Interest in Europe rises on back of a weak euro

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Investor sentiment to Europe has been improving this year, though the market has been slightly overs...

Investor sentiment to Europe has been improving this year, though the market has been slightly overshadowed by attention given to stock market volatility. Craig Heron, senior research analyst at Edinburgh Fund Managers says: "Sentiment to Europe has improved in the past few months. People are generally comfortable having a reasonable percentage of their portfolio invested in Europe. In August, just over £300m went to European unit trusts, the second largest inflow across all sectors behind the US." John Hatherly, head of global analysis at M&G says: "Until August retail investors were get...

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