Industry inflows returned this week, thanks largely to a big reversal in money market funds' net flows, and long-term funds' outflows shrunk by 47 percent.

Jack Fischer Refinitiv Lipper Senior Research Analyst

In the U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight report for the week ending February 23, 2022 (i.e. Wednesday, the day before Russia invaded Ukraine), Jack Fischer, senior research analyst at Refinitiv Lipper, reveals that $3.9 billion net flowed into mutual funds and ETFs in the U.S. this week. That's the industry's first week of net inflows in four weeks, up from $46.4 billion in net outflows last week. Long-term (i.e. non-money market) funds and ETFs suffered $2.4 billion in net outflows this week, down from $4.5 billion.

Money market funds brought in $6.3 billion in net inflows this week, up from $41.9 billion in net outflows last week. Equity funds' inflows slipped to $254 milion this week, down from $4.8 billion. Outflows from bond funds also fell, with taxable bond funds suffering $1.5 billion in net outflows this week (down from $8.1 billion last) and tax-exempt bond funds suffering $1.2 billion in net outflows (down from $1.3 billion).

Equity ETFs brought in $2.9 billion in net inflows this week, their third week of net inflows in a row, down from $5.3 billion last week. Yet conventional (i.e. non-ETF) equity funds suffered $2.7 billion in net outflows this week; it was their third week of outflows in a row, up from $457 million last week.

On the fixed income side, ETFs brought in $1.5 billion in net inflows this week, their second week of inflows in three weeks, up from $4.3 billion in net outflows last week. Yet conventional fixed income funds suffered $3.1 billion in net outflows this week; it was their fifth week of outflows in a row, down from $3.8 billion last week. 

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