Fund Flows

  • us equity funds lose out to high

    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.

  • em bonds and equities

    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.

  • em funds see best january

    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.

  • Feds stance helps risk appetite return

    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.

  • investors ditch mutual funds altogether

    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.

  • institutional investors pile into china

    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.

  • European equities ditched for bonds

    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.

  • sober start to 2012 as risk off continues

    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.

  • japan and germany 2011 favourites

    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.

  • investors throw in the towel for 2011

    investors throw in the towel for 2011

    Investors have sold out and are waiting for the New Year to see “how the land lies”, according to latest fund flows from EPFR Global.

  • fund outflows ease in october

    fund outflows ease in october

    Outflows from both bond and equity funds eased significantly in October, compared to those experienced in a “summer of carnage”, according to latest data from Lipper FMI.

  • equity fund outflows equal those of 2008 crisis

    equity fund outflows equal those of 2008 crisis

    Equity funds saw their largest outflows since the height of the 2008 global financial crisis in October, according to the latest statistics from the IMA.