TORONTO, April 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) today announced investment fund net sales and net assets for March 2022.
Mutual fund assets totalled $2.002 trillion at the end of March 2022. Assets increased by $4.1 billion or 0.2% compared to February 2022. Mutual funds recorded net sales of $0.9 billion in March 2022.
ETF assets totalled $324.7 billion at the end of March 2022. Assets increased by $7.5 billion or 2.4% compared to February 2022. ETFs recorded net sales of $4.6 billion in March 2022.
Mutual Fund Net Sales/Net Redemptions ($ Millions)*
| Asset Class | Mar. 2022 | Feb. 2022 | Mar. 2021 | YTD 2022 | YTD 2021 | |||||
| Long-term Funds | ||||||||||
| Balanced | 212 | 5,062 | 8,987 | 8,354 | 22,712 | |||||
| Equity | 1,000 | 4,627 | 4,544 | 8,549 | 15,251 | |||||
| Bond | (524 | ) | (155 | ) | 151 | (313 | ) | 5,729 | ||
| Specialty | 132 | 241 | 416 | 1,001 | 2,024 | |||||
| Total Long-term Funds | 820 | 9,775 | 14,098 | 17,591 | 45,717 | |||||
| Total Money Market Funds | 102 | 112 | (1,093 | ) | 392 | (3,534 | ) | |||
| Total | 922 | 9,887 | 13,006 | 17,982 | 42,182 | |||||
Mutual Fund Net Assets ($ Billions)*
| Asset Class | Mar. 2022 | Feb. 2022 | Mar. 2021 | Dec. 2021 |
| Long-term Funds | ||||
| Balanced | 985.0 | 986.5 | 908.4 | 1,024.9 |
| Equity | 719.3 | 708.4 | 639.6 | 747.7 |
| Bond | 247.7 | 253.4 | 250.8 | 261.5 |
| Specialty | 22.5 | 22.4 | 16.8 | 22.2 |
| Total Long-term Funds | 1,974.5 | 1,970.6 | 1,815.6 | 2,056.3 |
| Total Money Market Funds | 27.0 | 26.8 | 30.3 | 26.4 |
| Total | 2,001.5 | 1,997.4 | 1,845.9 | 2,082.6 |
* Please see below for important information regarding this data.
ETF Net Sales/Net Redemptions ($ Millions)*
| Asset Class | Mar. 2022 | Feb. 2022 | Mar. 2021 | YTD 2022 | YTD 2021 | |||
| Long-term Funds | ||||||||
| Balanced | 238 | 251 | 413 | 789 | 1,385 | |||
| Equity | 2,217 | 3,104 | 3,103 | 9,618 | 8,751 | |||
| Bond | 1,512 | (53 | ) | 949 | 1,190 | 3,431 | ||
| Specialty | 498 | 309 | 815 | 895 | 1,749 | |||
| Total Long-term Funds | 4,465 | 3,610 | 5,281 | 12,492 | 15,316 | |||
| Total Money Market Funds | 116 | 411 | (579 | ) | 688 | (835 | ) | |
| Total | 4,580 | 4,021 | 4,702 | 13,180 | 14,482 | |||
ETF Net Assets ($ Billions)*
| Asset Class | Mar. 2022 | Feb. 2022 | Mar. 2021 | Dec. 2021 |
| Long-term Funds | ||||
| Balanced | 12.4 | 12.2 | 8.8 | 12.1 |
| Equity | 213.0 | 206.5 | 175.4 | 225.2 |
| Bond | 78.2 | 78.5 | 80.4 | 89.6 |
| Specialty | 14.2 | 13.1 | 6.9 | 13.6 |
| Total Long-term Funds | 317.7 | 310.2 | 271.5 | 340.5 |
| Total… |
