Exchange-Traded Fund Assets
July 2007

Washington, DC, August 30, 2007 - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $488.827 billion in July, 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)

   

July 2007

June 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

315,333

317,495

290,842

 

Domestic (Broad-based)

244,363

249,134

232,487

 

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

70,970

68,361

58,355

Global/International Equity Index

146,711

142,492

111,194

Bond Index

26,782

25,901

20,514

All

488,827

485,888

422,550

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

 

July 2007

June 2007

YTD 2007

YTD 2006

Gross Issuance

92,131

106,309R

483,866

247,928

Gross Redemptions

80,153

101,037

440,179

210,804

Net Issuance

11,978

5,272R

43,689

37,126

Number of Exchange-Traded Funds by Type

 

July 2007

June 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

384

383

268

 

Domestic (Broad-Based)

180

180

133

 

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

204

203

135

Global/International Equity Index

125

118

85

Bond Index

30

25

6

All

539

526

359

Highlights: Assets of all exchange-traded funds rose in July by $2.94 million, or 0.6 percent, to $488.83 billion. Over the past 12 months, ETF assets increased $140.42 billion, or 40.3 percent. Assets in domestic equity ETFs increased $70.09 billion since July 2006, and global equity ETFs assets rose $61.70 billion during this period.

During July, the value of all ETF shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by $11.98 billion. So far this year, ETFs experienced a net issuance of $43.69 billion.

  

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