AdvisorShares Active ETF Market Share Update – Week Ending 12/16/2016

Assets in actively managed ETFs had a small, $24 million boost last week to $29.276 billion. There were no new funds last week so the count remains at 160.

Despite the small net change there was a little more movement beneath the surface as First Trust had a net increase of $85 million. iShares added $38 million and Franklin gained $21 million, which represents an approximate 10% jump for the latter fund provider. There were several decliners of note including $39 million from PIMCO and $34 million from PowerShares.

Alternative Income was the leader at the strategy level, bringing in $65 million, while Bank Loan added $54 million and Short Term Bond chipped in with $37 million. Global Bond contracted by $43 million while Alternative lost $29 million.

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Number of Active ETFs by Sponsor

 
Number of Active ETFs by Strategy

 

There are risks involved with investing in ETFs including possible loss of money. Shares are actively managed and are subject to risk similar to stocks, including those related to short selling and margin maintenance. Ordinary brokerage commissions apply.

Shares are not individually redeemable and owners of the shares may acquire those shares from the Funds and tender those shares for redemption to the Funds in Creation Unit aggregations only, typically consisting of 50,000 shares.