Money Pours Into EM Bond Funds

EM bond funds received inflows of $145.5m in the week ended August 19, according to EPFR Global. They also performed well, up 0.29% for the week and 23.31% year-to-date, Lipper data shows. Other income funds also did well, with global income funds up 0.42% for the week and 10.35% ytd, and international income funds up 0.77% for the week and 7.35% ytd.