{"id":61879,"date":"2025-05-15T14:30:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/?p=61879"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:59:13","slug":"amundi-etf-flows-analysis-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etfworld.com\/co.uk\/amundi-etf-flows-analysis-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Amundi ETF Flows Analysis – April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
Amundi ETF Flows Analysis<\/strong>\u00a0:\u00a0<\/span>European equity flows surge in rotation; investors seek more defensive positions<\/h5>\n

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Amundi ETF Market Flows Analysis with data as at 30 April 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fannie Wurtz <\/strong>Head of Distribution and Wealth Division, Passive & Alternatives business lines<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • European strategies accounted for half of the month\u2019s overall inflows of \u20ac16.9bn.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Investors allocated into defensive strategies in both equities and fixed income.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Smart beta, minimum volatility and government bonds all posted gains.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Overview<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    European-domiciled UCITS ETFs recorded inflows of \u20ac16.9bn in April 2025, an increase of 47% on the \u20ac11.5bn recorded in the same month in 2024.<\/p>\n

    The rotation to European equities showed no sign of abating, as half of the overall net new assets (NNA) in the month were directed towards these exposures.<\/p>\n

    This underscores the year-to-date trend of investors preferring Europe over the US in equities. Equities accounted for the bulk of NNA at \u20ac14.7bn while fixed income contributed just \u20ac2.2bn.<\/p>\n

    In both equities and fixed income, investors have repositioned to take more defensive positions.<\/p>\n

    In the former, smart beta strategies are in favour while in the latter investors have shifted assets to government debt.<\/p>\n

    Despite market uncertainty introduced by US tariffs, global ETFs accumulated \u20ac136.3bn NNA with equities gaining \u20ac84.8bn and fixed income adding \u20ac45.8bn.<\/p>\n

    Equities: Appetite for Europe<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Investors allocated \u20ac14.7bn to European-registered UCITS ETFs in April with investors adding \u20ac8.5bn to European equities while withdrawing \u20ac2.0bn from US equities. World indices added \u20ac4.9bn.<\/p>\n

    Investors added \u20ac3.5bn to eurozone-focused equity indices and pan-European equities gained \u20ac1.8bn.<\/p>\n

    Non-eurozone strategies, in particular Nordic indices, accumulated \u20ac1.6bn.<\/p>\n

    Industrial sector ETFs gained \u20ac0.9bn and investors also added \u20ac0.3bn to IT strategies. Financial strategies posted outflows of \u20ac0.9bn \u2013 which could be related to the market sell-off as these companies tend to heavily correlated with market movements.<\/p>\n

    Smart beta also proved popular with income adding \u20ac1.2bn and minimum volatility gaining \u20ac0.7bn.<\/p>\n

    Investors had not been allocating to minimum volatility before the sell-off \u2013 but this illustrates how investors are now favouring defensive strategies within equities.<\/p>\n

    Investors have been favouring income since the start of the year as this is less volatile than value or momentum. There were outflows of \u20ac0.5bn from equal-weight strategies.<\/p>\n

    Fixed income<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    European-registered fixed income UCITS ETFs gained \u20ac2.2bn in April with investors adding \u20ac3.5bn to government bonds and \u20ac1.5bn to money-market strategies.<\/p>\n

    There were outflows of \u20ac1.2bn from high-yield strategies, \u20ac1bn from investment-grade corporate debt and \u20ac0.7bn from broad indices.<\/p>\n

    This reallocation to government bonds away from corporate credit is a natural reaction to higher market volatility with investors moving towards a more defensive stance.<\/p>\n

    Within government debt, investors are favouring euro-denominated bonds, adding \u20ac2.5bn to this asset class and \u20ac0.9bn to US-dollar-denominated bonds.<\/p>\n

    Short-term strategies were the most popular government bond strategy with euro-denominated debt gaining \u20ac1.2bn and US-dollar denominated adding \u20ac0.9bn. Total flows into short-term government debt were \u20ac2.2bn.<\/p>\n

    Last year investors were agnostic about government bond maturity preferring all maturity strategies but that has changed, reflecting the level of market uncertainty.<\/p>\n

    Commodities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    In last week of April, there were outflows of \u20ac1bn gold exchange-traded commodities and exchange-traded products.<\/p>\n

    Source: ETFWorld<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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