IA reports first monthly retail outflows since Brexit vote

Negative retail sales in August

Laura Dew
clock • 2 min read

Monthly net retail sales were negative in August for the first time since the 2016's EU referendum with £217m of outflows, according to the latest Investment Association statistics.

Europe and UK equities were worst affected by negative sentiment which meant total funds under management for the IA universe remained flat at £1.2trn.  UK equity funds, which combine the IA UK All Companies, UK Equity Income and UK Smaller Companies sectors, saw further outflows of £429m, up from outflows of £315m in July.  In particular, the UK All Companies sector was the worst-selling sector overall with outflows of £356m.  European equities was also out of favour with £303m of redemptions, nearly double the £156m outflows reported in July.  Instead, investors were favouring...

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