BetaShares Australian ETF Review - October 2021
OCTOBER 2021: FLOWS ROBUST AS AUSTRALIAN SHAREMARKET STAYS FLAT
- October saw the Australian sharemarket take a breather, but this did not dissuade ETF investors from continuing to allocate to domestic equities, in a month with continued strong net flows
- In total, net flows for the month were $2.4B, which more than offset asset value declines
- The industry ended the month at a fresh record high of $126.9B, growing $1.7B for the month
- Industry growth over the last 12 months has been 72% for a total of $53.2B net growth
- Monthly trading value decreased by 12% after a very significant spike in trading in September – it remains high (>$8B) relative to averages, however
- Product development activity remained strong, with 4 new funds launched, including a new Active ETF by Global Equities manager Loomis Sayles
- Best performance this month came from hydrogen exposures, followed by Geared U.S. Equities products (GGUS +15.0%) as the U.S. market reached record levels.
- Just like last month, we saw continued high levels of flows into both Australian and International equities, although once again international equities dominated ($621m and $904m respectively). For the second month in a row, we saw high levels of flows into Cash ETFs and Fixed Income ETFs ($345m and $304m respectively) with the AAA Cash ETF receiving the highest amount of flows in the industry this month
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