exchange traded fund industry hit a new record of $21.9 billion in total funds under management (FUM) during April. Reflective of both the recovery in the local equity market and the changes to interest rates, broad Australian equities and fixed income products received the highest level of inflows.

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As global sharemarkets recovered, the Australian exchange traded fund industry continued its growth trajectory finishing the month with $21.3 billion in funds under management – this 3% increase for the month represented total growth of $685 million.
New money allocated into the industry accounted for 64% of growth in March ($438 million),

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As the second month of 2016 continued the market falls started at the beginning of the year, the resilience of the ETF industry was tested. However, with Australian and global markets falling ~2% (in AUD terms), the ETF industry impressively managed to record both positive market cap growth and positive net inflows in February.

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