A leading independent research and consultancy firm reveals that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a new high of US$ 5.12 trillion in July. This was on the back of net  inflows of US$41.13 billion, which marks the  largest  monthly net inflows since  January,  when  the global ETF/ETP industry experienced net  inflows of US$105.73 billion.

These startling insights were gleaned from ETFGI's July 2018 Global ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report. Major revelations contained in the report include:

• Total Assets in ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a record $5.12 trillion at the end of July
• Net new assets gathered by ETFs/ETPs listed globally were $41.1 billion in July
• 4 ½ years or 54 consecutive months of net inflows into ETFs/ETPs listed globally

"Investors favoured equities over fixed income and commodities as equity markets have performed positively in July. The S&P 500 gained 3.72%, international markets ex US were up 1.93% and emerging markets up 2.81%. Investors are still concerned about the impact of trade wars and Brexit," says Deborah Fuhr, managing partner and a founder of ETFGI.

At the end of July 2018, the Global ETF/ETP industry had 7,487 ETFs/ETPs, with 14,427 listings, assets of $5.12 trillion, from 375 providers listed on 70 exchanges in 57 countries. Due to net inflows and market moves the assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally increased by 2.69%, from $4.99 trillion in June 2018 to $5.12 trillion.

Growth in Global ETF and ETP assets as of the end of July 2018

July marked the  54th consecutive month of net inflows into ETFs/ETPs listed globally. The majority of net inflows in July can be attributed to the top 20 ETFs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $25.86 billion during 2018. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY US) gathered $6.54 billion, the largest net inflows in July.