At the end of April 2012, the global ETF industry had 3,232 ETFs, with 7,161 listings, assets of USD1,528.4bn, from 161 providers on 50 exchanges, according to ETF Global Insight (ETFGI).

ETF assets have decreased by 0.6% from USD1,538.1bn in March 2012 to USD1,528.4bn in April 2012.

YTD through end of April 2012, ETF assets have increased by 13.1% from USD1,351.4bn to USD1,528.4bn.
 
In April 2012, ETFs saw net inflows of USD2.0bn. Fixed income ETFs gathered USD5.3bn net inflows, of which USD2.1bn net inflows went into corporate bond ETFs. Equity ETFs experienced USD4.5bn net outflows, of which ETFs tracking European equity indices experienced USD5.2bn net outflows. Commodity ETFs gathered USD0.7bn net inflows, of which USD0.9bn net inflows went into precious metals ETFs, while ETFs providing exposure to agriculture, energy, industrial metals and broad commodity indices experienced net outflows totalling a combined USD0.3bn.

YTD through end of April 2012, ETFs saw net inflows of USD60.6bn. Equity ETFs gathered USD33.1bn net inflows, of which USD20.2bn net inflows went into ETFs tracking US equity indices, while ETFs tracking European equity indices experienced USD5.8bn net outflows. Commodity ETFs gathered USD1.6bn net inflows, of which USD1.8bn went into ETFs providing exposure to precious metals, while ETFs providing exposure to agricultural commodities experienced USD0.4bn net outflows.

YTD through end of April 2012, leveraged ETFs experienced USD3.3bn net outflows, while leveraged inverse ETFs gathered net inflows of USD2.9bn.

Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows in April with USD4.4bn, followed by Van Eck Associates Corp with USD1.0bn and PIMCO with USD0.6bn net inflows.

Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows YTD with USD21.8bn, followed by iShares with USD15.7bn and SPDR ETFs with USD6.7bn net inflows.

PowerShares experienced the largest net outflows in April with USD2.5bn.

db x-trackers experienced the largest net outflows YTD with USD1.3bn, followed by Polaris with USD0.8bn and Commerzbank with USD0.6bn net outflows.
 
Including other Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), at the end of April 2012, the global ETF/ETP industry had 4,601 ETFs/ETPs, with 9,246 listings, assets of USD1,718.0bn, from 195 providers on 54 exchanges.
 
ETF/ETP assets have decreased by 0.6% from USD1,728.7bn in March 2012 to USD1,718.0bn in April 2012.

YTD through end of April 2012, ETF/ETP assets have increased by 12.6% from USD1,526.0bn to USD1,718.0bn.
 
In April 2012, ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of USD1.3bn. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of USD5.3bn, of which USD2.1bn net inflows went into corporate bond ETFs/ETPs, while money market ETFs/ETPs experienced USD0.7bn net outflows. Equity ETFs/ETPs experienced USD4.6bn net outflows, of which ETFs/ETPs tracking European equity indices experienced USD5.2bn net outflows, while ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to Asia Pacific equity indices gathered USD0.3bn net inflows.

YTD through end of April 2012, ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of USD68.3bn. Equity ETFs/ETPs gathered USD33.8bn net inflows, of which USD21.1bn net inflows went into ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to US equity indices, while ETFs/ETPs providing exposure European equity indices experienced USD5.8bn net outflows. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs gathered USD24.5bn net inflows, of which USD10.6bn net inflows went into corporate bond ETFs/ETPs, while money market ETFs/ETPs experienced USD2.1bn net outflows. Commodity ETFs/ETPs gathered USD6.2bn net inflows, of which USD4.6bn net inflows went into ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to precious metals, while ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to agricultural commodities experienced USD0.6bn net outflows.

YTD through end of April 2012, leveraged ETFs/ETPs experienced USD1.8bn net outflows, while leveraged inverse ETFs/ETPs gathered net inflows of USD2.7bn.

Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows in April with USD4.4bn, followed by Van Eck Associates Corp with USD1.0bn and PIMCO with USD0.6bn net inflows.

Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows YTD with USD21.8bn, followed by iShares with USD16.2bn and SPDR ETFs with USD8.5bn net inflows.

iShares experienced the largest net outflows in April with USD2.5bn.

db x-trackers experienced the largest net outflows YTD with USD1.3bn, followed by Polaris with USD0.8bn and Commerzbank with USD0.6bn net outflows.