Worldwide investment fund assets experienced growth by the end of Q2 2018, The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) revealed in its latest international statistical release.
The report found that investment fund assets worldwide increased by 4.4 percent to €45.65 trillion at end of Q2, while in the US worldwide investment fund assets decreased by 1.3 percent.
Net cash inflows into funds worldwide amounted to €190 billion, down from €502 billion in Q1 2018, and net inflows reached €29 billion in Europe, compared to €113 billion in the United States, EFAMA found.
Meanwhile, long-term funds recorded net inflows of €159 billion, compared to €491 billion in Q1 this year.
Equity funds attracted net sales of €36 billion, down from €217 billion in Q1 while bond funds posted net sales of €60 billion, down from €119 billion in Q1.
Additionally, money market funds registered net sales of €31 billion, up from €11 billion in Q1 2018, EFAMA’s report cited.
At the end of Q2, assets of equity and bond funds represented 42.1 percent and 20.2 percent of worldwide investment fund assets, respectively.
According to EFAMA, of the remaining assets, money market funds represented 11.2 percent and the asset share of balanced/mixed funds was 17.4 percent.
The market shares of the ten largest countries and regions in the world market were the US (46.3 percent), Europe (34 percent), Australia (3.9 percent), China (3.4 percent), Japan (3.4 percent), Brazil (3.3 percent), Canada (3.2 percent), Republic of Korea (0.9 percent), India (0.6 percent) and South Africa (0.4 percent).
