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Investors hunt in Brexit bargain bin as UK equity flows turn corner

A positive turn for fund flows suggests UK equity managers’ pleas to regard Brexit as a buying opportunity may finally be heeded

Investors hunt in Brexit bargain bin as UK equity flows turn corner
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Flows into UK equity funds turned positive in March for the first time in months, according to the latest data, suggesting investors may finally be looking past the country’s Brexit turmoil and hunting bargains in unloved stocks.

According to fund flow statistics from EPFR Global, a data provider, global investors put a net $535m into UK equity funds in March, marking the first positive month since February 2018.

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