In February 2013, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) listed in Europe had net inflows of $1.3 billion, according to new research published in the latest ETFGI Europe ETF and ETP industry insights. ETFGI won the Best ETF Research award in 2012 in the ETF Express awards announced on February 28th in London.

In February 2013, ETFs and ETPs saw net inflows of US$1.3 billion. Equity ETFs and ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with $1.5 billion, followed by fixed income ETFs and ETPs with $403 million, and active ETFs and ETPs with $380 million, while commodity ETFs and ETPs experienced net outflows of $1.15 billion.

Year to date through end of February 2013, ETFs and ETPs have seen net inflows of $7.85 billion.    Equity ETFs and ETPs gathered the largest net inflows year to date with $6.7 billion followed by fixed income ETFs and ETPs with $1.5 billion, and active ETFs and ETPs with $522 million, while commodity ETFs and ETPs experienced net outflows of $931 billion.

“The flows into equity ETFs and ETPs show investors are rotating out of cash and fixed income into equities as investor confidence continues to improve,” says Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner at London-based ETFGI.

In February 2013, equity ETFs and ETPs saw net inflows of $1.5 billion. North American equity ETFs and ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with $498 million, followed by exposure to global equity indices with $489 million, and developed European equity with $396 million, while emerging market equity ETFs and ETPs experienced net outflows with US$218 million.

At the end of February 2013, the European ETF industry had 1,331 ETFs, with 4,936 listings, assets of $341 billion, from 41 providers on 22 exchanges. Including ETFs and other Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), at the end of February 2013, the European ETF and ETP industry had 1,962 ETFs and ETPs, with 6,200 listings, assets of $378 billion, from 47 providers on 23 exchanges.

iShares gathered the largest net ETF and ETP inflows in February with $1.6 billion, followed by db x-trackers/db ETC with $447 million and XACT with $420 million net inflows.

STOXX has the largest amount of ETF and ETP assets tracking its benchmarks with $93 billion, reflecting 24.6% market share; MSCI is second with $81 billion and 21.4% market share, followed by SP Dow Jones with $35 billion and 9.2% market share.

In February 2013, 6 new ETFs and ETPs were launched by 3 providers on 4 exchanges, while 11 ETFs and ETPs delisted. Year to date through end of February 2013, 46 new ETFs and ETPs have been launched by 8 providers on 5 exchanges, while 13 ETFs and ETPs have delisted.

The top 100 ETFs and ETPs, out of 1,962, account for 58.8% of European ETF and ETP assets. 64 ETFs/ETPs have greater than $1 billion in assets, while 75% of all ETFs and ETPs have less than $100 million in assets, 65% ETFs and ETPs have less than $50 million in assets and 36% ETFs and ETPs have less than $10 million in assets.