What can we learn from ETF surge?

Inflows resume in March

Anna Fedorova
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After two months of outflows, investors have flooded back into exchange-traded products (ETPs) with a vengeance, according to figures from the latest BlackRock Global ETP Landscape study.

The report for March revealed equity funds attracted $25.8bn of inflows after a sell-off in January and February, while fixed income also saw some $15.5bn of sales.  ETF snapshot: Inflows, most-traded funds and top Japanese vehicles US equities saw particularly strong inflows of $18.3bn during the month, while emerging market equities had their best month since January 2013, with $9bn flowing into these products as sentiment begins to turn towards the asset class.  Ben Seager-Scott, director for investment strategy at Tilney Bestinvest, believes one of the main reasons for the stro...

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