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Liontrust - Geared play on market

March 2024

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  • Epic Code:
  • LIO
  • Price:
  • 643p
In recent weeks, several asset managers (eg. Premier Miton, Polar Capital, Impax and Jupiter) have reported results. They have all been hit by the relentless barrage of outflows from UK funds, and UK equities in particular, with 31 consecutive months of outflows as investors sought the safety of cash and bonds. Over £1.2bn has poured out of the equity market in many of the recent months hitting Liontrust’s UK All Companies, UK Equity and UK Smaller funds. If you haven’t already realised it, this fund selling is what has been keeping a lid on small caps since rates began to climb. In theory you could buy any of these asset managers as a geared play on the expectation that interest rates will fall, this sell down cannot last for eve ...

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