Australian (16)
International (27)
Global
Regional / Country
Sector
Currency Hedged
Cash & Fixed Income (7)
Diversified (4)
Hybrids (2)
Equity Income (6)
Technology (7)
Ethical (8)
Geared (6)
Short (3)
Property (1)
Commodity (2)
Currency (5)
Managed Risk (3)
Active (5)
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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.
Market Size & Growth
- ASX Exchange Traded Funds Market Cap: $23.6B – New all-time record
- Market cap growth for month: +0.9%, +$219.9m
- Market cap growth for last twelve months: 22.5%, +$4.4B
New Money
- New unit growth for month (units outstanding by number): +4.5%
- Net new money (units outstanding by $ value): +$280.1m
Comment: In a month where global markets either dipped or went sideways, 100% of the industry’s growth was attributable to net inflows (i.e. as opposed to asset growth)
Products
- 184 Exchange Traded Products trading on the ASX
- 5 new products launched this month
Comment: We added three new funds to our BetaShares Global Sector Series- BetaShares Global Banks ETF – Currency Hedged (BNKS), BetaShares Global Agriculture ETF – Currency Hedged (FOOD), BetaShares Global Healthcare ETF – (DRUG). In addition Australia’s first actively managed multi-asset exchange traded product was launched, AMP Capital’s DMKT which was followed by another multi-asset product from a new exchange traded issuer, fund manager Schroders.
Trading Value
Average trading value increased 12% month on month
Performance
Best performers this month were Asian Equities, Japanese Equities – Currency Hedged (via HJPN), and Oil (via OOO).
Top 5 category inflows (by $) – August 2016
| Category | Inflow Value | |
| International Equities | $139,219,235 | |
| Fixed Income | $82,826,036 | |
| Australian Equities | $51,051,521 | |
| Commodities | $24,885,937 | |
| Short | $22,848,573 | |
Top category outflows (by $) – August 2016
| Category | Outflow Value | |
| Cash | ($71,074,556) | |