NEW YORK—Foreign inflows into U.S. Treasuries posted a record in the month of August, data from the U.S. Treasury department showed on Tuesday, as investors speculated about a pivot by the Federal Reserve away from aggressive tightening. Data showed that foreign investors poured an all-time peak of $174.2 billion into U.S. Treasuries, up from $23…

Global equity funds attracted massive inflows for a third straight week in the seven days to Jan. 5, as world stocks started the new year on a solid footing, shrugging off worries over the Omicron COVID-19 variant, and higher inflation. Investors purchased global equity funds worth a net $19.01 billion in the period, data from…

LONDON—British-based equity funds attracted a record 14.2 billion pounds ($19.3 billion) in inflows in 2021, funds network Calastone said on Thursday, as investors piled in after government and central bank stimulus during the pandemic. Most investors put their cash in global funds, which attracted a record 13.4 billion pounds in inflows, while emerging market funds…

Global equity funds drew massive inflows for a second week in the seven days to Dec. 29 as investors welcomed signs that the economic impact from the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant would not be as significant as feared. The funds pulled in $30.08 billion in net buying, compared with purchases of $35.83 billion…

Global equity funds saw massive inflows as risk sentiment returned with investors believing that the Omicron variant won’t bring a big setback to the world economy next year. According to Refinitiv data, investors purchased $33 billion worth of global equity funds in the week ending Dec. 22, compared with an outflow of $13.1 billion in…

U.S. bond funds have attracted record inflows this year, despite worries about inflation and expectations the Federal Reserve could roll back its pandemic-era stimulus measures earlier. According to Refinitiv Lipper data, U.S. bond funds attracted a net $612 billion in the first eleven months of this year, already surpassing the record inflow of $486.18 billion…

LONDON—Narrowing equity market breadth, rising volatility, and the prospects of rate hikes are the classic signs of a market top, BofA said in a weekly report on Thursday. Just five of the biggest U.S. technology stocks accounted for 71 percent of the nearly 20 percent gains in U.S stocks, BofA analysts noted of the performance…

LONDON—Investors ploughed $13.2 billion into equity funds in the week to Wednesday, though fixed income inflows slowed and precious metals funds lost money as markets grappled with the prospect of rising yields and inflation, BofA said on Friday. Flows to stocks funds over the past week had helped lift total inflows into equities to $1.0…

NEW YORK—Cryptocurrency products and funds attracted $226.2 million in investments last week, marking their eighth straight week of inflows, a report from digital asset manager CoinShares showed on Tuesday. Over an eight-week run, total crypto product inflows hit $638 million, with a year-to-date total of $6.3 billion. Bitcoin, as expected, led the way, nabbing $225…