Lipper Fund Flows Insight Reports

Investors Withdraw $33.5 Billion Overall From the Conventional Funds Business in March but Pad the Coffers of Fixed Income and Stock & Mixed-Asset Funds

lipperclientservices@thomsonreuters.com — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600

For the first month in five investors were net redeemers of fund assets, removing $33.5 billion from the conventional funds business for March. Investors injected a net $30.0 billion and $6.2 billion into bond funds and stock & mixed-asset funds, respectively, but it wasn’t enough to offset the possibly tax-related redemptions from money market funds (-$69.7 billion).

For the eleventh consecutive month investors were net redeemers of U.S. Diversified Equity Funds, withdrawing $9.7 billion. Large-cap funds (-$ 8.9 billion) experienced their seventeenth consecutive month of outflows.

For March exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted net inflows of $10.3 billion. Stock & Mixed Equity ETFs ended the period with net inflows of $6.7 billion while Bonds ETFs added $3.6 billion to their accounts.

World Equity ETFs attracted $1.2 billion in net new assets, bolstered heavily by continued interest in Emerging Market offerings (+1.3 billion).

For February Conventional Equity Funds Attract Their Largest Net Inflows (+$22.5 Billion) in a Year, While Bond Funds Take in $30.9 Billion

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600

For the fourth consecutive month investors, injecting $52.1 billion into the conventional funds business for February, were net purchasers of fund assets. Investors injected a net $30.9 billion and $22.5 billion into bond funds and stock & mixed-equity funds, respectively, while redeeming just $1.3 billion from money market funds.

For the tenth consecutive month investors were net redeemers of U.S. Diversified Equity Funds, withdrawing $2.1 billion. Large-cap funds (-$6.4 billion) experienced their sixteenth consecutive month of outflows.

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) post their third consecutive month of net inflows as investors allocate $9.1 billion in stock & mixed-equity ETFs and $3.3 billion in bond ETFs

Bolstered by investor interest in gold and energy trackers, Sector Equity ETFs report net inflows of $6.9 billion—the macro-group’s strongest monthly inflows since Feb ’09.

Investors Are Net Purchasers of Fund Assets for the Third Consecutive Month, Injecting $8.6 Billion Into Fund Coffers

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700

For the third consecutive month investors, injecting $8.6 billion into the conventional funds business for January, were net purchasers of fund assets. Net inflows into bond funds (+$30.7 billion) and stock & mixed-equity funds (+$16.8 billion) easily offset the $38.9-billion redemptions from money market funds.

For the ninth consecutive month investors were net redeemers of U.S. Diversified Equity Funds, withdrawing $1.8 billion (the macro-group’s smallest net redemptions since May 2001). Large-cap funds (-$6.4 billion) experienced their fifteenth consecutive month of outflows.

For January exchange-traded funds posted net inflows of $28.2 billion; their largest monthly inflow on record.

Emerging Market ETFs (+$4.7 billion) recorded their largest monthly inflow since October 2010 while flows into High Yield ETFs (+3.9 billion) dominated the bond space.