{"id":47653,"date":"2015-04-22T06:54:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T10:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=47653"},"modified":"2015-04-22T08:02:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T12:02:27","slug":"global-equity-mutual-funds-and-etfs-get-88-3-billion-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/04\/2015\/global-equity-mutual-funds-and-etfs-get-88-3-billion-in-2015.html","title":{"rendered":"Global Equity Mutual Funds and ETFs Get $88.3 Billion in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1429703487169_6716\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WEB_ETFcheat0420.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-47654\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WEB_ETFcheat0420.gif\" alt=\"WEB_ETFcheat0420\" width=\"417\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that strong investor interest in non-U.S. equities is broadening from Europe and Japan into emerging markets.\u00a0 Even ahead of the stimulus announced Sunday, exchange-traded funds focused on Chinese equities posted 22 consecutive days of inflows totaling $1.6 billion (7.8% of the funds\u2019 assets).<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1429703487169_6718\">\u201cHeady gains in Chinese stocks are attracting loads of American money,\u201d said David Santschi, Chief Executive Officer of TrimTabs.\u00a0 \u201cETFs focused on Chinese stocks shot up 14% in the past month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1429703487169_6717\">In a research note, TrimTabs explained that emerging markets equity funds in general have been drawing their first substantial buying this year.\u00a0 In the month ended Friday, April 17, emerging markets equity ETFs issued $2.3 billion (2.2% of assets), posting inflows on all but two trading days.\u00a0 During that span, they surged 8%.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1429703487169_6754\">TrimTabs also noted that inflows into global equity mutual funds and ETFs have totaled $88.3 billion ($1.2 billion daily) so far this year, putting them on track to surpass the previous four-month record of $86.0 billion ($1.1 billion daily) from December 2005 through March 2006.\u00a0 In April, global equity funds are up 3.5%.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1429703487169_6751\">\u201cFor now, central bank stimulus measures are propping up financial asset prices around the world,\u201d said Santschi.\u00a0 \u201cThe long-term consequences of these policies may not be as pleasant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Editing by Alex Akesson<br \/>\nFor <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. 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