Long-term mutual funds saw weakness in asset flows, a report notes, as asset outflows occurred across the board with the exception of domestic taxable fixed income funds. Mutual funds with interest rate exposure particularly hit Driven by emerging market exposure, international equity-based mutual funds were hit by asset outflows for the first time in six months, a research note from Morgan Stanley points out. Outflows from domestic equity funds also gained speed, as ETFs posted outflows primarily driven by bond funds. It was volatility that was, in part, to blame for international equity funds witnessing their first negative outflows since…
Mutual Funds Asset Flows Negative; ETFs Stable
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.