Open-ended fund AUM jumps 7.3% to €59.2trn pushed by strong sales

Data from EFAMA

Pedro Gonçalves
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Net assets of worldwide open-endedinvestment funds increased by 7.3% over the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest figures from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA).

Worldwide regulated open-ended fund assets increased by 7.3% to €59.2trn in Q1 2021, with global net cash flow to all funds just over €1trn, a jump from the €660bn recorded in Q4 2020, the latest international quarterly statistics from EFAMA revealed. Measured in US dollars, worldwide investment fund net assets increased to $69.4trn at the end of Q1 2021, representing a 2.5% increase. Looking at the  largest markets, the US and Europe, each registered a net asset growth of 4.5%. On a euro-denominated basis, worldwide equity fund assets increased by 10% to 25.8trn at the end of Q1 2...

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