The combined assets of the nation’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $223.86 billion in February, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI). The assets of all ETFs rose by $968 million, or 0.4%, for the month.
Equity index ETF assets increased by $247 million to $213.74 billion, while bond index ETF assets increased by $721 million to $10.12 billion. Assets of domestic equity ETFs decreased by $3.82 billion, and international equity ETF assets increased by $4.07 billion.
During February, the value of all ETF shares redeemed exceeded that of shares issued by $4.49 billion. Equity index ETFs experienced a negative net issuance of $5.31 billion, while bond ETFs experienced a positive net issuance of $815 million. Gross issuance of all ETFs decreased in February to $12.47 billion from $14.36 billion in January, and redemptions increased to $16.96 billion from $11.37 billion in January.
The 103 ETFs that tracked domestic stock indexes in February held assets of $175.62 billion. Forty-three ETFs tracked international equity indexes and held assets of $38.11 billion and six ETFs tracked bond indexes.