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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Net institutional asset flows to long-only asset managers reporting to eVestment were positive in Q3 2018, with investors adding +$10.9bn to the industry.
According to the Q3 2018 eVestment Traditional Asset Flows Report, year-to-date (YTD) flows are still negative for the year at -$233.8bn.
The solution provider for institutional investors and managers said that fixed-income managers had a particularly strong quarter, with net inflows of +$61.2bn, compared to net outflows of -$42.9bn in Q2 2018.
On a geographic basis, fixed income flows were concentrated largely in U.S. strategies with active U.S. bond managers seeing net allocations of +$42.4bn and passive U.S. bond strategies seeing allocations of +$16.4bn.
eVestment's traditional asset flows data is based on information provided to the eVestment database by asset managers from around the world. The report offers one of the most comprehensive looks at the investment opportunities around the world that are attracting and losing assets.
Key points from the Q3 2018 report
Unlike fixed income, equity strategies saw outflows in Q3, with U.S. equity outflows coming in at -$62.9bn and non-U.S. equity outflows of at -$17.6bn.
There were some bright spots in equities however. For instance, international equity strategies saw the largest allocations with EAFE equity managers gaining net new assets of +$17.5bn. Active U.S. quant strategies also managed to pull in +$...................... To view our full article Click here
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