Performance of investment funds 2019Aug
Published on 10/16/2019
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Bond fund performance back to its end 2016 level
The annual performance of non-money market funds is +1.6% in August after +1.3% in July. It is explained by the performance of bond funds supported by the decline in long-term rates, followed by that of other funds and mixed funds (+1.9% and +1.6% respectively). Conversely, it falls significantly for equity funds (-0.7%) but the cumulative valuation since the beginning of the year remains positive.
The performance of money market funds remains negative (-0.22% after -0.23%), still deviating from the trend of the 6-month EURIBOR index due to the characteristics of MMF portfolios: longer average maturity, geographical diversification.
Annual performance of Investment Funds by subsectors (a)
(percent, outstanding amounts: EUR billion)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | juil. 2019 | Aug-2019 | Net asset Value Aug- 19 | |
| NON MONEY MARKET FUNDS | 3.2 | 5.9 | -5.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1,291 |
| Equity funds (b) | 3.6 | 11.9 | -12.0 | -0.5 | -0.7 | 311 |
| of which: ETF (c) | 5.6 | 12.3 | -6.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 30 |
| Bond funds (b) | 2.7 | 0.6 | -0.9 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 292 |
| Mixed Funds (b)(e) | 2.6 | 4.2 | -5.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 341 |
| Other funds (d) (f) | 4.0 | 6.1 | -0.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 346 |
| of which employees' savings funds | 3.6 | 6.7 | -6.9 | -0.1 | 0.7 | 136 |
| MONEY MARKET FUNDS | 0.02 | -0.23 | -0.28 | -0.23 | -0.22 | 355 |
Source: Banque de France
(a) Annual performance net of management fees but before deduction of entry and exit fees commissions (cf. methodology).
(b) Except employees' savings funds (which are included in "Others funds")
(c) Exchange Trade Fund
(d) Employees' saving funds, real estate funds, Private equity funds, formula-based funds, hedge funds
(e) The term "mixed funds" replaces the term "diversified funds", AMF category that has been deleted since 31/12/2017; the criterion for classification remains the same.
(f) Outstanding amount and performance of real estate funds are taken into account as of June 2016
(b) Except employees' savings funds (which are included in "Others funds")
(c) Exchange Trade Fund
(d) Employees' saving funds, real estate funds, Private equity funds, formula-based funds, hedge funds
(e) The term "mixed funds" replaces the term "diversified funds", AMF category that has been deleted since 31/12/2017; the criterion for classification remains the same.
(f) Outstanding amount and performance of real estate funds are taken into account as of June 2016
Annual performance of equity, bond and mixed funds
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Performance of Non-MMF funds and employee saving funds (a)![]()
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Performance of equity funds (a)![]()
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Performance of MMF funds (a)![]()
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Source: Banque de France, Barclays
(a) Annual performance net of management fees but before deduction of entry and exit fees commissions (cf. methodology).
Additional information
The different categories of funds under review are defined by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF - French Financial Markets Authority). The classification of each fund is based on its real risk exposure. The definition of the exposure and the risk thresholds for each category are developed in AMF Instructions 2011-19, 2011-20 and 2011-21.
The Stoxx 600 index comprises 600 companies residing in 18 European countries.
The Barclays index comprises sovereign and quasi-sovereign bonds, corporate bonds and asset-backed securities. It includes securities denominated in 24 currencies, issued from developed and emerging markets. The rating of the securities is "investment grade" with residual maturity over one year.
The Euro-MTS Index is a euro-denominated bond index that measures the performance of the eurozone government bond market across all maturities of the underlying bonds combined.
The performance of the indices is measured by total return (price change and coupons/dividends reinvested). The yield spreads between these indices and the performance of UCIs in France reflect differences in composition and management orientation, in particular the split between highly liquid sovereign bonds issued by major advanced countries, less liquid sovereign bonds or bonds with a higher risk/return profile and bonds issued by private issuers.
The Stoxx 600 index comprises 600 companies residing in 18 European countries.
The Barclays index comprises sovereign and quasi-sovereign bonds, corporate bonds and asset-backed securities. It includes securities denominated in 24 currencies, issued from developed and emerging markets. The rating of the securities is "investment grade" with residual maturity over one year.
The Euro-MTS Index is a euro-denominated bond index that measures the performance of the eurozone government bond market across all maturities of the underlying bonds combined.
The performance of the indices is measured by total return (price change and coupons/dividends reinvested). The yield spreads between these indices and the performance of UCIs in France reflect differences in composition and management orientation, in particular the split between highly liquid sovereign bonds issued by major advanced countries, less liquid sovereign bonds or bonds with a higher risk/return profile and bonds issued by private issuers.
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