Global Small/Mid Cap Leads as Blend Category Dominates Flows

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Weekly Channel Summary

The Size & Style – Global channel held $202.18B in assets across 107 ETFs from 75 issuers. Weekly net flows were positive at $287M, building on a robust $29,023M YTD total and $37,603M over the trailing year. The channel’s steady inflow pattern reflects continued demand for globally diversified equity exposure across market caps and styles.

This Week’s Performance Leaders and Laggards

Global Small | Mid Cap led all categories on the week with a 1.96% gain, extending its strong YTD return of 11.49% despite a soft -3.75% one-month showing. Global Large Cap – Value followed at 1.00% WTD, while Global Large Cap – Blend, the channel’s largest category, posted a more modest 0.54% gain but carries the best YTD figure at 13.55%. Global Large Cap – Growth was the lone decliner, down 1.11% WTD and down 3.90% over three months, though it still holds a solid 13.54% YTD return. TOGA topped individual fund performance with a 5.28% weekly gain, while MNVT lagged at -2.54%.

Category Performance Snapshot

Category WTD 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month YTD 1 Year
Global Small | Mid Cap 1.96% -3.75% 0.94% 0.14% 11.49% 15.66%
Global Large Cap – Value 1.00% -1.94% 2.38% 2.99% 11.13% 15.57%
Global Large Cap – Blend 0.54% 0.33% 2.21% 10.68% 13.55% 16.55%
Global Large Cap – Growth -1.11% -1.93% -3.90% 10.02% 13.54% 15.15%

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by Weekly Performance

TOGA led the channel with a 5.28% weekly return, followed by CDIG at 4.30% and SDIV at 3.08%. On the downside, MNVT fell 2.54% and BCGS declined 1.76%, with CGGO also notably weak at -1.23% despite ranking among the week’s largest inflow recipients. The dispersion between top and bottom performers underscores continued volatility at the individual fund level even as broad category returns remained positive.

Ticker Fund Name WTD Performance
Top Performers
TOGA Tremblant Global ETF 5.28%
CDIG City Different Investments Global Equity ETF 4.30%
SDIV Global X Superdividend ETF 3.08%
ETFT Fundsmith Equity ETF 2.93%
RWLC Rayliant NxtGen Multifactor US Equity ETF 2.31%
Bottom Performers
MNVT Moonvest ETF -2.54%
BCGS Bancreek Global Select ETF -1.76%
CGGO Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF -1.23%
ACIG Hartford Alpha Capture International Growth ETF -1.02%
TRIL VegaShares Trillions ETF -0.77%

Analyzing the Weekly Flows

The channel attracted $287M in net inflows for the week, led by Global Large Cap – Blend, which pulled in $200M and continues to dominate longer-term flows with $25,359M YTD on $175.40B in assets. Global Large Cap – Growth added $64M and Global Large Cap – Value gained $32M, both consistent with their positive YTD trends. Global Small | Mid Cap was the sole outflow category, shedding $9M for the week and extending a negative YTD trend of -$166M. The pattern reflects a clear preference for large-cap blend and value exposure over smaller-cap global equities.

Category Flows Summary

Category Fund Count AUM 5 Day 30 Day 90 Day YTD 1 Year
Global Large Cap – Blend 73 $175.40B $200M $1,760M $3,899M $25,359M $33,186M
Global Large Cap – Growth 8 $12.54B $64M $282M $817M $2,642M $3,158M
Global Large Cap – Value 17 $10.17B $32M $152M $468M $1,187M $1,392M
Global Small | Mid Cap 9 $4.07B -$9M -$12M -$6M -$166M -$133M

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by 5-Day Flow

State Street’s SPGM led fund-level inflows with $57M, followed closely by Capital Group’s CGGO at $55M and iShares’ IOO at $51M. On the outflow side, JPMorgan’s JGLO saw the largest redemption at $80M, well ahead of the next largest outflows from INFL and BBHM, each down $5M. The concentration of outflows in a single JPMorgan fund stands in contrast to the broader distribution of inflows across multiple issuers.

Ticker Fund Name 5-Day Flow
Inflows
SPGM State Street SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETF $57M
CGGO Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF $55M
IOO iShares Global 100 ETF $51M
FEGE First Eagle Global Equity ETF $30M
CGDG Capital Group Dividend Growers ETF $28M
Outflows
JGLO JPMorgan Global Select Equity ETF Global Select Equity ETF -$80M
INFL Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF -$5M
BBHM BBH Select Mid Cap ETF -$5M
TOGA Tremblant Global ETF -$4M
CVGD CresAlta Global Dividend ETF -$4M

Issuer League Table Update

Vanguard remains the dominant issuer in the channel with $82.18B in assets and a 40.65% market share from a single fund, followed by iShares at $61.45B and 30.39% share across 11 funds. Capital Group led weekly inflows among issuers with $106M, narrowly ahead of iShares at $95M and State Street at $57M. JPMorgan recorded the largest weekly outflow among issuers at $80M, driven almost entirely by redemptions from its Global Select Equity ETF. The flow leadership from Capital Group and iShares highlights continued investor confidence in actively managed and large-scale passive global strategies alike.

Top 5 Issuers by AUM

Brand Fund Count AUM AUM Market Share
Vanguard 1 $82.18B 40.65%
iShares 11 $61.45B 30.39%
Capital Group 3 $20.89B 10.33%
JPMorgan 2 $6.38B 3.15%
Pacer 5 $3.61B 1.78%

Top & Bottom 3 Issuers by 5-Day Flow

Brand 5-Day Flow
Inflows
Capital Group $106M
iShares $95M
State Street $57M
Outflows
JPMorgan -$80M
Horizon Kinetics -$5M
BBH -$5M

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Disclosures

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