Key findings from Morningstar’s May asset flows data are:
-European long-term funds saw net outflows of nearly €9 billion;
-Equity funds sustained the greatest outflows, shedding €12.5 billion in investor assets;
-Alternatives-focused funds saw €1 billion in outflows;
-Commodities and convertibles funds had net redemptions;
-Short-term funds attracted €15 billion in assets;
-The USD money market-short term category collected inflows of €11 billion, making it the most popular of Morningstar’s money market categories; funds in the euro money market category took in €7 billion; the Morningstar GBP short-term money market category saw outflows of €4 billion;
-Bond funds suffered their weakest month year to date, but still benefitted from May’s risk aversion, receiving nearly €5 billion in inflows;
-Allocation funds received net inflows of nearly €855 million;
-Flows to funds in the Morningstar global emerging-markets equity category turned negative for the first time since November 2011; China equity saw €905 million in net redemptions; Asia ex-Japan equity saw €386 million leave its funds; and Europe equity saw outflows of €263 million;
-Among emerging-markets equity funds, Luxembourg-domiciled Aberdeen Global Emerging Markets was the most notable casualty at the fund level; before May, the fund enjoyed inflows in 34 of the 35 previous months, but suffered €220 million in net investor redemptions in May;
-Europe’s largest long-term fund, Templeton Global Bond, saw its ninth consecutive month of outflows in May; in contrast, PIMCO GIS Total Return Bond attracted nearly €800 million in May, the fund’s strongest month of inflows since October 2010;
-Investors in safe-haven countries largely stayed the course. UK investors redeemed €244 bmillion in May, but have contributed a net €3,721 million to long-term funds year to date; conversely, investors in Spain pulled €2,489 million from long-term funds from an asset base that is one-fifth the size of that of the UK.
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