European Fund-Flow Trends, October 2019 European investors bought further into bond funds in October despite the new quantitative easing by the European Central Bank (ECB) and interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. The general inflows into mutual funds come despite ongoing concerns about declining company earnings and the possible effects of the trade war between the U.S. and China. As a result, October was the eighth month during which long-term mutual funds posted net inflows this year. Bond funds (+€23.0 bn) were the best-selling asset type in the segment of long-term mutual funds, followed by mixed-assets funds (+€9.8 bn),

European investors pulled further away from long-term mutual funds as the market environment and general sentiment stayed negative. As a consequence September was the fifth month in a row posting net outflows from long-term mutual funds after 16 consecutive months showing net inflows. Real estate funds (+€0.8 bn) enjoyed net inflows, while all the other asset types in the segment of long-term mutual funds witnessed net outflows: bond funds (-€8.9 bn), alternative UCITS funds (-€8.0 bn), mixed-asset funds (-€1.9 bn), equity funds (-€1.3 bn), and ”other” funds (-€1.0 bn) as well as commodity funds (-€0.6 bn). These fund flows added