In March, the asset management industry smiles with inflows of € 8.9 billion and net inflows from the beginning of the year of € 23.5 billion. This is how it emerges from the usual map of the Assogestioni Studies Office, revealing that the assets under management touched a new historical high, amounting to 2445 billion at the end of the third month of 2021.
The data also show that investor sentiment remained risk-prone in March. In fact, among long-term funds, equities (+2.9 billion) are confirmed in first place, followed by balanced funds (+1.8 billion) and bonds (+1.3 billion). A trend that can also be seen in similar proportions since the beginning of the year, with net inflows on equity funds approaching 8.5 billion. to push collective management deposits and in particular open-ended funds, with positive net flows of 7.5 billion, the best figure since June 2017, out of a total of 8.9.