Global Active ETF Assets Hit Record $2.72T, Net Inflows $663.6B

The scale of active ETF inflows is the signal here: these products are no longer a niche wrapper but a mainstream allocation vehicle, and their growth rate outpaces the broader ETF complex. That matters most for traditional active managers, whose mutual-fund franchises face continued cannibalization, and for the market makers and platforms that support the structure. Whether the pace holds if equity markets turn volatile is the open question — active strategies typically earn their keep in dispersion, not in one-way rallies.