Global equity funds see highest outflows since December on oil shock fears
BNN Bloomberg
Global equity funds recorded the largest weekly outflows since mid-December in the seven days to March 11 as disruptions to oil supplies stemming from the ongoing U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran stoked concerns about inflation and global economic growth.
According to LSEG Lipper data, global equity funds had $7.05 billion worth of outflows for the week, the largest since the week through December 17, 2025 that had outflows worth $46.68 billion.
Brent crude LCOc1 traded above $100 a barrel on Friday as global oil markets grappled with what traders described as the largest oil supply disruption in history, with shipping in the Gulf and the narrow Strait of Hormuz coming to a near-standstill.
The CBOE Volatility Index .VIX, often referred to as Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” but more accurately an indicator of market uncertainty, hit 28.15 earlier this month, its highest level since November.
U.S. equity funds saw approximately $7.77 billion worth of outflows after $21.91 billion worth net weekly sales in the prior week. Investors also divested $7.71 billion worth of European funds but invested $6.15 billion into Asia.
Equity sectoral funds saw $2.71 billion worth of net sales, with investors ditching financial and healthcare funds worth $2.31 billion and $1.31 billion, respectively. Industrial sector funds, however, attracted inflows of $1.31 billion.
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