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EPFR - fund flow & allocations data

Energy funds in a time of war

By Vik Srimurthy 10 Jan 2023

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In late February of 2022, Russian troops poured into Ukraine, initiating a conflict that continues to this day. As the Ukrainians fought back, a cycle of Western sanctions and cuts in Russia’s energy exports to Europe posed multiple questions for policymakers and financial markets.

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EPFR - fund flow & allocations data

Investors tip-toe into the New Year

By Cameron Brandt 06 Jan 2023

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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. 

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EPFR - fund flow & allocations data

2022: A tale of active versus passive

By Cameron Brandt 03 Jan 2023

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The final week of 2022 saw EPFR-tracked Bond Funds post consecutive weekly outflows for the first time since mid-October, capping a year when the overall group smashed its previous outflow record as central banks scrambled to contain inflation running at multi-decade highs.

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EPFR - fund flow & allocations data

Flow history repeats itself as the year winds down

By Cameron Brandt 29 Dec 2022

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A year ago, the prospect of central bank action to curb inflation and rising Covid-19 caseloads helped to chase over $40 billion out of EPFR-tracked Equity Funds. It was the same story during the week ending December 21, as surging Covid cases in China and fears that the monetary tightening cycles on both sides of the Atlantic have further to run prompted investors to pull nearly $42 billion out of those Equity Funds.

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EPFR - fund flow & allocations data

Flow history repeats itself as the year winds down

By Cameron Brandt 26 Dec 2022

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A year ago, the prospect of central bank action to curb inflation and rising Covid-19 caseloads helped to chase over $40 billion out of EPFR-tracked Equity Funds. It was the same story during the week ending December 21, as surging Covid cases in China and fears that the monetary tightening cycles on both sides of the Atlantic have further to run prompted investors to pull nearly $42 billion out of those Equity Funds.

Topic Industry News

EPFR - fund flow & allocations data

More outflows than inflows as Fed hikes again

By Cameron Brandt 16 Dec 2022

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The second week of December ended with the US Federal Reserve raising its key interest rate by another 0.5% basis, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 0.6% and EPFR-tracked US Equity Funds recording their biggest daily inflow since mid-March. Any euphoria that the pace of US rate hikes is moderating was, however, largely offset by fears that the peak of the current tightening cycle may still be as much as 100 basis points away.

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EPFR - fund flow & allocations data

Retail flows: The wisdom of “dumb money”

By Azalea Micottis 14 Dec 2022

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Respect, for retail investors, is in short supply. For many finance professionals, they are the fools in the market, rushing lemming-like into meme stocks and assets coming off their peaks. Instead of buying on rumor and selling on fact, they are prone to doing the opposite.

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EPFR - fund flow & allocations data

Mixed signals for emerging markets

By Cameron Brandt 09 Dec 2022

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Despite China’s first steps away from the zero-Covid policies that have sapped its economy and some optimistic forecasts for 2023, investors tapped EPFR-tracked Emerging Markets Equity Funds for $2.4 billion – a 13-week high outflow – in early December. But Emerging Markets Bond Funds posted their first inflow since mid-August and their biggest since the first week of 2Q22.

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