Morningstar, a provider of independent investment research, has reported estimated US mutual fund asset flows for April 2014.
Investors added $27.7 billion to long-term mutual funds in April, driven by continued strong flows to equity funds along with resurgent flows to bond funds. After notable outflows last year, core, intermediate-term bond funds saw their second consecutive month of inflows, bringing in $3.3 billion in April. Meanwhile, municipal-bond funds collected $1.3 billion for their fourth straight month of inflows. Morningstar estimates net flow by computing the change in assets not explained by the performance of the fund. Click here for a full explanation of Morningstar’s methodology.
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Additional highlights from Morningstar’s report on mutual fund flows:
- U.S.-equity funds saw inflows of $25.2 billion in the first four months of the year, their strongest start since 2004. The majority of inflows for the asset class benefited passive funds. Active U.S.-equity funds had outflows of $5.7 billion through April, although JPMorgan, MFS, and Putnam have successfully attracted robust flows to active offerings.
- Large-blend and foreign large-blend led all Morningstar Categories in terms of April inflows; passive funds hold a large share of assets in both categories. Conversely, large-growth funds recorded outflows, even after excluding American Funds Growth Fund of America, which has experienced net redemptions for 51 straight months.
- Bank-loan funds had outflows of $1.2 billion in April, the category’s first month of net redemptions since June 2012. The multisector bond category returned to the ranks of top-flowing categories for the first time since late 2012, thanks to a $951 million inflow for PIMCO Income, which has a Morningstar Analyst Rating of Silver. The fund is a bright spot for PIMCO from a flows perspective; the firm has lost $79.9 billion to outflows over the past 12 months.
To view the complete report, please visit http://www.global.morningstar.com/aprilflows14. For more information about Morningstar Asset Flows, please visit http://global.morningstar.com/assetflows.
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