Rushing into AI deemed a ‘universally bad idea’
Tech-focused funds have had just one month of negative flows since mid-2016
Tech-focused funds have had just one month of negative flows since mid-2016
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Total net inflows see a near threefold increase year-on-year
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ETF launches boost sales of ESG products
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But advisers are considering move to active ahead of anticipated bear market
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US investors have begun 2018 in a very bullish mood, with inflows into equities funds over the last four weeks hitting a new record, according to a report from BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research.
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Despite a lacklustre year for returns, investors flocked into fixed income funds in 2017 with some £11bn invested into the various Investment Association sectors until the end of October.
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Inflows to European-domiciled funds hit a record high in the first half of 2017 at the expense of their struggling US counterparts, according to the latest data from Morningstar.
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Pioneer struggled with €1.5bn (£1.3bn) of outflows in March as investors escaped funds run by its former head of European fixed income, Tanguy Le Saout.
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Global flows into fixed income funds more than doubled those into equity products last month, according to Thomson Reuters Lipper.
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Rising commodity prices and assurance of continued low interest rates saw emerging market equity funds welcome fresh inflows for the seventh week running, their longest winning streak since last September.
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Actively managed funds appear to be lagging passive investments as Thomson Reuters Lipper publishes its 2016 European fund flow data.
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Strong market performance and the return of retail investors in December helped push funds under management by UK asset managers to just over £1trn in 2016.
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