{"id":14461,"date":"2018-02-26T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starthostunlimiteddmffassi-ss.stackstaging.com\/etfworld.ch\/home\/vl27cm72\/etfworld.ch\/wp\/index.php\/2018\/02\/26\/etfgi-assets-invested-in-smart-beta-etfs-and-etps-listed-globally-reach-record-high-of-us-696-billion\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T23:00:00","slug":"etfgi-assets-invested-in-smart-beta-etfs-and-etps-listed-globally-reach-record-high-of-us-696-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/ch\/etfgi-assets-invested-in-smart-beta-etfs-and-etps-listed-globally-reach-record-high-of-us-696-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"ETFGI: Assets invested in Smart Beta ETFs and ETPs listed globally reach record high of US$696 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Assets invested in Smart Beta ETFs and ETPs listed&nbsp;globally reached a record high of US$696 billion at the end of January 2018, shattering the previous record of US$658&nbsp;billion set at the end of 2017. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<section class=\"article-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><strong>Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner at ETFGI<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assets invested in Smart Beta ETFs\/ETPs listed&nbsp;globally&nbsp;increased by a record $37.8 Bn&nbsp;during January to reach a new high of $696 Bn<\/p>\n<p>In January 2018, Smart Beta ETFs and ETPs listed&nbsp;globally&nbsp;saw net inflows of $9.43 Bn<\/p>\n<p>Multi Factor smart beta products gathered the largest net inflows with $4.55 Bn, followed by Value Factor with $1.34 Bn<\/p>\n<p>During January 2018 assets invested in Smart Beta ETFs\/ETPs increased by $37.8 Bn, or&nbsp;5.74%. According to ETFGI\u2019s data this growth represents the greatest absolute monthly increase in assets on record. The previous record was set in March 2016, when assets grew by $31.9 Bn.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Comparison of assets in market cap, smart beta, other and active equity products<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s9.postimg.org\/40wfzaf8v\/SMARTBETA101_02_2018.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"191\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>January&nbsp;2018 also marked the&nbsp;24th&nbsp;consecutive month of net inflows into Smart Beta ETFs and ETPs, with $9.43 Bn gathered during the month. The majority of these flows can be attributed to the top 20 Smart Beta ETFs\/ETPs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $7.23 Bn in January 2018. The iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (MTUM US) on its own accounted for net inflows of $1.35 Bn.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Top 20 Smart Beta ETFs\/ETPs by net new assets:&nbsp;Global<\/strong><strong><br \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s9.postimg.org\/d9ym92vr3\/SMARTBETATABLE_02_2018.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"368\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Multi Factor smart beta products gathered the largest net inflows with $4.55 Bn, followed by Value Factor products with $1.34 Bn and Performance\/momentum factor products with $1.00 Bn. Investors have tended to invest in lower cost and momentum factor Smart Beta products in&nbsp;January.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Source: ETFWorld<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assets invested in Smart Beta ETFs and ETPs listed&nbsp;globally reached a record high of US$696 billion at the end of January 2018, shattering the previous record of US$658&nbsp;billion set at the end of 2017. 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