Exchange-Traded Fund Assets
September 2007

Washington, DC, October 29, 2007 - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $551.10 billion in September, 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)

   

September 2007

August 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

360,427

335,980

290,842

 

Domestic (Broad-based)

279,546

262,355

232,487

 

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

80,881

73,625

58,355

Global/International Equity Index

161,473

143,458

111,194

Bond Index

29,201

27,674

20,514

All

551,100

507,112

422,550

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

 

September 2007

August 2007

Y-T-D 2007

Y-T-D 2006

Gross Issuance

118,436

106,034

708,336

315,660

Gross Redemptions

97,884

90,415

628,478

275,749

Net Issuance

20,553

15,619

79,861

39,913

Number of Exchange-Ttraded Funds by Type

 

September 2007

August 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

394

387

268

 

Domestic (Broad-Based)

180

180

133

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

214

207

135

Global/International Equity Index

134

129

85

Bond Index

32

30

6

All

560

546

359

Highlights: Assets of all exchange-traded funds rose in September by $43.99 billion, or 8.7 percent, to $551.10 billion. Over the past 12 months, ETF assets increased $189.40 billion, or 52.4 percent. Assets in domestic equity ETFs increased $105.79 billion since September 2006, and global equity ETFs assets rose $73.12 billion during this period.

During September, the value of all ETF shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by $20.55 billion. So far this year, ETFs experienced a net issuance of $79.86 billion.

  

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