MARKETS: ACTIVE ETFs exceeded U $ S1.3 billion record in April, which are the main 20?

At the end of last month the assets under the management of the ETF funds worldwideaccording to the data of the specialized consultant Etfgi, and accumulate so far this year a growth of assets under management of more than US $ 135,000 million.

According to the last perspective report of the ETFs industry panorama (Exchange Traded Fund) and an ETPS (Exchange Traded Product), The active management ETFs that quote around the world attracted US $ 32,200 million in net tickets only in April. This raises net tickets so far this year to the record of US $ S176.750 million, which shows the sustained interest of investors in active strategies in a context of changing market dynamics, they point out from Etfgi. This is the 61st consecutive month of net tickets.

The records of the London consultant show that the accumulated net tickets in active management ETFs reached the unprecedented figure of US $ 176.750 million at the end of April, the highest recorded figure registered. This exceeds accumulated records of US $ 96,930 million in 2024 YU $ S61.410 million in 2021, which reflects a Strong acceleration of the demand for active strategies by investors.

It is worth remembering that unlike liabilities, who try to replicate the performance of an index (“benchmark”) those of active management strategies, as its denomination indicates, it aims to overcome a “benchmark” and therefore participate more actively in the construction of the investment portfolio, of course at the expense of assuming higher levels of risk with respect to liability.

Growth of ETF and market context

What happened in April?: The S&P 500 index fell 0.7% accumulating a 4.9% drop in the first four -month period of 2025in contrast, The developed market index (excluded US) rose 4.9% accumulating 10.9% so far this year (Spain and Portugal registered the highest profits in April, with 8.7% and 7.7%, respectively); while The emerging market index increased 0.9% accumulating 1.8% in 2025 (Hungary led the trend with a 10.8%gain, closely followed by Mexico with 10.4%).

At the end of April, there were 3,590 ETF of active management listed worldwide, with 4,616 contributions and assets for more than US $ 1.30 billion, 558 suppliers that are quoted in 41 bags of 32 countries. The Active Management ETF centered in Variable Income led the trend, capturing US $ 22,490 million during April, which raised the variable income tickets so far this year Au $ S96.180 million, significantly exceeding US $ 58,160 million registered in the same period of 2024. For their part, the ETF of active management centered in fixed income also experienced a solid demand nets of US $ 7,330 million during April. So far this year, the tickets of fixed income products reached US $ 65,040 million, doubling the US $ 32,780 million registered until April 2024. “A significant part of the net entrances of April to active management ETFs can be attributed to the 20 main products for new net assets, which together generated US $ 13,410 million during April”points out the consultant founded by former Blackrock/Barclays Global Investors, Deborah Fuhr. At the head of the group was the JP Morgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Inome ETF, which recorded the largest individual entry of US $ 1,670 million, which highlights the strong demand of investors of income strategies generating income, explains Fuhr.

According to the Etfgi ranking, the 20 main ETF of active management for new net assets last April are: JP Morganq Nasdaq Equity Premium Inome ETF, Hwabao WP Cash Tianyi Listed Money Market Fund, Yinhua Traded Money Market Fund, Dimensional International Value Etf ETF, Capital Group Gowth ETF, JP Morgan Equity Premium Inome ETF, Samsung Kodex Money Market Active ETF, and Pimco Multi Sector Bond Active ETF. The two ETF of the JP Morgan manage one of the largest portfolios of this market segment with US $ 24,000 YU $ 39,000 million respectively.