In this week’s video, EPFR’s Steve Muzzlewhite discusses key economic data and the consequences that this may have for fund flows and allocations.
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Off the wires: Will Turkey remain as the top-performing market in 2023?
Turkish equity markets were among the few in 2022 that managed to shrug off the angst fueled by rising inflation and tightening monetary policy, ending the year having outperformed all other markets. But did this commitment last into the new year? Did we see equity fund managers reposition themselves?
Europe equity funds latest to catch a lift
Flows into EPFR-tracked Emerging Markets Equity Funds during the third week of January climbed to their highest level since mid-1Q21 as investors positioned themselves for China’s much anticipated economic rebound and, the anti-inflation rhetoric of the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank (ECB) notwithstanding, an early end to the current interest rate cycles in the US and Europe. Investors also steered $2.5 billion – a 101-week high – into Emerging Markets Bond Funds.
Global Navigator: Emerging markets funds | Mid-January
Flows into EPFR-tracked Emerging Markets Equity Funds during the third week of January climbed to their highest level since mid-1Q21 as investors positioned themselves for China’s much anticipated economic rebound and, the anti-inflation rhetoric of the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank (ECB) notwithstanding, an early end to the current interest rate cycles in the US and Europe. Investors also steered $2.5 billion – a 101-week high – into Emerging Markets Bond Funds.
Market insights: On China and emerging markets in Asia
Join EPFR’s Cameron Brandt, Director of Research, and Steven Muzzlewhite, Global Head of Customer...
Global Navigator: Bond Funds buoyed by lower inflation
Evidence that inflation is falling and global growth is stalling gave EPFR-tracked Bond Funds a shot in the arm during the first full week of January. Ahead of December’s CPI number, which showed US inflation grew at a 13-month low of 6.45% in the final month of 2022, investors committed over $17 billion to all Bond Funds.
Weekly fund flows highlights – 9 January 2023
In this video, Steve Muzzlewhite, Global Head of Customer Solutions at EPFR, provides a weekly recap of major market movements and investor sentiment based on EPFR’s data.
Global Navigator: Investors tip-toe into the New Year
Over $110 billion – a 131-week high – flowed into EPFR-tracked Money Market Funds during the week ending Jan. 4 as investors surveyed an investment landscape still being reshaped by inflation, tighter monetary policy and geopolitical forces.
Global Navigator: Flow history repeats itself as 2022 closes
A final look to EPFR-tracked equity funds in December 2022, with alternative, balanced, bond and money market funds experiencing significant redemptions as investors grapple with a highly uncertain outlook for the first half of next year.
Global Navigator: More outflows than inflows | Fed hikes
Overall, the second week of December 2022 saw all Equity Funds record a collective inflow of $17.9 billion while Bond Funds absorbed $2.3 billion.