CityWire – During the first three quarters of 2009 the total net inflow into investment funds amounted to SEK 70 billion (€6.8 billion) (over $10 billion). September became the tenth month in a row for net fund inflows.

Equity funds have received the bulk of the inflows in September, with net inflows of SEK 9.4 billion (€911 million) and bond funds had a net inflow of SEK 2.8 billion (€271.4 million). Also balanced funds and hedge funds had net inflows of SEK 1.9 (€184 million) and SEK 900 million (€87 million) respectively. Money market funds on the other hand recorded an outflow of SEK 3.9 billion (€377.4 million) last month.

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Reuters – The value of Japanese retail- targeted mutual funds rose for the seventh consecutive month to $650 billion in August due to strong inflows into stock and bond funds, an industry body said on Friday.

Gains in share prices, with the benchmark Nikkei share average .N225 advancing 1.3 percent in August, helped push up the overall value, but the strength of the yen limited the climb.

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