Weekly wrap: Market summary

Market stats and fund news for week ending April 1, 2022

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Fund news

* IFIC announces fund sales statistics for February. The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) on March 23 announced investment fund net sales and net assets for February 2022.

Mutual fund assets totalled $1.997 trillion at the end of February 2022. Assets decreased by $24.6 billion or 1.2% compared to January 2022. Mutual funds recorded net sales of $9.9 billion in February 2022.

ETF assets totalled $317.1 billion at the end of February 2022. Assets increased by $0.2 billion or 0.1% compared to January 2022. ETFs recorded net sales of $4.0 billion in February 2022.

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