Equities Lead ETF Flows Adding $23B, While Disruptive Tech Faces Outflows

Issuer League Tables

Vanguard led the daily absolute flows, capturing nearly $16.9 billion in a single session. This daily capture contributes to their year-to-date total of nearly $328.7 billion. Conversely, ARK experienced significant daily outflows of $7.7 billion, representing a 51.15% reduction in assets under management relative to its total size. GraniteShares demonstrated substantial relative growth, securing $741 million in daily flows, representing 4.78% of their total assets under management.

Issuer Flows (Absolute)

Issuer Flows (Relative to AUM)

Daily ETF Flow Analysis

Equity ETFs dominated the daily flows with an intake of $22.98 billion, significantly contributing to the year-to-date total of $612.90 billion. Fixed income also recorded positive daily movement, adding $3.29 billion to reach a total of $2.56 trillion in assets under management. Commodities experienced $303 million in daily outflows, marking a negative daily outcome. Non-Traditional products captured $1.67 billion in daily flows across the segment.

Asset Class Flows

Top/Bottom 10 Category Flows

U.S. Size & Style

Large Cap Blend led U.S. equity flows, attracting $5.68 billion in daily intake. Mid Cap Blend followed with a daily capture of $5.20 billion, bringing its assets under management to $448.8 billion. Large Cap Growth experienced significant daily outflows totaling $1.66 billion, contrasting with its positive accumulation over the year. Small Cap Blend saw $3.04 billion in daily additions across the category.

Size & Style ex-U.S.

Global Ex-U.S. Large Cap Blend funds attracted the majority of daily international flows with $5.86 billion in positive movement. Emerging Large Cap funds also recorded daily inflows, accumulating $619 million. Global Ex-U.S. Large Cap Value saw a modest daily gain of $141 million across the segment. Global Ex-U.S. Large Cap Growth realized $167 million in daily inflows.

Sector & Industry

Information Technology was the leading sector with $178 million in daily inflows, bringing its total assets to $505.4 billion. Financials also recorded positive movement, securing $443 million in daily flows. The Energy sector recorded the largest daily outflows, losing $355 million in a single day. Consumer Staples followed the downward daily trend with $191 million in daily redemptions.

Region & Country

Region and country-specific ETFs exhibited varied daily flows, with the broader Asia-Pacific category seeing redemptions of $1.20 billion. Specific single-country funds like Japan’s EWJ captured $212 million in daily inflows. South Korea followed with a daily addition of $179 million. The Eurozone experienced positive daily movement overall, capturing $336 million.

Thematic

Disruptive Tech themed funds led the daily thematic inflows, capturing $150 million. The Infrastructure theme also recorded $269 million in new daily assets. The Industrial Revolution category faced substantial redemptions, losing $1.88 billion in a single day. The Multi-Sector thematic category also experienced negative daily flows, registering $6.16 billion in outflows.

Fixed Income

Corporate fixed income ETFs led the category with $1.75 billion in daily inflows, driving assets to $458.2 billion. Multi-Sector fixed income funds were the next highest gainers, taking in $567 million. Government Ultrashort funds witnessed significant redemptions of $630 million during the session. Short-term taxable products overall recorded positive daily movement of $576 million.

Commodity

Broad Market Multi-Sector commodity funds secured the highest daily flows, adding $160 million to their asset base. The broader commodity segment experienced a negative daily overall net flow of $303 million. Precious Metals recorded the largest single-day outflows in the asset class, dropping $246 million. Energy-focused commodity funds also saw daily net outflows amounting to $177 million.

Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin funds experienced the heaviest daily redemptions in the digital asset class, losing $65 million. Altcoin and Ethereum products recorded positive movement, capturing $20 million and $23 million, respectively. Bitcoin ETFs continue to hold the vast majority of digital asset assets under management at $84.85 billion. Multicoin funds displayed minimal daily movement with just $1 million in positive flows.

Non-Traditional

Leverage and Inverse strategies captured the majority of daily inflows within the non-traditional asset class, accumulating $1.47 billion. Synthetic Income strategies followed with $57 million in daily positive flows. Buffer funds also contributed positive daily movements, adding $152 million to the category. The total non-traditional asset class now holds $505.9 billion in total assets under management.

Recent Launches

New product launches over the past three months showcase continued issuer expansion, with 406 new ETFs introduced. Thematic and Leverage or Inverse strategies are prominent among the newest listings. Active management remains a common approach for newly introduced fixed income products. Several of the most recent launches are focused on concentrated thematic strategies.