Calastone: Investors pull a record net £1.9bn from equity funds in August

Sector and ESG funds saw inflows

Valeria Martinez
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UK investors pulled a record net £1.9bn from equity funds, easily beating the previous records set in June and July 2016 following the Brexit vote, but sector and ESG funds experienced inflows.

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