fund sales europe positive first in six months
EFAMA’s stats for January show positive net fund sales in Europe for the first time since the start of last summer.
Fund Flows
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time for more innovative funds
2011 was neither a vintage year for markets nor, as weve found out this week, was it one of product expansion with a contraction in the number of available funds for only a second time in the past decade.
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early bullishness sees equity fund
Equity funds saw monthly inflows for the first time since August 2011 in January, but investors are still overwhelmingly showing a preference for bond funds, with the asset class seeing its highest monthly sales since October 2010.
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us equity funds lose out to high
Value seekers and profit takers pulled $6bn out of US Equity Funds last week as they steered money into riskier sectors such as high yield bonds and frontier markets.
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em bonds and equities
Emerging Market bond funds saw record inflows in the first week of February, as their equity counterparts also witnessed continued favour with investors, according to EPFR Global.
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em funds see best january
Emerging Market equity funds have enjoyed the best start to the year, in terms of fund flows, since 2006 as investors’ risk appetite finally returned to the table.
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Feds stance helps risk appetite return
Popularity of emerging markets equity and bond funds surged last week after the Federal Reserve in the US signalled it would keep interest rates at rock-bottom for another three years.
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investors ditch mutual funds altogether
European investors sought no shelter for their cash in mutual funds in 2011, with outflows for the year totalling 119bn across equity, bond and money market funds.
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institutional investors pile into china
China Equity Funds posted their biggest weekly inflow in more than two years last week, as investor sentiment towards the eurozone debt crisis and its successful resolution swung back towards positive.
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European equities ditched for bonds
Investors, put off by continued fears over the instability of the eurozone, are spurning European equity funds in favour of fixed interest, according to the latest investment trends report from Skandia.
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sober start to 2012 as risk off continues
Investors maintained their risk-off stance in the first week of the New Year, with inflows into US bond funds and high yield bond funds suggesting the continued pursuit of yield.
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japan and germany 2011 favourites
Perceived safe havens Japan and Germany were the only equity fund groups to see net inflows for the year in 2011, according to research from EPFR Global.