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Digging Deeper in the Commodity Fund Toolbox
In this Quants Corner, we re-explore momentum-based rotation strategies for single-stock Cryptocurrency Funds, assessed whether the growing...
Signals and Strategy in a Saturated Single-Coin Cryptocurrency Market
In this Quants Corner, we will isolate the return profiles for major cryptocurrencies and see if they provide a sufficiently strong foundation for...
Decoding China Fund Flows
In this Quants Corner, we will isolate the return profiles for major cryptocurrencies and see if they provide a sufficiently strong foundation for...
Economist Insights
Still buying into the ceasefire as April winds down
April ended with another week of record highs for key equity indexes, oil prices holding around $100 a barrel, first quarter earnings reports...
Some optimism eludes the blockade in mid-April
The market euphoria that followed the announcement of a ceasefire between the US and Iran on April 7 soon ran into the painful reality that both...
Risk appetite reemerges as de-escalation hopes drive fresh inflows
For the second time in a row, the reporting period for EPFR-tracked funds ended with markets responding to hopes of an end to the fighting between...
Multimedia
Asia Equity Flows FY 2026
Although equity fund flows suggest that among Emerging Asian fund groups the final quarter of 2025 became a race between funds dedicated to China...
Rich in Flows, Poor in Perception: A Diverging Narrative of US Capital Positioning Under Trump 2.0
Thus far in Trump 2.0, capital has poured into US equity and bond funds at a pace unseen since 2020. But beneath these headline flows lies a more...
EPFR Market Insights: Ultra-Short Bond Funds Set Record Inflows —What’s Driving It?
Watch our video on demand, as Senior Research Analyst Kirsten Longbottom and Research Director Cameron Brandt explore the flows, performance and...
Papers
EPFR Papers: Estimating asymmetric price impact
This paper studies the asymmetric price impacts mutual fund and ETF flows have on individual stocks in demand-based asset pricing.
A rising tide lifts some (Japanese) boats: The Bank of Japan’s ETF purchases and their impact on market signals for individual stocks
The Bank of Japan has been the pace-setter among central banks when it comes to purchasing non-government financial securities. It was the first...
Oil bonds still have fuel in the tank – but how long will it last?
Fixed income markets are abuzz about the spectacular demand for new green bonds. Flows into fixed income funds with socially responsible investing...