Deutsche AWM reinforces position as Europe’s second largest provider of physical ETFs

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (Deutsche AWM) has reinforced its position as Europe’s second largest provider of direct, physical replication exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as it rounds off 2014 registering significant inflows for the year.

There are now over 60 direct replication ETFs forming part of Deutsche AWM’s ETF product line up, representing €17.9 billion in assets under management. As at December 1, 2014, €4.5 billion of net inflows have come into Deutsche AWM’s physical ETFs (Source: Deutsche AWM). Total assets under management in Deutsche AWM’s UCITS ETFs now sit at over €45 billion.

Deutsche AWM announced in December 2013 that it would embark on a major project of switching a number of ETFs from indirect to direct replication. The first phase of this program involved switching 18 ETFs, while it was announced in June that a further 12 ETFs would be switched. At the same time Deutsche AWM launched a number of new physical replication ETFs.

Simon Klein, Head of Exchange Traded Products Sales, EMEA and Asia, commented: “Our ambition to become one of Europe’s most established and successful providers of physical ETFs has been realized. Our momentum this year has been tremendous, and we see this continuing in 2015. Our efforts have clearly been given the thumbs up by investors.”

Another significant development has been the introduction of a range of Deutsche AWM Core-ETFs. This is a grouping of ETFs tracking major equity benchmarks with annual all-in fees ranging from 0.07%-0.19% per annum. Deutsche AWM was the first provider to introduce a range of core ETFs in Europe. Also this year, Deutsche AWM innovated to bring a number of new types of exposures to market in ETF form, including the first physical replication ETF on the CSI300 China A-shares index, the first ETF to provide exposure to the global investment-grade bond market, and a range of strategic beta, equity factor ETFs.

Johan Stackelberg, Managing Director Deutsche AWM Nordics: “We predict a continued strong growth and according to our forecasts, the global AUM in ETFs will double by 2020. One of the driving forces behind it is great interest in strategic beta products and competitive pricing.”

For more information please contact:
Carlos Cancino
Presskontakt Deutsche AWM
Tel: 0768-36 98 73
Epost: carlos.cancino@konsensus.se

Johan Stackelberg
Managing Director Deutsche AWM Nordics
Tel: 072-222 91 41
Epost: johan.stackelberg@db.com