With inflation surging, central banks increasing interest rates, the bond market reeling, and equity markets’ continuing volatility, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been offering investors another option. But, after a strong start and sharp early pandemic downturn, Canadian ETF flows have moderated, and the question now is: what is the future of ETFs?
Wealth Professional, in its next WP Advisor Connect, will look at the trends in its “Disruption, Innovation & Opportunities: The Future of ETFs” roundtable on September 8. You can register here.
According to the Investment Funds Institution of Canada’s latest statistics, Canadian ETFs had $32 billion in ETF inflow for the first half of June 2021 and $16 billion for the first half of 2022. That contrasted with $3.5 billion in mutual fund redemptions for the first half of 2022.
