International funds

Similar products are stockpiling unprecedented levels of new cash as investors look to alternative assets for growth and income.

It was the biggest annual leap for strategies focused on corporate or government debt since 2014, boosting assets to more than $800 billion, data show.

Already, the fund has agreed to transactions involving German wind energy project developer PNE and Altice Europe’s Portuguese fiber assets.

Data reported by the Investment Company Institute.

So much faith has been put on the partial trade deal with China that stocks have nearly recovered since President Trump’s first round of tariffs on imports.

Risky assets outside the U.S. are seeing fresh flows as a potential trade deal with China buoys expectations for global growth.

Equity funds tracking the sector are the second-most popular asset class after U.S. government bonds this year, BNP Paribas says.

Data reported by the Investment Company Institute.

The top 20 nearly doubled their gains over the last year, data show.

Data reported by the Investment Company Institute.