ETF Stats for April 2013 – Launch Activity Resumes
Launches reached their highest level in fourteen months during April, with twenty-one products achieving new listing status. Only one closure occurred, allowing the year-to-date net change in listings to become positive at +14. The exchange traded product count stood at 1,459 as April ended, consisting...
ETF Stats for March 2013 – Listed Count Shrinks Again
Only five new exchange traded products (“ETPs”) came to market in March, tying January for the lowest introduction rate since August 2009. Closures were double the number of launches, creating a net shrinkage of five for the month. Only two of the past eight months have seen a net increase of...
ETF Stats for February 2013 – Closures Running Ahead of Launches
A dozen new ETFs came to market in February, pushing the new product count to 17 for 2013. However, closures have been running at a faster pace, with 14 occurring in February and 18 year-to-date. At the end of February, the number of exchange traded product listings stood at 1,444 (1,238 ETFs and...
ETF Stats for January 2013 – Fewest Launches in 41 Months
Only five new exchange traded products (“ETPs”) came to market in January, the lowest introduction rate since August 2009. The five debuts represent the slowest yearly kickoff since 2006, when January’s new arrivals totaled just three. The month’s three ETF and two ETN launches happened alongside...
ETF Stats for December 2012 – Slowest Listing Growth Since 1997
Ten products came and ten products went in December, resulting in a steady month-end count of 1,445 ETPs (1,239 ETFs and 206 ETNs). This remains below the 1,457 active listings at the end of April, resulting in negative growth for the past eight months. It is also 45 less than the intra-month high...
ETF Stats for November 2012 – Listing Count Increases
The number of exchange traded product (“ETP”) listings increased in November, ending the record-breaking three-month streak of declines. Nine new introductions and three closures put the month-end count at 1,445 (1,235 ETFs and 210 ETNs). This is below the quantity of 1,457 at the end of April,...
ETF Stats for October 2012 – Another Record Number of Closings
A record number of exchange traded product (“ETP”) closures took place in October. The 30 delistings broke the old record of 24, which sponsors established just one month ago. The year-to-date closure count of 89 (as of October 31) is already a calendar-year record, and at least eight more ETFs...
ETF Stats for September 2012 – Largest Decline In Listings Ever
The quantity of ETP listings at the end of September was 18 fewer for the month and 20 fewer for the quarter, the largest declines ever. The one-month closure tally of 24 also established a new record. The current ETP listing count now stands at 1,456 and consists of 1,252 ETFs and 204 ETNs. As...
ETF Stats for August 2012 – Consolidation Begins
The August list of current exchange traded products showed a decline for the first time this year. The count now stands at 1,474 (1,256 ETFs and 218 ETNs). Six new ETFs came to market during the month while eighteen saw their last day of trading. The net reduction of 12 marks the beginning of...
ETF Stats for July 2012 – Trading Activity Plummets
Ten product introductions and no closures brought the listed ETP count to 1,486 (1,268 ETFs and 218 ETNs) at the end of July. The year-to-date quantities include 134 launches and 17 closures, for a net increase of 117 listings. Two of July’s new ETFs are actively managed funds, pushing their quantity...
