1.   Also, during the period this summer when the American stock market was correcting, there were net inflows into international equity funds.

2.   Although neophyte investors may not know it, European and broader international mutual funds have outperformed the average US diversified equity fund over the past three and five years.

3.   AMG had inadvertently overstated the amount of money that left U.S. equity funds during two weeks of this month.

4.   Among equity funds, however, the top gaining U.S. funds posted better returns than offshore funds, both in global equities and U.S. equities, Micropal said.

5.   Among the investors was a private equity fund managed for the benefit of Merrill Lynch employees.

6.   Another sign of the changed climate is the flurry of new private equity funds that have set up shop here over the last six months.

7.   Another plus for the stock market is the steady flow of money pouring into equity funds.

8.   As at its competitors, investors at Putnam are concentrating on aggressive equity funds.

9.   As has been the case all year, fund companies are reporting strong investor buying of equity funds.

10.   As an example, he points to RIT Capital Partners Plc, an international equity fund with about one-third of its assets in unquoted companies.