Massive boost for long-short equity funds this year
European investors have significantly increased their investments in long-short European equity funds.
European investors have significantly increased their investments in long-short European equity funds.
There are signs of a massive turnaround in emerging market fund flows, Morningstar’s freshest data suggest.
Bonds are, for as long as it takes, again the top-selling asset class among European investors.
Though fund selector sentiment towards the asset class has slipped, money still poured into US equity funds in the first two months of 2014.
Net sales of UCITS bond funds nearly doubled in February, according to EFAMA.
Investors are taking refuge in low-risk asset classes, the latest fund flow figures of Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA) suggest.
ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe received net inflows of US$5.4 billion in January 2014, with investors showing a marked preference for equity funds, according to the latest ETFGI Global ETF and ETP industry insights report