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March 2012 in Brief

Flows into the European funds industry hit €37.1bn in March, bringing the first quarter total to €87.4bn – the best opening quarter since 2007 (€133.4bn).

Net sales of long-term funds (excluding money market funds) reached €77.1bn for the quarter, an impressive total, albeit lower than in 2010 (€104.7bn).

At group level, Allianz/PIMCO (€7.3bn), AXA/AllianceBernstein (€5.7bn) and M&G/Prudential (€4.3bn) generated the greatest net sales over the first quarter.

Seven funds attracted inflows of more than €1bn this quarter, headed by AllianceBernstein’s American Income Portfolio (€2.0bn), PIMCO Global Investment Grade Credit (€1.8bn) and M&G Optimal Income (€1.6bn).

ETFs have accounted for just 5% of European fund industry sales so far this year (€4.4bn), although they have gathered 25% of inflows to equity funds over this period (€3.1bn of the wider industry total of €12.2bn).

European Fund Market Review

Lipper's annual review of the European funds industry provides over 30 pages packed with sales and assets data on activity in different markets, as well as a look at which groups and products prospered in 2011. The report includes unique data on cross-border activity, as well as an introduction that discusses not only current themes but also trends in the industry over the past decade.

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Data to help fund companies focus their sales activity through regular analysis of funds of funds’ holdings, based on data  for 2,000 European third party funds of funds.