Five Months of Record Highs and Historic Flows for Active ETFs Worldwide

January Through May

Date: 29 Jun 2026 · 15:44

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Through May, assets in active ETFs reached $2.49 trillion, with $412 billion in net inflows year to date

The sector has recorded 74 consecutive months of net inflows

Dimensional remains the world's largest active ETF provider by assets, with $296.82 billion under management and an 11.9% market share

Assets in active ETFs reached a new all-time high of $2.49 trillion at the end of May, driven by a record $412 billion in year-to-date net inflows. According to ETFGI’s latest monthly report, the global active ETF industry attracted $100.08 billion in net inflows during May alone, bringing total inflows for the first five months of 2026 to $411.75 billion.

According to the report, assets have increased 28.8% year to date, up from the $1.93 trillion recorded at the end of 2025, reflecting the increasingly strong and accelerating adoption of active investment strategies in the ETF format.

“Year-to-date net inflows through May—$411.75 billion—are the highest ever recorded, shattering the previous record of $220.53 billion during the same period in 2025. With this performance, the industry has now posted 74 consecutive months of net inflows, reinforcing a sustained structural shift toward these investment solutions worldwide,” ETFGI noted.

A breakdown of the flows shows that active equity ETFs led subscriptions, attracting $60.97 billion in net inflows during May. Year to date, they have gathered $242.18 billion, significantly higher than the $124.28 billion recorded during the same period in 2025.

Meanwhile, active fixed income ETFs posted $26.12 billion in net inflows in May. Total year-to-date inflows reached $136.73 billion, compared with $82.09 billion through May 2025, underscoring investors’ continued appetite for income generation and portfolio diversification.

Leading Asset Managers

Dimensional remains the world’s largest active ETF provider by assets under management, with $296.82 billion and an 11.9% market share. It is followed closely by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, with $291.38 billion in assets (11.7% market share), while iShares ranks third with $168.64 billion (6.8% market share).

According to ETFGI, these three firms—out of 717 providers operating in the market—collectively account for 30.4% of global active ETF assets, while none of the remaining 714 providers individually holds a market share of more than 6%.