Exchange-trade product (ETP) flows have remained positive in the most volatile market in history, despite haemorrhaging $34.5bn globally in fixed income ETP outflows, the worst month ever for the asset class.
According to the latest data from iShares, equity ETPs saw inflows of a similar amount ($35.3bn), but this only just recouped the outflows from the previous month, while commodities saw their largest monthly inflows on record at $11.7bn. Record-breaking ETF trading as volatility ramps up Sustainable ETPs saw inflows of $14.6bn globally, adding to the $23.5bn it received the previous month, helping to prop up the ETP market to hold onto net inflows for March of $17.2bn. Credit ETPs have suffered a particularly volatile month as investors sold out of both high yield and investment gr...
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