Informa Intelligence

The latest week of data shows flows into U.S. funds lagging the market’s surge, suggesting investors are growing wary of valuations.

Last week of February saw investors start to pivot away from financials, towards healthcare and utilities.

Despite the shift in sentiment toward a mid-March rate hike, U.S. and Global bond fund flows were net positive during the last week of February.

Recent sentiment has dramatically upped the market’s expectation that the Fed will hike rates at their March meeting. Informa Financial Intelligence’s Chief Macro Strategist David Ader looks at what‘s behind the about face.

Trump plans to spur growth while restricting trade gives asset managers plenty of questions, few answers.

Institutional investors are buying into European rally that started last year, while individual investors keep their distance, according to EPFR data.

Biggest weekly inflow since 2014 as investors pin hopes on commodity revival and political reform, according to EPFR Global data.

Positive flows into emerging-market funds continues, buoyed by India and Russia.

Although Europe equity funds recorded modest gains, fears that fresh turmoil in the Eurozone is one election or debt negotiation away stopped investors from chasing recent market gains.

U.S. and emerging-market fixed-income funds continued to pull in new money over the past week, in spite of fears U.S. Fed will raise rates sooner than expected. Informa Macro Strategist David Ader predicts a March rate hike is off the table.