Risk aversion hits European funds as ongoing crisis sends investors into safer assets, latest Morningstar European asset flow data reveals

The latest Morningstar European asset flow data shows that investors shifted towards safer assets in May. With the eurozone crisis roiling markets, long-term funds in Morningstar’s European database saw net outflows of nearly €9 billion during the month; conversely, investors deposited some €15 billion into money market funds, and €855 million into allocation funds. The flight to safety saw flows to the global emerging-markets equity category turn negative for the first time since November 2011.

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Key findings from Morningstar’s May asset flows data are:

-European long-term funds saw net outflows of nearly €9 billion;

-Equity funds sustained the greatest outflows, shedding €12.5 billion in investor assets;

-Alternatives-focused funds saw €1 billion in outflows;

-Commodities and convertibles funds had net redemptions;

-Short-term funds attracted €15 billion in assets;

-The USD money market-short term category collected inflows of €11 billion, making it the most popular of Morningstar’s money market categories; funds in the euro money market category took in €7 billion; the Morningstar GBP short-term money market category saw outflows of €4 billion;

-Bond funds suffered their weakest month year to date, but still benefitted from May’s risk aversion, receiving nearly €5 billion in inflows;

-Allocation funds received net inflows of nearly €855 million;

-Flows to funds in the Morningstar global emerging-markets equity category turned negative for the first time since November 2011; China equity saw €905 million in net redemptions; Asia ex-Japan equity saw €386 million leave its funds; and Europe equity saw outflows of €263 million;

-Among emerging-markets equity funds, Luxembourg-domiciled Aberdeen Global Emerging Markets was the most notable casualty at the fund level; before May, the fund enjoyed inflows in 34 of the 35 previous months, but suffered €220 million in net investor redemptions in May;

-Europe’s largest long-term fund, Templeton Global Bond, saw its ninth consecutive month of outflows in May; in contrast, PIMCO GIS Total Return Bond attracted nearly €800 million in May, the fund’s strongest month of inflows since October 2010;

-Investors in safe-haven countries largely stayed the course. UK investors redeemed €244 bmillion in May, but have contributed a net €3,721 million to long-term funds year to date; conversely, investors in Spain pulled €2,489 million from long-term funds from an asset base that is one-fifth the size of that of the UK.

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