Calm before the storm: Investors pour £4.2bn into UK funds before virus panic

Fixed income funds see strongest inflows

Anna Fedorova
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Recent figures from the Investment Association (IA) have shown that UK retail funds raked in £4.2bn of net inflows in January, a 16% increase on the previous month and the biggest monthly inflow since January 2018, before markets were hit by coronavirus panic.

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