Emerging market ETF assets soar

The fim's Emerging Market ETFs Industry Review shows assets under management (AUM) in emerging market ETFs and ETPs have increased 14.0% to $193.5bn in the same time period. The latest figures mean that investments in the first eight months of this year have already outstripped the sum of $24.8bn for the whole of 2009. Investment is coming primarily from the US, where inflows of nearly $15.5bn make up over half the global total, but the big change is in Asia Pacific. Net flows up to August of $8.6bn have already tripled those of $2.4bn across 2009. The surge in investment follows ...