Retail investors pull money from UK equity funds for tenth year in row

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Why it matters

Retail investors have pulled money from UK equity funds for the tenth consecutive year, with £11.1bn in outflows in 2025, despite the FTSE 100 surging 21.5% - its biggest gain since 2009.

Expected market reaction

Bearish Confidence 80% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: Moderate

Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 80% confidence.

Evidence trail

Evidence
Claim Retail investors pull money from UK equity funds for tenth year in row
AI inference Bearish · 80%
Generated 2026-02-07 08:21

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Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
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Original source

Funds suffer £11.1bn in outflows in 2025 despite FTSE 100 surging 21.5 per cent — its biggest gain since 2009

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Original article published by Financial Times on February 7, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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