UPDATE 1-U.S.-based taxable bond funds attract $7.7 bln inflows-Lipper
February 12, 2015 at 17:52 PM EST
(Adds flow data, analyst comment) By Sam Forgione NEW YORK, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Investors in U.S.-based funds poured $7.7 billion into taxable bond funds in the week ended Feb. 11, with investors favoring higher-risk debt after a strong U.S. jobs report, data from Thomson Reuters' Lipper service showed on Thursday. The inflows marked the funds' sixth straight week of net positive demand. Riskier high-yield bond funds attracted $2.9 billion, with the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corp