US fund flows to Asia surge

According to a Goldman Sachs strategy piece, foreign investors remained massive net buyers of emerging Asia last week. Their net purchases amounted to $1.8 billion, compared to $914 million for the week before and $102 million for the week before that. Clearly all those CIOs who came to the CLSA investor conference went back to the US with a new view of Asia. New money helps. US-based equity funds surveyed by AMG Data Services reported net inflows totalling $3.59 billion for the week…