Why it's finally time to sing a different song about UK equities

UK equity income funds returned an average of 4.8% in the first 15 weeks of 2025

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Sid Chand Lall on why it's time to sing a different song about UK equities...

Some years ago, it was still customary to tell people who endlessly repeated themselves: "You sound like a broken record." This rebuke reflected what little remained of the golden era of vinyl and turntables. If a cursory search of the internet is any guide, there is no modern-day equivalent geared to the streaming age. Such is progress, I suppose. But no matter: investors might feel "You sound like a UK equities fund manager" does the job perfectly well. As I am only too aware, the notion of the UK market at last emerging from the shadow of its US counterpart has become wearily famil...

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