Morningstar Reports U.S. Mutual Fund Asset Flows Through March 2012

CHICAGO, April 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today reported estimated U.S. mutual fund asset flows through March 2012. Long-term funds took in $29.3 billion in March to end the quarter with inflows of $106.3 billion, but outflows continued for U.S.-stock funds for the eleventh straight month. The asset class gave up $8.3 billion in March, while, for the seventh straight month, taxable-bond funds topped all asset classes with inflows of $24.9 billion. For the quarter, taxable-bond funds saw inflows of $78.5 billion.

Additional highlights from Morningstar's report on mutual fund flows:

• Actively managed U.S. large-cap stock funds saw their eleventh straight quarter of net outflows, with $20.9 billion heading to the exits.
• Intermediate-term and high-yield bond funds saw the greatest inflows in March and in the first quarter among fixed-income funds. Since January 2009, these two categories have absorbed new assets of $314.4 billion.
• Emerging-markets bond fund flows reached $6.1 billion in the first quarter, by far the largest quarterly intake for these offerings. Assets in the category have risen to $55.5 billion today from $35.9 billion a year ago.  
• DoubleLine Total Return saw first-quarter and one-year inflows of $6.4 billion and $15.4 billion, respectively, leading all U.S. open-end funds over both periods.

To view the complete report, please visit http://www.global.morningstar.com/marchflows12. For more information about Morningstar Asset Flows, please visit http://global.morningstar.com/assetflows. 

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Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. Morningstar provides data on approximately 375,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 8 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment management subsidiaries and has more than $180 billion in assets under advisement and management as of Dec. 31, 2011. The company has operations in 27 countries.

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