International Equity ETFs in Demand to Start 2021
International Equity ETFs in Demand to Start 2021 Investors put $15 billion into broad/regional non-U.S. ETFs and $2.5 billion into country-specific ETFs since the start of 2021, according to CFRA’s First Bridge data. Demand for international equity ETFs climbed in 2021. In 2020, U.S. equity ETFs received $165 billion of net inflows, higher than $74 billion for global funds, according to our First Bridge ETF data. However, the trend reversed since the start of 2021 with non-U.S. focused funds’ $43 billion out-gathering domestic peers by $15 billion. Global factor and thematic ETFs,...