Research and consultancy firm ETFGI has reported that assets invested in the global ETF (exchange traded funds) have surged ahead of the global hedge fund industry by $8.40 trillion.

“At the end of Q1 the global ETFs industry had $12.71 trillion invested in 12,127 products while the global hedge fund industry had $4.30 trillion invested in 8,188 hedge funds,” said ETFGI.

During Q1 of 2024 the global hedge fund industry gathered net inflows of $16.57 billion while the global ETF industry gathered net inflows of $397.61 billion.

“Assets invested in the global ETFs industry first surpassed those invested in the hedge fund industry at the end of Q2 2015, as ETFGI had forecasted,” said ETFGI.

“Growth in assets invested in the global ETFs industry has outpaced growth in the global hedge fund industry since the financial crisis in 2008.

“At the end of Q1 the Global ETFs industry had 12,127 products, with 24,302 listings, assets of US$12.71 trillion, from 741 providers listed on 80 exchanges in 63 countries while the global hedge fund industry had 8,188 funds with US$4.30 trillion.”