{"id":76438,"date":"2019-01-14T01:18:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T00:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/news\/etfgi-reports-environmental-social-and-governance-esg-etfs-and-etps-listed-globally-gather-net-inflows-of-us856-mn-during-november-2018\/"},"modified":"2020-01-01T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T21:43:08","slug":"etfgi-reports-environmental-social-and-governance-esg-etfs-and-etps-listed-globally-gather-net-inflows-of-us856-mn-during-november-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/news\/etfgi-reports-environmental-social-and-governance-esg-etfs-and-etps-listed-globally-gather-net-inflows-of-us856-mn-during-november-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"ETFGI reports Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ETFs and ETPS listed globally gather net inflows of US$856 Mn during November 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Total Assets invested in ESG ETFs and ETPs listed globally rose 6.64% to $23.22 Bn by the end of November.<\/li>\n<li> ESG ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered $856 Mn in net new assets during November.<\/li>\n<li> Year-to-date, ESG ETFs\/ETPs assets have increased 33.8% compared to 4.6% for all ETFs\/ETPs listed globally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cWhile trade talks continue to make noise in the headlines, the very real prospect of slowing global growth appears to be filtering into market sentiment. A seemingly more reposed approach to monetary policy along with the China-US trade truce provided enough of a tailwind to lift US markets to finish in the green by the end of November, with the S&#038;P 500 gaining 2.04% over the month bringing the year-to-date gain to 5.11%. Apart from the Eurozone, where various domestic issues continue to dominate, most developed markets closed the month with marginal gains, the S&#038;P developed ex-US BMI was up 0.17% in November with year-to-date declines of 9.66%. EM and Frontier markets bounced back from the October fall, finishing up 4.61% and 1.94% respectively, softening year-to-date declines to 11.15% and 8.95%\u201d<\/em> according to Deborah Fuhr, managing partner and a founder of ETFGI.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of November 2018, there were 204 ESG classified ETFs\/ETPs, with 473 listings, assets of $23.22 Bn, from 62 providers listed on 25 exchanges in 23 countries. Following net inflows of $856 Mn and market moves during the month, assets invested in ESG ETFs\/ETPs listed globally increased by 6.64%, from $21.77 Bn at the end of October 2018, to $23.22 Bn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global ESG ETF and ETP asset growth as at end of November 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.next-finance.net\/http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-76434\" src=\"IMG\/png\/-11.png\" alt=\"-11.png\" align=\"center\" width=\"856\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since the launch of the first ESG ETF\/ETP in 2002, the iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF, the number and diversity of products has increased steadily, with 205 ESG ETFs\/ETPs listed globally at the end of November. 66 new ESG ETFs\/ETPs have launched during 2018, with 4 during November alone.<\/p>\n<p>Substantial inflows during November can be attributed to the top 20 ESG ETFs\/ETPs by net new assets, which collectively gathered $873 Mn in during November. The UBS ETF (LU) MSCI World Socially Responsible UCITS ETF (UIMM GY) gathered $140 Mn, the largest net inflow in November. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 20 ESG ETFs\/ETPs by net new assets November 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-76436\" src=\"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43.jpg\" alt=\"-43.jpg\" align=\"center\" width=\"1039\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43.jpg 1039w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43-300x210.jpg 300w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43-1024x716.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43-768x537.jpg 768w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43-990x692.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1039px) 100vw, 1039px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Confusion persists around what constitutes an ESG fund. According to PRI, a UN-supported initiative which seeks to understand the investment implications of ESG issues, 56% of adopters believe there is a lack of clarity in ESG definitions. ETFGI\u2019s classification system attempts to provide greater precision, with ETFs\/ETPs listed globally organised into categories, including core ESG products and theme-based groups, such as Clean\/Alternative Energies and Gender Diversity. <div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-76438 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-herald-lay-c1'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/11.png'><img width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/11-470x313.png\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/11-470x313.png 470w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/11-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/11-414x276.png 414w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/11-130x86.png 130w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/11-187x124.png 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43.jpg'><img width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43-470x313.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43-470x313.jpg 470w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43-414x276.jpg 414w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43-640x426.jpg 640w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43-130x86.jpg 130w, http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/43-187x124.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ETFGI reported that Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$856 Mn during November. Total assets invested ESG ETFs and ETPs increased by 6.64% from US$21.77 Bn at the end of October, to US$23.22 Bn, according to ETFGI\u2019s November 2018 ETF and ETP ESG industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":76434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1470],"tags":[1655,1718,1826,1682,1651,2214,1662,2234,1685],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76438"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76439,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76438\/revisions\/76439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}