26 April 2019

EFAMA: Robust capital markets recovery brings net total UCITS assets over €16 trillion mark in February 2019

The main developments in February 2019 can be summarized as follows:

• Net sales of UCITS and AIFs totaled EUR 13 billion, down from EUR 28 billion in January.
• UCITS registered net inflows of EUR 6 billion, down from EUR 23 billion in January.
  • Long-term UCITS (UCITS excluding money market funds) recorded net inflows of EUR 10 billion, up from EUR 6 billion in January.
    • Equity funds registered net outflows of EUR 4 billion, compared to net inflows of EUR 0.2 billion in January.
    • Net sales of bond funds increased from EUR 13 billion in January to EUR 14 billion in February.
    • Multi-asset funds sales turned positive in February, with net inflows of EUR 2 billion, compared to net outflows of EUR 2 billion in January.
  • UCITS money market funds recorded net outflows of EUR 4 billion, compared to net inflows of EUR 17 billion in January.
• AIFs recorded net inflows of EUR 6 billion, up from EUR 5 billion in January.
• Total net assets of UCITS and AIFs increased by 1.7 % to EUR 16,030 billion.

Bernard Delbecque, Senior Director for Economics and Research commented: “Net total assets of UCITS and AIFs crossed again the 16 trillion-euro mark in February, following the robust recovery in world capital markets since the beginning of the year.”

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