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Weekly fund flows highlights – 1st May 2023

05.03.2023

Market news this week are dominated by rumors of another possible interest rate rise from both the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, as well as the latest US job market update. How is money moving in the meantime? EPFR’s Global Head of Customer Solutions, Steve Muzzlewhite, takes a look at our latest fund flow data.

These are the key trends that we’re seeing this week:

Another week of strong Inflows to China equity funds
Investor sentiment taking a long-term view towards allocations
UK equity funds see consistent outflows year to date
Increasing appetite for short-duration bond funds

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