NSX Releases Expanded Year-End 2010 ETF/ETN Data Reports Showing Growth of ETF Market Over Past 5 Years; Assets Under Management (AUM) Top $1 Trillion

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Stock Exchange, Inc. (NSX®) just released its expanded, year-end 2010 Exchange-Traded Funds and Exchange-Traded Notes (ETF/ETN) data reports showing a comprehensive overview of the growth of ETFs over the past 5 years in categories such as Net Cash-Flows, Assets Under Management (AUM), Notional Volume and Share Volume, as well as providing a complete product list.

Highlights from the December 2010 year-end ETF/ETN data reports show AUM surpassing $1 trillion for the first time, an increase of approximately 28% over December 2009 month-end when assets totaled $790.9 billion.  December 2010 net cash flows totaled $19 billion and 2010 net cash inflows totaled approximately $119 billion, marking the fourth consecutive year of net cash flows in excess of $100 billion.  At the end of December 2010, the number of listed products totaled 1,099, nearly a five-fold increase compared to December 2005 when the number of listed products totaled 221. 

Noteworthy ETF Milestones Reached At 2010 Year-End:

• 145 U.S. listed products have surpassed $1 billion in AUM and over 500 have surpassed $100 million in AUM.
• ETF/ETN Share Volume averaged 1.46 billion shares per day.
• ETF/ETN Notional Trading Volume totaled $18.2 trillion, representing 29% of all U.S. equity trading volume.

This and more data is included in the full NSX December 2010 Year-End ETF/ETN Data Report released by the Exchange, which has become a key industry source for ETF/ETN data. These Data Reports are published following the end of each calendar month.  

To view the full reports go to: http://www.nsx.com/content/market-data.  NSX also publishes a product-by-product breakdown of the 1,099 products on which the data is based.  The complete list can be accessed at: http://www.nsx.com/content/etf-product-list.

The NSX monthly statistics include shares of open-end exchange-traded products, encompassing U.S. listed shares of investment companies, grantor trusts, ETNs and commodity pools.

NSX is the cost-effective provider of exchange services, committed to aligning its interests with those of its customers.  Acknowledged for its proven high-performance, low-latency technology, NSX is also a recognized resource for Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) data.  For more information on NSX, visit www.nsx.com.

SOURCE National Stock Exchange, Inc.