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LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Apr. 28, 2016 – Independent broker dealers (IBDs) and registered investment advisors (RIAs) continued to invest in passive investment products, increasing net new assets in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by more than $13 billion in the first quarter of 2016, according to data released today by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) via its Fund Distribution Intelligence. Individual investors also increased their holding of ETFs with an additional $3.7 billion of net new ETF assets coming from the discount brokerage channel during the first quarter. The wirehouse channel was the only retail channel with negative net new ETF flows during the first quarter, with a decrease of $13 billion.
Broadridge’s Fund Distribution Intelligence now measures ETF and long-term mutual fund net new assets by channel, which enables us to better gauge asset velocity (movement of assets within a defined period) for third party distributors. While long-term mutual funds and ETF net new assets were only down slightly during the first quarter, Broadridge measured asset movement throughout the three month period. The RIA channel, as an example, ended the quarter relatively flat in overall net new assets while experiencing monthly asset fluctuation three to four times higher than in the past four quarters.
In the first quarter of 2016, overall ETF assets increased by 2.4 percent to $2.3 trillion, but net new assets decreased by 0.68 percent, a decrease of $15 billion. Net new flows for long-term mutual funds showed a similar pattern, with total assets from third party financial intermediaries increasing by 1 percent to $7.3 trillion in the first quarter, but with a decrease of net new assets of $11 billion. The IBD channel saw the biggest decline in long-term funds, decreasing by nearly $37 billion in net new assets in the first quarter, indicating that much of the gain in ETFs was likely coming from mutual funds.
“The trends we’ve been following for the past several quarters have continued – including the increased use of ETFs and passive investment products across retail distribution, as well as the growth of assets managed by independent advisors. Our analysis indicates the volatility in the markets during the first quarter of 2016 resulted in increased velocity of money being reallocated within client portfolios,” said Frank Polefrone, senior vice president of Broadridge’s data and analytics business.
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Broadridge’s Fund Distribution Intelligence comprises the most complete sales and asset data collection in the industry, creating transparency into more than $9 trillion of long-term mutual fund and ETF assets across a majority of mutual fund distributors.
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Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), a $4.5 billion global Fintech leader, is a leading provider of investor communications and technology-driven solutions to banks, broker-dealers, asset and wealth managers and corporate issuers. Broadridge's infrastructure underpins proxy voting services for over 50 percent of public companies and mutual funds globally, and processes on average more than U.S. $10 trillion in fixed income and equity securities trades per day. Broadridge is part of the S&P 500® Index and employs over 12,000 associates in 17 countries.
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