Institutional Investment Outflows across Strategies, Locations According to new Report

eVestment’s 3Q 2015 Traditional Institutional Investment Asset Flows Report shows that the institutional asset management industry reported net outflows of $100.2 billion in the past quarter, following $76 billion in outflows in the previous quarter. Out flows were persistent across strategies and geographies.

Fixed-income products saw the biggest outflows, totaling $65.5 billion, followed by $29.3 billion in outflows from equity products and $5.3 billion from balanced/multi-asset products in 3Q. Outflows in equity strategies in 3Q marked the 10th consecutive quarter of net outflows for the asset class.

The quarterly report looks at flow trends as reported to eVestment by institutional investment asset managers around the world, offering a unique look into institutional investment activity, interest and asset flows into a wide variety of strategies and geographies. Other interesting data points from this latest report include:

· 3Q outflows from fixed-income markets were driven by U.S. bonds, with reported net outflows of $37.1 billion, following inflows of $28.4 billion in 2Q 2015.

· While Canadian equities reported inflows of $1.8 billion in 3Q, Canadian bonds saw outflows of $3 billion in the quarter.

· Investors in Europe (ex-UK) were net sellers during 3Q, with outflows of $22 billion; UK-based investors also were net sellers, with outflows of $15.9 billion in the quarter.

· Investors in domiciled in Canada, Africa/Middle East, Australia, Hong Kong and Latin America were also net sellers during the quarter.

· Japanese investors, bucking the trend of many other parts of the world, were net buyers in 3Q 2015, with net inflows of $8.4 billion. U.S. bonds were the recipient of the largest flows from Japanese investors, with inflows of $6.7 billion.

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