ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States have gathered a record US$201.7  billion in net new assets as of the end of November 2015 which is 5% above the record level of US$191.8 billion of net new assets gathered at this point in 2014. This marks the 10th consecutive month of positive net inflows. The US ETF/ETP industry had 1,824 ETFs/ETPs, assets of US$2.1 trillion, from 92 providers listed on 3 exchanges at the end of November, according to ETFGI’s Global ETF and ETP insights report for November 2015 (click here to see ETFGI’s chart of United States ETF/ETP asset growth)
 
In the first eleven months of 2015 record levels of net new assets have been gathered by ETFs/ETPs listed globally with net inflows of US$319.3 Bn marking a 15% increase over the prior record set during the first eleven months of 2014. In the United States net inflows reached US$201.7 Bn, which is 5% higher than the prior record set last year, in Canada net inflows at US$11.4 Bn are up 10.7% over the prior record set in 2012, while in Europe year to date (YTD) net inflows climbed to US$72.6 Bn, representing a 18% increase on the record set YTD through end of November 2014.  In Japan, YTD net inflows were up 210% on the prior record set in 2013, standing at US$33.7 Bn at the end of November 2015.
 
“Global markets were mostly down in November, developed markets outside the US declined 1%, emerging markets ended down 3% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the SP 500 ended up less than 1%.”  according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner at ETFGI.
 
In November 2015, ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States gathered net inflows of US$26.9 Bn.  Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows with US$25.8 Bn, while fixed income ETFs/ETPs experienced net outflows of US$879 Mn followed by commodity ETFs/ETPs with net outflows of US$58 Mn.
 
YTD through end of November 2015, ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States have gathered net inflows of US$201.7 Bn.  Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered the largest net inflows YTD with US$136.7 Bn, followed by fixed income ETFs/ETPs with US$49.0 Bn, and commodity ETFs/ETPs with US$861 Mn in net inflows.

iShares gathered the largest net ETF inflows in November with US$13.1 Bn, followed by Vanguard with US$7.3 Bn, First Trust with US$1.6 Bn, Schwab ETFs with US$1.3 Bn, and USCF with US$1.0 in net inflows.
 
YTD, iShares gathered the largest net ETF inflows with US$85.4 Bn, followed by Vanguard with US$67.3 Bn, WisdomTree with US$20.0 Bn, Deutsche Bank with US$16.9 Bn, Schwab ETFs with US$12.3 Bn and First Trust with US$10.6 Bn in net inflows.