Managers' cash levels slump and equity allocation soars to pre-Covid levels in Q4

UK, European and Japanese stocks bounce back

Lauren Mason
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UK, European and Japanese stocks have come back into favour among fund-of-fund managers, according to Harrington Cooper's latest quarterly Asset Allocation Tracker, which found that equity levels have returned to pre-Covid levels for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.

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