CHICAGO, Dec. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today reported estimated U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) asset flows for November 2017. In November, investors placed $16.6 billion into U.S. equity passive funds compared with October's $27.6 billion inflow. On the active front, investors pulled $17.9 billion out of U.S. equity funds, compared with $18.8 billion in the previous month. 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 ETFs by computing the change in shares outstanding.

Morningstar's report about U.S. asset flows in November is available here. Highlights from the report include:

• Taxable bond remained the leading category group in November with $24.7 billion in flows overall, divided almost evenly between the passive and active side. Following taxable bond was international equity, which saw inflows of $18.7 billion overall.
• The two Morningstar Categories with the highest inflows in November remained the same: intermediate-term bond and foreign large blend. The two Categories with the largest outflows were high-yield bond and large growth.
• Overall, active flows were smaller in November than they were in October. Among top U.S. fund families, PIMCO and Dimensional Fund Advisors were the leaders in active flows with $2.9 billion and $1.9 billion, respectively. Franklin Templeton and Fidelity continued to sustain outflows from their active funds as they did in October. On the passive front, Vanguard was the top fund family, with inflows of $19.4 billion, followed by BlackRock/iShares with inflows of $18.3 billion.
• The active fund with the highest inflow was PIMCO Income, which has a Morningstar Analyst Rating™ of Silver, at $2.6 billion. Gold-rated Dodge & Cox Income landed in second place with $1.2 billion. On the passive front, iShares Core S&P 500 was the only outsider in an otherwise Vanguard-dominated top five.
• In terms of individual funds, Bronze-rated American Funds Growth Fund of America had the largest outflows on the active side in November of $763.0 million. On the passive side, Gold-rated Vanguard Institutional Index Fund suffered $4.8 billion in outflows.

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