ETF assets hit new records in February

• Exchange-traded products listed in the U.S. saw record inflows of more than $47B last month, bringing AUM to a new record high of $2.76T, according to ETFGI. It was also the 12th straight month of net inflows.
• Equity ETFs drew in $30.4B, and fixed-income $11.2B. Commodity ETFs saw inflows of $3.9B.
• Leading the way was Blackrock's (NYSE:BLK) iShares unit, with inflows of $14.25B, followed by Vanguard with $13.13B and SSgA's (NYSE:STT) SPDRs with $9.72B.