Detlef Glow

Executive Summary
2017–New Records Ahead for the European Fund Industry?
The assets under management in the European fund industry increased from €9.4 tr to €10.0 tr over the course of first half 2017.
Bond funds (+€161.3 bn) were the best selling asset type for 2017 to date.
Within the segment of long-term mutual funds Bond Global (+€36.9 bn) was the best selling sector, followed by Equity Global (+€26.5 bn) and Bond Emerging Markets Global in Hard Currencies (+€20.7 bn).

The European mutual funds industry enjoyed overall net inflows of €38.1bn into long-term mutual funds for June 2014, which drove up the net inflows for the first half of 2014 to €244.1bn. The net inflows for June were driven mainly by flows into bond funds (+€19.2bn), followed by
mixed-asset funds (+€12.1bn) and equity products (+ €6.0bn). Also, property products (+€0.8bn) as well as alternative/hedge funds (+€0.5bn) saw net inflows, while commodity funds (-€0.001bn) and funds from the “other” peer group (-€0.5bn) faced outflows.

LAUNCHES, LIQUIDATIONS, AND MERGERS IN THE EUROPEAN MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY, Q4 2013
Executive Summary
As of the end of December 2013 there were 31,724 mutual funds registered for sale in Europe. Luxembourg continued to dominate the fund market in Europe, hosting 8,617 funds, followed by France, where 4,797 funds were domiciled. For Q4 2013, 521 funds were created in Europe. During the same period 585 funds were liquidated and 337 were merged.