Global fund inflows across asset classes increased 140% to $150.5bn in 2021, with equity funds accounting for nearly two fifths of the $88bn year-on-year increase, and ESG funds took $3 of every $5 in new cash, according to the latest global funds survey from Calastone.
According to the report, investors across 52 territories increased their holdings in every asset class, though real estate assets declined. Equity funds were "concentrated" in the first half of the year, according to Calastone, climbing to highs of $8bn in March, and average monthly inflows reached $5.5bn between January and July, declining thereafter. Global inflows into equity funds fell to just $863m by October, the lowest level in over a year. Calastone: ESG funds rake in 90% of July equity The deceleration was the result of a dip in buying activity, as opposed to an incre...
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