Exchange-Traded Fund Assets
August 2007

WASHINGTON, DC, September 27, 2007 - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $507.11 billion in August, according to ICI. The Institute's monthly statistical collection also includes the value of shares issued and redeemed by exchange-traded funds.

Statistics contained in the Institute's monthly ETF report have been obtained from information provided to ICI by exchange-traded funds and commodity funds. Commodity funds are listed in the Domestic (Sector/Industry) category. A detailed breakdown of the monthly ETF data is available on our website at http://members.ici.org/stats/etfdata.xls

Assets of Exchange-Traded Funds by Type
(millions of dollars)

   

August 2007

July 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

335,980

315,372R

290,842

 

Domestic (Broad-based)

262,355

244,402R

232,487

 

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

73,625

70,970

58,355

Global/International Equity Index

143,458

146,711

111,194

Bond Index

27,674

26,782

20,514

All

507,112

488,866R

422,550

Value of Shares Issued and Redeemed by All Exchange-Traded Funds
(millions of dollars)

 

August 2007

July 2007

Y-T-D 2007

Y-T-D 2006

Gross Issuance

106,034

92,131

589,900

278,618

Gross Redemptions

90,415

80,153

530,594

237,367

Net Issuance

15,619

11,978

59,308

41,253

Number of Exchange-Traded Funds by Type

 

August 2007

July 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

387

384

268

 

Domestic (Broad-Based)

180

180

133

 

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

207

204

135

Global/International Equity Index

129

125

85

Bond Index

30

30

6

All

546

539

359

Highlights: Assets of all exchange-traded funds rose in August by $18.25 billion, or 3.7 percent, to $507.11 billion. Over the past 12 months, ETF assets increased $147.22 billion, or 40.9 percent. Assets in domestic equity ETFs increased $83.16 billion since August 2006, and global equity ETFs assets rose $55.29 billion during this period.

During August, the value of all ETF shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by $15.62 billion. So far this year, ETFs experienced a net issuance of $59.31 billion.

  

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