Assets invested globally in exchange traded funds have reached a record high of $862bn (€600bn) on the back of the partial recovery in stock markets and the continuing strong demand for passive investment, according to data from Barclays Global Investors.
The value of global ETFs plunged from $805bn in April 2008 to $711bn at the end of last year as the global recession hit stock, fixed income and commodity markets.
However, in a sign of returning confidence in global markets, investors have returned to ETFs en masse. ETFs are open-ended index funds that trade like stocks.
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