Institutional Asset Manager reports: Value stocks are significantly outperforming growth stocks and with investors renewing their focus on previously unloved value plays after the growth-focused equity market dominance of the past several years.

According to research by Investment Metrics – a provider of investment analytics, reporting and data for institutional investors, asset managers and asset owners – recent monthly factor analysis of equity market performance in the US, Europe, Emerging Markets and Australia shows the return of value, along with yield, as the key driver of relative performance in April’s turbulent equity market conditions.