Performance of investment funds 2023Feb
Published on the 17th of April 2023
The year-on-year performance of money market funds keeps rising
Non-money market funds record contrasting monthly performances in February: equity funds rose by +0.9% while bond funds fell back slightly (-0.8%). Annual performance picked up again, at -1.1% compared to -3.4% in January and -8.1% at the end of 2022.
The monthly performance of money market funds was again positive at +0.19%, after +0.18% the previous month. The annual performance keeps rising to +0.51% in February, as compared to +0.25% the previous month, and has remained above that of non-money market funds since April 2022.
The monthly performance of money market funds was again positive at +0.19%, after +0.18% the previous month. The annual performance keeps rising to +0.51% in February, as compared to +0.25% the previous month, and has remained above that of non-money market funds since April 2022.
Performance of Investment Funds by subsectors (a)
(percent, outstanding amounts: EUR billion)
| 2022 | January 2023 | February 2023 | January 2023 | February 2023 | February 2023 | |
| Annual performance | Monthly performance | Net asset value | ||||
| NON MONEY MARKET FUNDS | -8.1 | -3.4 | -1.1 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 1,471 |
| Equity funds (b) | -15.4 | -5.2 | -0.4 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 355 |
| of which: ETF (c) | -12.1 | -5.0 | -2.8 | 4.9 | -0.2 | 36 |
| Bond funds (b) | -7.9 | -6.2 | -5.3 | 1.3 | -0.8 | 272 |
| Mixed Funds (b) | -10.7 | -6.2 | -4.6 | 3.1 | -0.5 | 301 |
| Other funds (d) | -0.2 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 542 |
| of which employees' savings funds | -7.5 | -3.5 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 164 |
| MONEY MARKET FUNDS (e) | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.51 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 371 |
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) Employee savings funds (including money market employee savings funds), real estate funds, Private equity funds, formula-based funds, hedge funds
(e) Excluding money market employee savings funds, including Monegasque funds.
(b) Except employees' savings funds (which are included in "Others funds")
(c) Exchange Trade Fund
(d) Employee savings funds (including money market employee savings funds), real estate funds, Private equity funds, formula-based funds, hedge funds
(e) Excluding money market employee savings funds, including Monegasque funds.
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Annual Performance of Non-MMF funds and employees' saving funds (a)![]()
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Annual Performance of equity funds (a)![]()
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Annual Performance of bonds funds (a)![]()
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Annual Performance of MMF funds (a)![]()
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Source: Banque de France, Barclays, Europerformance
(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 Euro Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, euro-denominated, fixed-rate bond market with residual maturity over one year, including treasuries, government-related, corporate and securitized issues. Inclusion is based on currency denomination of a bond and not country of risk of the issuer.
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 UCITs 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 statistical processing of newly collected funds in the OPC2 application is described in the focus of the Financial overview of Investment Funds about the 2nd quarter 2022.
The Stoxx 600 index comprises 600 companies residing in 18 European countries.
The Barclays Euro Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, euro-denominated, fixed-rate bond market with residual maturity over one year, including treasuries, government-related, corporate and securitized issues. Inclusion is based on currency denomination of a bond and not country of risk of the issuer.
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 UCITs 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 statistical processing of newly collected funds in the OPC2 application is described in the focus of the Financial overview of Investment Funds about the 2nd quarter 2022.
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