Strong investment inflows far outweigh outflows says ICI

Strong investment fund inflows far outweighed outflows for the week ended 31 May 2017, the Washington DC-based Investment Company Institute reported today.

Total estimated inflows to long-term mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $18.33bn. Estimated mutual fund inflows were $98m while estimated net issuance for ETFs was $18.23bn.

Weekly fund flows are estimates that represent industry totals, based on reporting covering more than 98 percent of mutual fund and ETF assets. Equity funds had estimated inflows of $14bn for the week.

Estimated fund inflows for the week

• Domestic equity $8.48bn
• World equity $5.52bn
• Hybrid funds which can invest in stocks and fixed income securities $271m
• Bond funds $5.06bn
• Taxable bond $4.80bn
• Municipal bond funds $262m 

Estimated fund outflows

• Commodity funds $458m

Reports of long-term flow estimates and ETF net issuance are available on the ICI website.

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