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January 27, 2006 at 07:00 PM
The combined assets of the nation’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs) totalled about $296.0 billion at the end of December 2005, up from the $289.0 billion figure reported at the end of November, according to data released today by the Investment Company Institute (ICI).
Overall, in calendar 2005, ETF assets grew by nearly 31% from the end of December 2004.
At the end of December, 201 ETFs were in operation, five more than in the prior month. Of the total, 146 ETFs tracked domestic stock indexes and held assets of $215.8 billion. Forty-nine ETFs tracked global/international equity indexes and held assets of $65.2 billion. Another six ETFs tracked bond indexes, holding assets of $15.0 billion.
The ICI also noted that assets of domestic equity ETFs increased by $1.7 billion in December, and international equity ETF assets increased by $5.4 billion.
