Annual ESG ETF inflows outweigh non-ESG for first time

European ETFs gathered €89.3bn

ESG ETFs experienced a record surge in 2020, drawing the lion's share of net inflows across all ETF inflows last year, according to Lyxor ETF's 2020 Money Monitor.

ESG-focused funds gathered a staggering €45.5bn, more than half of the total inflow (51%) and more than double the record ESG assets set during 2019. ESG ETFs have not suffered outflows in any single month since the start of 2019. Despite challenges created by Covid-19 and market volatility, European ETFs gathered €89.3bn, representing 13% of total funds' flows, the third largest annual inflow on record. Global ETF assets reach $7trn Equity ETFs captured €55.3bn, the largest flows in 2020 while fixed income ETFs' inflows reached €32.9bn last year compared with €53bn in 2019. ...