British-Based Equity Funds See Record $19 Billion Inflows in 2021: Calastone

British-Based Equity Funds See Record $19 Billion Inflows in 2021: Calastone
Wads of British Pound Sterling banknotes are stacked in piles, at the Money Service Austria company's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 16, 2017. Leonhard Foeger/Reuters
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LONDON—British-based equity funds attracted a record 14.2 billion pounds ($19.3 billion) in inflows in 2021, funds network Calastone said on Thursday, as investors piled in after government and central bank stimulus during the pandemic.

Most investors put their cash in global funds, which attracted a record 13.4 billion pounds in inflows, while emerging market funds added a record 2.2 billion pounds.