Investors pile into UK equities after pre-Budget selling Investing UK equity funds ended a 41-month streak of outflows last month as investors piled back into the market following Rachel Reeves’s tax-raiding Budget. After suffering their worst month on record before in the run up to the October fiscal plans, fund flows reversed sharply as investors poured money back into the market, with buying for [...]
Make UK Equities Great Again Opinion UK equities are lagging behind international competitors, but Hugh Sergeant is on a mission to turn that around – complete with baseball caps. UK Equities are unloved and have been so for years. The UK market sits at a significant discount to many of its international peers, especially the US, and while everyone seems to [...]
TfL’s pension scheme isn’t backing Britain – neither is anyone else Investing Transport for London has a £15bn pension pot, and just 0.5 per cent of it is invested in UK stocks. This stunning revelation was noted by William Wright, managing director of think tank New Financial, who said it was “the lowest I have seen in any comparable scheme”. TfL pension schemes’s UK equity allocation is [...]
UK fund withdrawals reach largest on record amid Budget panic November 4, 2024 UK equity fund withdrawals reached their largest on record in October as investors pulled billions out of markets to escape tax rises in the Budget. Investors sold a £2.7bn stake in funds throughout the month in anticipation of Chancellor Rachel Reeves hiking capital gains tax, up from £564m of withdrawals in September, according to data [...]
Liontrust assets plunge as investors pull £1.1bn from funds October 10, 2024 Liontrust’s assets under management slumped over the summer as investors pulled £1.1bn from its funds. Every area of the asset manager’s business saw net outflows in the second quarter of its financial year, with the largest, UK retail funds and managed portfolio services, suffering a £904m exodus from investors. “We anticipated that the industry had [...]
UK investors exit domestic funds in droves after global market rout September 4, 2024 The hope of a rally in UK investment was thwarted last month as the number of UK investors selling out of domestic equity funds doubled due to the downturn in global markets. UK investors pulled £510m from British-focused equity funds in August, more than double the figure in July when outflows reached their lowest level [...]
Premier Milton: Demand for UK equities still ‘weak’ July 12, 2024 In a trading update covering the third quarter, Premier Milton reported that its AUM stood at £10.6bn at the end of June.
Liontrust reports further decline in assets as investors shun UK stocks July 10, 2024 Liontrust has reported £13bn of outflows over the past two years.
London might be behind on IPOs… But there is one bright spot June 3, 2024 We all know the London Stock Exchange is doing badly on IPOs, but follow-ons represent a bright spot in the market.
HSBC: Yet another investment bank says ‘buy Britain’ May 21, 2024 It could be time to buy UK stocks says HSBC