Morningstar Reports U.S. Mutual Fund and ETF Asset Flows for February 2016

CHICAGO, March 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today reported estimated U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) asset flows for February 2016. Morningstar estimates net flow for mutual funds by computing the change in assets not explained by the performance of the fund and net flow for ETFs by computing the change in shares outstanding.

Highlights from Morningstar's report about U.S. asset flows in February:  

• Taxable-bond funds led inflows by category group for the first time since October 2015, driven by inflows of $12.9 billion to passive taxable-bond offerings.
• While U.S. equity funds sustained outflows again in February, the month's redemptions of $4.5 billion were much smaller than January's $14.8 billion. International equity, the category-group leader for many months, saw smaller but still-positive flows in February, mostly to actively managed funds. Commodities funds experienced a stronger February than January, with gold driving most of their $6.3 billion inflow.
• As of the end of February, flows by category group were distributed quite differently than they were 12 months ago, when international-equity funds received the majority of inflows. After the first two months of 2016, flows were almost evenly distributed among category groups—some positive and some negative—but no category has clearly dominated.
• For the first time since September 2014, PIMCO Total Return, which has a Morningstar Analyst Rating™ of Bronze, was not among the five actively managed funds with the greatest monthly outflows.

To view the complete report, please visit http://www.global.morningstar.com/febflows16. For more information about Morningstar Asset Flows, please visit http://global.morningstar.com/assetflows. 

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