Exchange-Traded Fund Assets
October 2007

Washington, DC, November 29, 2007 - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $588.18 billion in October, 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)

   

October 2007

September 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

373,388

360,427

290,842

Domestic (Broad-based)

286,227

279,546

232,487

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

87,161

80,881

58,355

Global/International Equity Index

183,666

161,473

111,194

Hybrid Index

93

-*

-*

Bond Index

31,031

29,201

20,514

All

588,177

551,100

422,550

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


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

 

October 2007

September 2007

Y-T-D 2007

Y-T-D 2006

Gross Issuance

98,887

118,436

807,223

368,124

Gross Redemptions

81,349

97,884

709,827

307,897

Net Issuance

17,538

20,553

97,399

60,229

Number of Exchange-Traded Funds by Type

 

October 2007

September 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

401

394

268

Domestic (Broad-Based)

187

180

133

 

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

214

214

135

Global/International Equity Index

137

134

85

Hybrid Index

5

-*

-*

Bond Index

43

32

6

All

586

560

359

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

Highlights: Assets of all exchange-traded funds rose in October by $37.08 billion, or 6.7 percent, to $588.18 billion. Over the past 12 months, ETF assets increased $192.88 billion, or 48.8 percent. Assets in domestic equity ETFs increased $93.70 billion since October 2006, and global equity ETFs assets rose $87.97 billion during this period. Assets of hybrid index funds, which are a new product with the first funds launched in October, were $93 million.

During October, the value of all ETF shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by $17.54 billion. So far this year, ETFs experienced a net issuance of $97.40 billion.

  

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