Thomson Reuters Lipper’s fund asset groups (including both mutual funds and ETFs) had net-positive flows of $26.5 billion for the fund-flows week ended Wednesday, May 16. The week’s net inflows were the second largest for 2018, trailing only the $37.8-billion increase for the fund-flows week ended January 24. All four of the asset classes took in net new money for the week, paced by money market funds (+$13.6 billion) and equity funds (+$10.1 billion). Taxable bond funds and municipal bond funds contributed $2.6 billion and $207 million, respectively, to the week’s total net inflows.
Pat Keon, Thomson Reuters Lipper Senior Research Analyst, speaks to the highlights in this week's video.
