
European Fund-Flow Trends, October 2016 October showed a slightly positive picture for the European fund industry, with equity funds (-€3.5 bn) being the only asset type facing net outflows in the long-term funds segment during the month. The inflows on the other side of the table seemed to be somewhat shy. Mixed-asset funds (+€4.6 bn) were the best selling asset type of long-term funds for October, followed by bond funds (+€2.7 bn), “other” products (+€0.3 bn), real estate funds (+€0.2 bn), alternative UCITS products (+€0.1 bn), and commodity products (+€0.04 bn). These fund flows added to overall net inflows of