Fixed Income and Tech ETFs Dominate Today’s Net Inflows

Issuer League Tables

Vanguard registered the highest absolute daily inflows among issuers, gathering $1,799M, while Invesco followed closely with $1,357M in daily additions. Conversely, State Street’s SPDR brand experienced the largest daily outflows in absolute terms, shedding $2,908M, ahead of Schwab’s $994M contraction. Looking at relative flows, smaller issuers like STF and ERShares led with daily gains representing 13.36% and 9.00% of their respective assets under management.

Issuer Flows (Absolute)

Issuer Flows (Relative)

Daily ETF Flow Analysis

Fixed Income and Equity asset classes captured the majority of daily inflows, bringing in $1,848M and $894M, respectively. Digital Asset funds added $330M on the day, contrasting with Non-Traditional and Commodity funds, which saw outflows of $994M and $212M. Overall ETF industry flows totaled $1,870M for the day, advancing the year-to-date total to $530,680M across all tracked categories.

Asset Class Flows

Top/Bottom 10 Category Flows

U.S. Size & Style

U.S. Large Cap Growth funds generated the highest daily additions within the U.S. style box, drawing $1,423M in net assets. QQQ led individual funds with $1,130M in inflows, followed by VUG at $617M. On the negative side, U.S. Large Cap Value funds experienced $869M in daily redemptions, with DIA shedding $1,150M.

Size & Style ex-U.S.

Global Ex-U.S. Large Cap Blend products posted $105M in daily inflows, distinguishing themselves among international size and style categories. VT stood out at the fund level with a $261M daily intake, significantly ahead of INTF‘s $33M addition. Conversely, IOO posted the largest daily decline for the category, recording $19M in net redemptions.

Sector & Industry

The Information Technology sector dominated daily flows, absorbing $499M, while the Energy and Financials sectors saw the largest reductions at $379M and $368M, respectively. Semiconductor-focused funds gathered significant assets, led by SMH with $721M and SOXX with $77M in new capital. Broad energy and financial sector ETFs, such as XLE and XLF, experienced the steepest outflows, losing $453M and $361M.

Region & Country

Latin America and Asia-Pacific regional ETFs saw the highest absolute daily inflows, taking in $345M and $317M. EWZ drove the Latin America totals with $241M in additions, while BBJP contributed $165M to the Asia-Pacific figure. European country funds like EWP and EWI experienced the most significant contractions, losing $30M and $17M on the day.

Thematic

Infrastructure and Disruptive Tech thematic categories led daily inflows with $203M and $90M in net additions. At the fund level, DRAM and GRID gathered the most assets, taking in $254M and $107M. Multi-Sector and Precious Metals themes registered the largest outflows, declining by $104M and $80M, driven by redemptions in funds like THRO and MAGS.

Fixed Income

Fixed Income Multi-Sector ETFs led the asset class with $1,317M in daily inflows, while Corporate bond funds added $689M. LQD was the top individual gatherer, absorbing $579M, followed by SPAB at $223M. Government Ultrashort and Municipal Intermediate categories faced outflows of $234M and $193M, led by redemptions of $252M in BIL and $178M in VTEB.

Commodity

Energy-focused commodity funds recorded $48M in daily inflows, whereas Precious Metals funds experienced $135M in outflows. GLDM captured $85M in new assets, leading the category, while SIVR added $65M. Conversely, GLD and SLV posted the largest daily declines, with net redemptions reaching $263M and $48M.

Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin ETFs were the primary drivers of digital asset flows, acquiring $240M, while Ethereum funds added $65M. IBIT gathered $138M to lead the individual fund flows, and FBTC followed with $78M in net additions. Outflows in the category were minimal, with FETH representing the largest decline at $1M in net redemptions.

Non-Traditional

Synthetic Income ETFs generated $104M in daily additions, while Leverage | Inverse products contracted by $1,142M. Inverse funds like SOXS and SQQQ saw inflows of $194M and $115M, respectively. In contrast, leveraged funds tracking the same underlying sectors, such as SOXL and SPXL, lost $872M and $273M.

Recent Launches

The ETF industry welcomed ten new products over the most recent tracking days, expanding offerings across diverse strategic categories. THMR and NGHT debuted as unclassified strategies, while JHDG introduced a specialized hedged equity approach. Non-traditional buffer strategies also saw continued expansion with the launch of funds like BUFE and BFXU from FT Vest.