At the end of 2011, European ETF assets stood at $268bn, down from $283bn at the end of 2010. At the end of May this year, the figure stood at $266bn, just 1% below last year’s full calendar-year performance.
To show the volatility and liquidity of ETFs, compared to the end of April 2012 total ETF assets are 8.7% down, from $290bn to $266bn.
In the single month, ETFs saw net inflows of $3.5bn in May, with annual net inflows of $5bn to date.
iShares dominates this figure, with $4.9bn of net inflows, with SPDR ETFs in second spot with $0.4bn.
In terms of products, there were 34 new launches, from seven providers across four exchanges; eight ETFs delisted.
All of these figures were collated by ETF guru Debbie Fuhr, a partner at ETFGI LLP, an independent research firm.
