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ETFR: ETFs Add Assets in 2Q Despite Market Flux

August 2002
ETFR Cover Story

ETFs Add Assets in 2Q Despite Market Flux

by Kelly Haughton

While US equity markets have lost trillions of dollars in value, US-based ETFs have continued to add assets.

Japan: The fastest Growing ETF Market

by Marsha Zapson

Since Japan launched its first ETFs in July 2001, it has become the fastest growing ETF market—in terms of assets—in the world, according to Debbie Fuhr, head of ETF research at London-based Morgan Stanley.
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Ex-US: 2Q Overview

by Marsha Zapson

At the end of the second quarter 2002, the number of ETFs worldwide stood at 238 with some $120.6 billion in assets, according to Morgan Stanley ETF Research in London.

European Spiders Spin Their Webs

by Elise Coroneos

On February 1 this year, the S&P Europe 350 index became the only broad-based European index to be traded as an ETF on both sides of the Atlantic.