October Has Largest High Yield ETP Inflows Ever

Equity Exchange Trade Products inflows increased to over $20 billion in October with the strongest demand since July for both domestic and international equity funds, but high yield ETP inflows are perhaps even more newsworthy,  reports Credit Suisse. Edward K. Tom and colleagues point out in their Nov. 4 research report titled: “ETF Flows: October 2015 Trends” that the mid and small cap-style ETPs showed an investor preference for value over growth, while at the large cap level, inflows were relatively split evenly between the two.

Equity ETP Inflows in October top $31 billion

Tom and team say that ETPs witnessed net inflows of $31.4 billion in October, the most since February. Equity ETP inflows have more than tripled from September, with...