Seismic shift from UK to global equity funds in UK portfolios

Still some way to go

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Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away (June 2018 in IPE magazine to be exact), I noted that UK equities were a pariah asset. The influential Bank of America Merrill Lynch report stated that they were the most unpopular asset in April of that year.

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