Exchange-Traded Fund Assets
December 2007

Washington, DC, January 30, 2008 - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $608.42 billion in December, 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)

   

December 2007

November 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

393,951

363,299

290,842

 

Domestic (Broad-based)

300,930

276,672

232,487

 

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

93,021

86,627

58,355

Global/International Equity Index

179,702

175,774

111,194

Hybrid Index

119

111

-*

Bond Index

34,648

32,940

20,514

All

608,420

572,124

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)

 

December 2007

November 2007

2007

2006

Gross Issuance

142,342

105,917

1,055,484

456,614

Gross Redemptions

97,825

97,175

904,827

382,627

Net Issuance

44,517

8,742

150,657

73,987

Number of Exchange-Traded Funds by Type

 

December 2007

November 2007

December 2006

Total Domestic Equity Index

416

411

268

 

Domestic (Broad-Based)

197

193

133

 

Domestic (Sector/Industry)

219

218

135

Global/International Equity Index

159

151

85

Hybrid Index

5

5

-*

Bond Index

49

46

6

All

629

613

359

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

Highlights: Assets of all exchange-traded funds rose in December by $36.30 billion, or 6.3 percent, to $608.42 billion. Over the past 12 months, ETF assets increased $185.87 billion, or 44.0 percent. Assets in domestic equity ETFs increased $103.11 billion since December 2006, and global equity ETFs assets rose $68.51 billion during this period. Assets of bond index funds were $34.65 billion and hybrid index funds were $119 million.

During December, the value of all ETF shares issued exceeded that of shares redeemed by $44.52 billion. So far this year, ETFs experienced a net issuance of $150.66 billion.

  

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