Active ETF inflows break multiple records in April as sector hits $1.3trn threshold

$22.5bn of inflows into equities in April

Sorin Dojan
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Investors have poured in $32.2bn into active ETFs in April, bringing assets to an all-time high of $1.3trn and surpassing the previous record of $1.27trn posted a month earlier in March.

According to ETFGI's April 2025 Active ETF and ETP Industry Landscape Insights report, equity strategies raked in almost $22.5bn last month and overall have attracted $96.1bn since the beginning of the year. JPMAM: We were 20-years late to the ETF party Meanwhile, investors allocated a much smaller $7.3bn portion to fixed income strategies, with year-to-date asset inflows reaching just above $65bn, yet still double from April last year ($32.7bn). Overall, $176.7bn of net inflows poured into active ETFs between 1 January and 30 April, a record surpassing the previous $96.9bn in...

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