Exchange-Traded Fund Assets
November 2007

Washington, DC, December 28, 2007 - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $572.12 billion in November, 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)

   

November 2007

October 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

363,299

373,388

290,842

 

Domestic (Broad-based)

276,672

286,227

232,487

 

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

86,627

87,161

58,355

Global/International Equity Index

175,774

183,666

111,194

Hybrid Index

111

93

-*

Bond Index

32,940

31,031

20,514

All

572,124

588,177

422,550

* Hybrid Index funds are a new product with the first funds launched in October 2007.

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

 

November 2007

October 2007

Y-T-D 2007

Y-T-D 2006

Gross Issuance

105,917

98,887

913,140

404,156

Gross Redemptions

97,175

81,349

807,002

339,423

Net Issuance

8,742

17,538

106,138

64,733

Number of Exchange-Traded Funds by Type

 

November 2007

October 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

411

401

268

 

Domestic (Broad-Based)

193

187

133

 

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

218

214

135

Global/International Equity Index

151

137

85

Hybrid Index

5

5

-*

Bond Index

46

43

6

All

613

586

359

* Hybrid Index funds are a new product with the first funds launched in October 2007.

Highlights: Assets of all exchange-traded funds fell in November by $16.05 billion, or 2.7 percent, to $572.12 billion. Over the past 12 months, ETF assets increased $161.05 billion, or 39.2 percent. Assets in domestic equity ETFs increased $74.69 billion since November 2006, and global equity ETFs assets rose $73.56 billion during this period. Assets of bond index funds were $32.94 billion and hybrid index funds were $111 million.

During November, the value of all ETF shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by $8.74 billion. So far this year, ETFs experienced a net issuance of $106.14 billion.

  

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