What were the most surprising developments of the exchange-traded product industry in 2012?

According to a paper released by BlackRock’s [profile] Investment Institute there were a dozen notable developments. (BlackRock is the parent of iShares [profile], the biggest ETP provider.)

Some of the more notable developments included:

Global ETP flows continued at a record-setting pace with $219 billion through November 2012, despite ongoing fears over the impending US fiscal cliff and continued financial strains in the Eurozone. Total assets increased by 23 percent from 2011 to $1.9 trillion.

ETP flows maintained positive momentum throughout changing risk-on and risk-off market environments.

Minimum volatility equity funds were one of the more successful strategy-based categories with $4.4 billion of inflows.

To learn about the other notable developments in the ETP markets, go to the Investment Institute report. 

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