Week of January 25, 2021 KPI Summary
This week, the industry experienced 4 new ETF launches and 2 closures, keeping the 2021 YTD Open-to-Close ratio at 0.97 and bringing the total US ETFs to 2,327. Though US ETF assets decreased 2.61% this week, the month of January thus far has been a marginal uptick for the ETF Industry. ETF expense ratio 12-month revenue increased approximately 30 Million Dollars (0.3%) with revenue from the Active sector climbing from 8.49% to 9.54% of the revenue pie. Additionally, the total US ETF assets grew from $5.46 to $5.52 Tn YTD as of January 31. Both indexes experienced minimal change this month, but the Toroso ETF Industry Index is still outperforming the S&P Financial Select Sector Index in YTD returns. TETFindex stands at -0.53% while S&P stands at negative -1.67% YTD.
ETF Launches
Amplify BlackSwan ISWN ETF (ticker: ISWN)
Morgan Creek Exos SPAC Originated ETF (ticker: SPXZ)
WisdomTree Cybersecurity ETF (ticker: WCBR)
TrueShares Low Volatility Equity Income ETF (ticker: DIVZ)
ETF Closures
Principal Active Global Dividend Income ETF (ticker: GDVD)
Sage ESG Intermediate Credit ETF (ticker: GUDB)
TETF.Index Performance vs. S&P Financial Select Sector Index
(as of January 29, 2021)
TETF.Index Performance vs. Other Leading Financial Indices
(March 31, 2017 through January 29, 2021)
Why Follow the ETF Industry KPIs
The team at Toroso Investments began tracking the ETF Industry Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) in the early 2000’s and have been consistently reporting on, and analyzing these metrics ever since. The table above was the impetus for the creation of the TETF.Index, the index that tracks the ETF industry. Each week, we will share the statistics we believe to be the most useful for identifying industry trends, in addition to the performance of the TEFT.Index.
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