CHICAGO, July 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today reported estimated U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) fund flows for June 2019. Overall, passive U.S. equity funds saw $29.5 billion in outflows while active U.S. equity funds lost $20.2 billion to outflows. Morningstar estimates net flow for mutual funds by computing the change in assets not explained by the performance of the fund, and net flow for U.S. ETFs shares outstanding and reported net assets.

Morningstar's report about U.S. fund flows for June is available here. Highlights from the report include:

• In June, long-term open-end mutual funds and ETFs rebounded with $46.0 billion in inflows after nearly $2.0 billion in outflows in May. Despite last month's dip, long-term flows were strong during 2019's first half, totaling $224.0 billion, slightly ahead of 2018's $219.0 billion.
• Passive funds had their best month year-to-date, collecting $68.6 billion in June while active funds lost approximately $22.5 billion to outflows.
• Taxable-bond funds recovered from May's weak demand with $37.4 billion in inflows. Among active taxable-bond funds, multisector-bond fund Pimco Income, which holds a Morningstar Analyst Rating™ of Silver, dominated with $1.9 billion in June inflows. It finished the first half of 2019 with $13.7 billion in inflows, more than twice that of runner-up Lord Abbett Short Duration Income.
• Among all U.S. fund families, iShares led in June with $34.6 billion in inflows, which benefitted from strong demand for its equity factor ETFs. Bronze-rated iShares Russell 1000 Value had the largest inflows of $5.0 billion, while iShares Russell 1000 Growth wasn't far behind with inflows of $4.0 billion in June. For both funds, those figures were their best monthly inflows ever.

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