On May 27, 2022, Refinitiv Lipper unveiled the results of the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards for the Netherlands in conjunction with our media partner IEX Profs. Like in 2020 and 2021, physical in-person events won’t be held globally due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Since the period between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2021, was a challenging period for fund managers around the globe, the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards will get a lot of attention from the asset management industry, as these awards showcase the ability of a fund to deliver high risk-adjusted returns. Different methodologies lead to different results

European investors pulled back further from long-term mutual funds as the market environment and general sentiment stayed negative. As a consequence, July was the third month posting net outflows from long-term mutual funds after 16 consecutive months showing net inflows. That said, European fund promoters still enjoyed net inflows into mixed-asset funds (+€1.1 bn) and real estate funds (+€0.7 bn), while all the other asset types in the segment of long-term mutual funds witnessed net outflows. Bond funds (-€0.7 bn), “other” funds (-€1.0 bn), commodity funds (-€1.1 bn), and alternative UCITS funds (-€1.9 bn) as well as equity funds  (-€2.1