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Net retail outflows total £2.3bn in 2025 amid high equity redemptions

By Jack Gray

5/2/26

Net retail outflows totalled £2.3bn in 2025, the same level as the previous year, as uncertainty and volatility affected investor risk sentiment, the Investment Association (IA) has revealed

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