Assets invested in ETFs globally touched a record of $17.85 trillion at the end of August, reflecting a 20.2% increase year-to-date, up from $14.85 trillion at the end of 2024, according to ETF research firm ETFGI’s data.
ETFs received $183.04 billion during August, bringing year-to-date net inflows to $1.27 trillion, the highest on record. August marked the 75th consecutive month of net inflows.
At the end of August, the global ETF industry comprised 14,662 products with 29,050 listings, offered by 896 providers across 81 exchanges in 63 countries.
iShares remained the world’s largest ETF provider with $5.06 trillion in assets and a 28.3% market share, followed by Vanguard at 21.7% and SPDR ETFs at 10.2%.
Global ETFs hit record $17.34tn in AUM
Equity ETFs gathered $75.25 billion in August, slightly below the same point in 2024. Fixed income ETFs reported $48.43 billion in August inflows, ahead of the money gathered by August 2024. Commodities ETFs saw $7.68 billion in net inflows during August, a reversal from net outflows reported by this stage in 2024. Active ETFs drew $53.39 billion in August, which is higher than the number recorded a year earlier.
Inflows were concentrated in the top 20 ETFs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $58.27 billion during August. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF attracted the largest individual net inflow of $9.17 billion.
“The S&P 500 index rose 2.03% in August, bringing its year-to-date gain to 10.79%. Developed markets excluding the US index advanced 4.29% during the month, and are now up 24.56% year-to-date. Among developed markets, Denmark (+6.37%) and Japan (+6.24%) experienced the largest declines in August. Emerging markets index posted a 2.48% gain in August, with year-to-date performance reaching +16.04%. Chile (+9.63%) and Brazil (+8.46%) led the gains among emerging markets during the month,” according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner, founder and owner of ETFGI.
