'I am a fan of Rachel Reeves': The chancellor is winning over some global fund managers

‘I am one of the few UK bulls’

Eve Maddock-Jones
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The UK’s unloved status among the global investment sect has been a long-term trend, but the country's first female chancellor has won back some non-domestic mandates with her clear vision and plan for investment revival.

Since coming into office last year, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has worked to instil a message of stability and reassurance into the UK economy, as all politicians attempt to do, with arguably mixed results. Trump's tariff tumult to partly return as concerns of US recession mount The multi-billion pound ‘black hole' reportedly left by her Tory predecessors was a confronting challenge, and Reeves' plans to deal with it initially failed to win back global managers. Many managers exited the UK in 2016 following the Brexit vote, choosing to avoid the political volatility and weaknesses th...

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