Global Value Leads as VT Draws Over $1B in Fresh Flows

Weekly Channel Summary

The Size & Style – Global channel holds $203.12B in assets spread across 108 ETFs from 75 issuers. Net flows totaled $1,478M over the past five trading days, bringing the year-to-date figure to $31,882M and the trailing one-year total to $38,718M. Both measures reflect sustained, broad-based investor commitment to global equity exposures throughout 2026.

This Week’s Performance Leaders and Laggards

On a week-to-date basis, Global Small | Mid Cap led all categories with a 0.64% gain, narrowly ahead of Global Large Cap – Value at 0.55%. Global Large Cap – Blend and Global Large Cap – Growth both declined, down 0.58% and 1.21% respectively, with Growth also showing the weakest YTD return at 7.60% against a backdrop of double-digit gains elsewhere. Global Large Cap – Value stands out over longer horizons, up 14.50% YTD and 17.86% over one year, the strongest showing among all four categories. Small | Mid Cap’s weekly strength contrasts with its negative 1-month and 3-month trends, suggesting a short-term bounce rather than a sustained reversal.

Category Performance Snapshot

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by Weekly Performance

SDIV topped the weekly leaderboard with a 2.76% gain, followed closely by WAGN at 2.62% and SAGP at 2.16%. On the downside, BCGS and ACTS posted the steepest losses, falling 4.07% and 4.02% respectively. These single-fund moves diverge notably from their broader category trends, pointing to idiosyncratic drivers rather than category-wide repricing. The dispersion between the week’s best and worst performers spans nearly 7 percentage points, underscoring elevated fund-level volatility within the channel.

Analyzing the Weekly Flows

The channel attracted $1,478M in net inflows over the past five trading days, with Global Large Cap – Blend capturing the vast majority at $1,446M, extending its 90-day haul to over $6.0B and YTD total to $28,074M. Global Large Cap – Growth and Value categories added modest inflows of $27M and $15M respectively, while Global Small | Mid Cap was the lone category in outflow, shedding $10M for the week and $181M YTD. The concentration of flows into Blend highlights continued investor preference for broad, diversified global equity exposure over narrower style or size tilts. Longer-term trends confirm this pattern, with Blend’s 1-year inflow of $34,247M dwarfing the other three categories combined.

Category Flows Summary

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by 5-Day Flow

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT) dominated weekly inflows with $1,132M, far outpacing iShares MSCI World ETF (URTH), which added $145M. On the outflow side, BBH Select Mid Cap ETF (BBHM) led redemptions at $9M, followed by Motley Fool Global Opportunities ETF (TMFG) at $5M. The scale of VT’s inflow relative to the rest of the top-five list illustrates how concentrated weekly demand was in a single flagship product. Outflows across the bottom five funds were comparatively modest, with none exceeding $9M, indicating limited broad-based selling pressure.

Note: the following fund(s) were excluded from the flow totals above because the weekly flow exceeds 75% of the fund’s AUM and may be the result of a custom rebalance: ACIV ($97M).

Issuer League Table Update

Vanguard remains the dominant issuer by assets with $82.88B and a 40.80% share, followed by iShares at $61.52B and 30.29% share, together accounting for over 70% of channel AUM. Vanguard also led weekly inflows by a wide margin at $1,132M, consistent with its concentrated single-fund footprint in the channel, while iShares and Capital Group added $189M and $94M respectively. On the outflow side, BBH registered the largest weekly redemption among issuers at $9M, a modest figure relative to the scale of inflows elsewhere. The contrast between Vanguard’s singular large fund driving massive share and iShares’ more diversified 11-fund lineup highlights two distinct approaches to capturing global equity demand.

Top 5 Issuers by AUM

Top & Bottom 3 Issuers by 5-Day Flow