According to Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA research at Lipper, assets under management in the European mutual fund industry faced net outflows of €24.5 bn from long-term mutual funds during February.
The single fund markets with the highest net inflows for February were Switzerland (+€1.5 bn), Ireland (+€1.2 bn), Norway (+€0.8 bn), Germany (+€0.4 bn), and Andorra (+€0.1 bn). Meanwhile, Luxembourg was the single market with the highest net outflows (-€18.3 bn), bettered by the United Kingdom (-€2.8 bn) and Spain (-€0.8 bn).
Absolute Return EUR Medium (+€1.6 bn) was the best selling sector for February among long-term funds.
In terms of asset types, Bond funds (-€11.5 bn) were the one with the highest outflows in Europe for February, by equity funds (-€8.4 bn), mixed-asset funds (-€5.8 bn), and “other” funds (-€0.8 bn). On the other side of the table alternative UCITS funds (+€1.1 bn) saw the highest net inflows, followed by real estate products (+€0.6 bn) and commodity funds (+€0.3 bn).
BlackRock, with net sales of €5.4 bn, was the best selling fund group for February overall, ahead of Generali (+€2.9 bn) and Legal & General (+€2.7 bn). MMA II – European Muti Credit BI (CHF hedged) (+€0.7 bn) was the best selling individual long-term fund for February.
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