Investors Dismiss Omicron Risk in December, Pushing Full-Year Equity Inflows to Record Levels for 2021

Published: January 06, 2022

Hopes that Omicron’s impact will be less severe than past waves swept a flurry of optimism through UK investors in December.

Savers added £1.0bn in new cash to their equity holdings during the month, taking the 2021 net inflow to a record £14.2bn, according to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone. In 2015, the last high point, inflows reach £11.6bn.

Key highlights from this month’s FFI: