Coronavirus fears drive £1.6bn of equity fund outflows in one week

Global equity funds saw worst week on record

Lauren Mason
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The coronavirus-induced market sell-off caused almost £1.6bn of outflows from equity funds in just one week, according to Calastone's February Fund Flow Index (FFI), as global stockmarkets suffered their biggest drawdown since the throes of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.

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