Investors swing back to emerging markets ETFs

Equity ETFs have reported their fifth largest ever weekly inflows, attracting $5.65bn in new money - the equivalent of 1% of global assets under management. Much of this came from investors returning to iShares MSCI Emerging Markets, who helped drive a dramatic three-fold increase in our secondary market volumes on the previous week. Lyxor ETFs Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as the iShares MSCI Eastern Europe, were all also heavily in demand, while in developed markets iShares S&P 500 Monthly EUR Hedged saw creation orders worth $67m. As the flight to equity continued to pick u...