Over a million people begin investing in UIFs in Q1
27 May 2021
News
In 2021 Q1, the number of individual shareholders of unit investment funds (UIFs) increased by more than a million to reach 3.7 million people.
In the retail segment, the fastest growth was recorded among open-end UIFs: the net inflow of funds into them increased by 73% to 69.4 billion rubles over the quarter. In the segment of exchange-traded funds, by contrast, it decreased to 25.5 billion rubles. However, exchange-traded UIFs remain the leaders by number of new shareholders attracted over the quarter (826 thousand), including due to the low entry threshold — they are popular with investors possessing small investment amounts.
Read more in the Review of Key Indicators of Unit Investment Funds and Joint-stock Investment Funds for 2021 Q1.