UK equity funds haemorrhage record £836m despite performance pick-up
IA UK All Companies strategies sustained lower losses than global, US and European peers in April on average
Fund Flows
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Omicron drove £83m from equity funds in two days
Investors add £108m to money market funds in November after outflows in 10 of the past 12 months
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UK equities shed £567m in September as multiple crises spook investors
‘Petrol panic, soaring inflation, empty supermarket shelves, fractured supply chains, crippling staff shortages and energy market turmoil’
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Funds see highest half-year retail inflows since 2017
At £24bn in H1, net sales are on track to make a record-breaking year for inflows
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Lottie McGurk: At least UK assets are ‘coming home’
Analysis by Last Word Research suggests UK fund selectors are strongly targeting domestic equities
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Appetite for UK equities slows in May as resurgent Covid fears dent enthusiasm
Flows into UK-focused equity funds halved from £303m in April to £147m in May
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UK small cap funds see second highest inflows on record in April
IA UK Smaller Companies took in £240m in April as economy began opening back up
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Equity funds record highest month of net inflows since 2015
April saw investors plough £3bn into equity funds while outflows from property slowed significantly
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Dewi John: Where ESG delivered for investors in 2020
There are a number of possible explanations for ESG’s outperformance of non-ESG assets in 2020
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Covid and Brexit batter UK equity fund flows for fifth consecutive month
Investors voted with their feet in October pulling more than £350m
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UK equities cast aside as £11bn flows into funds in second quarter
Fund sales in Q2 alone reached £11.2bn which outpaced the £9.8bn seen in the whole of 2019
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Targeted absolute return loses £491m in bumper month for UK funds industry
£4bn net flows in April still fall well short of compensating for mass outflows in March