Week of May 31, 2021 KPI Summary
This week, the industry experienced 4 new ETF launches and 2 closures, shifting the 2021 YTD Open-to-Close ratio to 1.86 and total US ETFs to 2,524. It has been another positive week for US ETF total assets up 0.91%. There have not been any major jumps in categories in the past few weeks, but a continued growth in assets, expected revenue, total ETFs, and others. Of the 150 total ETF launches in 2021, 81 of those have been Equity ETFs (54%) which slightly trails its universe average of 60.8%. One notable change has been the number of brands up to 194, +24 YTD and +4 in the past month. Both indexes experienced minimal change this week, Toroso ETF Industry Index was up 1.48% while the S&P Financial Select Sector Index trailed at 1.27%.
ETF Launches
Defiance Next Gen Altered Experience ETF (ticker: PSY)
TrueShares Structure Outcome (June) ETF (ticker: JUNZ)
WisdomTree BioRevolution ETF (ticker: WDNA)
Defiance Hotel, Airline, and Cruise ETF (ticker: CRUZ)
ETF Closures
WBI Tactical LCGD Shares (ticker: WBIE)
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US TR ETF (ticker: WBIN)
TETF.Index Performance vs. S&P Financial Select Sector Index
(as of June 4, 2021)
TETF.Index Performance vs. Other Leading Financial Indices
(March 31, 2017 through June 4, 2021)
Source: Morningstar Direct
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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