Tightening US monetary policy, slowing global growth, and political tensions in Europe have favoured a sixth consecutive week of net outflows from bond funds. According to a weekly study by Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research, bond funds saw net outflows of EUR8.2bn in the week to 31 October. Divestments came largely from funds investing in investment grade (IG) bonds, for USD5bn, and funds specialised in high yield bonds, for USD2.9bn, according to the study, on the basis of data from the global flow evolution monitoring specialist EPFR Global. Emerging market debt funds have seen more limited outflows of USD0.9bn.In equities, investments remains within the range of previous weeks, with interest in Japan, China and South Korea, and continued divestment from European equities, which finished the period with net outflows of USD2.9bn. Since the start of the year, divestments from European equity funds have totalled over USD60bn. However, Japanese equity funds have seen another week of positive net inflows, this time totalling an imposing USD3.8bn. It should also be noted that this interest is driven by continued accommodating monetary policy from the Bank of Japan. Since the second week of October, Japanese equity funds have attracted over USD15bn.Funds dedicated to emerging market equities have seen a third consecutive week of net inflows, this time totalling a significant USD1.8bn. Signals sent by China may be responsible for this trend, suggesting that the government is prepared to take new measures to stimulate growth. Funds specialised in Chinese equities attracted USD1.7bn in the week.In terms of sectors, it has been observed that funds dedicated to the tech industry, investor favourites for the past year, have seen net redemptions of USD1.3bn.