Investors added US$15.9 billion to long-term mutual funds in July, driven by inflows of US$7.9 billion into international-equity funds, according to a Morningstar report.
Outflows from taxable-bond funds ebbed to US$1.3 billion after record outflows of US$43.7 billion in June, with investors continuing to favor bank-loan and nontraditional bond funds at the expense of more traditional intermediate-term bond categories.
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Additional highlights from Morningstar’s report on mutual fund flows:
- Detroit’s bankruptcy filing kept municipal-bond funds in heavy redemptions; the category group lost US$10.3 billion in July to mark the fifth straight month of outflows.
- Value offerings led the way among equity funds, which was likely a result of yield-starved fixed-income investors seeking dividend income. Large-value funds collected US$3.3 billion, the category’s strongest inflow since February 2007.
- JPMorgan led all providers with inflows of US$3.4 billion. Dimensional Fund Advisors, Oakmark, Principal Funds, and MFS have also gained market share over the last year.
- Investors have pulled US$7.5 billion from PIMCO Total Return in July, its third month of outflows. The fund has seen outflows of US$18.4 billion over the previous three months compared with inflows of US$21.5 billion over the 16-month period from January 2012 through April 2013.
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