International equities reclaim ETF inflows throne | Australian Markets
Exchange traded fund (ETF) inflows in worldwide equities have returned with a vengeance after a dip in March to mirror robust market efficiency, based on Betashares’ month-to-month Australian ETF review.
International equities ETFs took a hit in March amid world market volatility, recording $815 million in inflows – third to Australian equities ETFs’ $1 billion. However, the asset class managed to regain its lead final seen in February ($1.5 billion in comparison with Australian equities’ $722 million), recording $2.1 billion in inflows in April and Australian equities falling back to second with $1.6 billion.
The Betashares report additionally mentioned a mixture of “very strong inflows to ETFs” and “positive market performance” helped the Australian ETF industry attain $258.9 billion in funds beneath management (FUM), a 3.43 per cent or $8.6 billion increase from the earlier month.
“Industry inflows for the month were just shy of the record set in January at $4.46B, as investors continued to allocate to their portfolios amid ongoing market volatility,” the report mentioned.
“ASX trading value hit $22B in April – another record high. This comes as investors continued to rebalance their portfolios and take advantage of buying opportunities.”
According to the review, the Australian ETF industry has additionally recorded 32.8 per cent or $63.96 billion in growth during the last 12-month period, with 418 exchange traded merchandise (ETPs) now trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and CBOE.
ETF’s trading worth on the ASX additionally reached a new document high of $22 billion during the month of April, a 16 per cent increase from the earlier month.
The report additionally revealed the highest 4 highest-performing funds for the month have been all associated to cryptocurrency:
- Monochrome Bitcoin ETF at 13.32 per cent
- Betashares Crypto Innovators ETF at 11.86 per cent
- Betashares Bitcoin ETF at 11.15 per cent
- VanEck Bitcoin ETF at 10.45 per cent
The report additionally confirmed that, measuring year-to-date 2025 flows by issuer, the highest 4 issuers nonetheless keep a mixed 84.23 per cent market share between Vanguard, Betashares, iShares and VanEck.
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