Headline figures   Assets Under Management[1] Chart 1: Assets Under Management of ETFs Listed on the LSE by Asset Type, December 30, 2024 (£bn) Source: LSEG Lipper   Despite a worrying month for equities, with one of the largest drawdowns in the S&P 500 and MSCI ACWI since the global financial crisis, equity share of LSE-listed ETF assets continues to creep upwards, now making up fourth-fifths of the total. Equity and bond funds comprise the bulk of total assets at 80% and 17.7%, respectively. Total ETF assets were to £1.27trn in December, growing 30.4% year on year. Money market funds

Headline figures   Assets Under Management[1] Chart 1: Assets Under Management of ETFs Listed on the LSE by Asset Type, November 30, 2024 (£bn) Source: LSEG Lipper   Total ETF assets rose to £1.27trn in November, growing 36% year on year. Money market funds (MMFs) saw the greatest growth in percentage terms over the year (56.8%), but from a low base. All asset classes grew on a month-on-month basis. Over 12 months, equities grew by 44.2%, commodities by 11.7%, and bonds by 9.3%. Equity and bond funds comprise the bulk of total assets at 79.6% and 17.8%, respectively.   Flows

Headline figures Assets Under Management[1]   Chart 1: Assets Under Management of ETFs Listed on the LSE by Asset Type as of July 30, 2024 (£bn) Source: LSEG Lipper   Total ETF assets were £1.14bn in July, growing 26.6% on an annual basis. As was the case in June, money market funds (MMFs) saw the greatest growth in percentage terms on a month-on-month basis (8.5%). On an annualised basis, MMF ETFs also grew the most, at 55.8%, followed by equities (31.8%) and bonds (9.8%). Conversely, mixed-assets ETFs were once more the main negative movers, down to 68.4% of their assets

Headline figures   Assets Under Management[1] Chart 1: Assets Under Management of ETFs Listed on the LSE by Asset Type as of April 31, 2024 (£bn) Source: LSEG Lipper   Total ETF assets shrank by £12.64bn over April through market moves despite net inflows (see chart 2) shrinking 1.2% over the month but growing 24.4% on an annual basis. Commodity funds saw the greatest growth in percentage terms on a month-on-month basis (8%). Note also that this monthly growth is from a low base, as just 0.9% of ETF assets are held in commodity funds. On an annualised basis, money

On April 11, 2000, the first two exchange-traded funds (ETF) based on the EURO STOXX 50 and the STOXX Europe 50 were listed on Deutsche Börse in Germany. With this listing, Merrill Lynch International brought a product to Europe which had been established in the U.S. since 1993. In addition to Germany, the trading of ETFs also began in Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.K. over the course of the year 2000. Even as the first reactions to these new products were positive, no one at that time really expected the future success that ETFs would experience. The following is a