Exchange-traded funds and products have attracted about $41.4 billion inflows globally in the first quarter of 2011, Financial Times reports. Commodity-linked funds and products have gathered $6.3 billion from investors in the first quarter, while precious metals ETFs have recorded $2 billion outflows, according to BlackRock. Agricultural commodity ETFs gathered only $3.6 billion. High yield fixed income ETFs have registered $2.4 billion inflows while inflation-linked fixed income ETFs have attracted $1.3 billion.

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