Emerging Market ETF Losses Top $4B in January, Most in 5 Months

Investors withdrew $272 million from U.S. exchange traded funds that buy emerging markets stocks and bonds last week, bringing January’s losses to more than $4 billion, the most since August.

Redemptions from emerging-market ETFs that invest across developing nations as well as those that target specific countries totaled $4.13 billion, compared with inflows of $1.36 billion in December, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Last month’s declines were the worst since August, when they reached $6.13 billion.