April Sees £1.5 Billion Inflows as Investors Return to North American Equities

April sees £1.5 billion inflows as investors return to North American equities

Inflows of £1.5 billion were recorded in April, a slight increase on March’s £1.3 billion and a sixth consecutive month of inflows, according to data published today by the Investment Association (IA). Equity outflows narrowed sharply to -£689 million from -£1.3 billion in March. Investors returning to equities did so predominantly through index trackers, with equity tracker funds drawing inflows of £1.7 billion against active equity outflows of…

April sees £1.5 billion inflows as investors return to North American equities

Inflows of £1.5 billion were recorded in April, a slight increase on March’s £1.3 billion and a sixth consecutive month of inflows, according to data published today by the Investment Association (IA). Equity outflows narrowed sharply to -£689 million from -£1.3 billion in March. Investors returning to equities did so predominantly through index trackers, with equity tracker funds drawing inflows of £1.7 billion against active equity outflows of…

IA: Money market fund outflows surge in April

UK retail investors have rekindled their love affair with US equity funds and spectacularly sold out of short-term money market funds, according to data from the Investment Association (IA). Having piled a record £2.1bn of money into the IA Short Term Money Market sector in March, IA data in April showed the sector saw some £856m of net outflows, making it the least popular peer group in the month. Conversely, having seen net outflows of £179m i…