UK retail sales fell £12.1bn in 2016 as investors flee equities

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Daniel Flynn
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Net retail sales of UK investment funds fell by more than £10bn year-on-year in an "extraordinary and challenging" 2016, with equities suffering a reversal of fortunes, according to the Investment Association's figures for the year.

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