U.K. Equities Are Global Pariahs Amid Fears of Messy Brexit
Can U.K. stocks get any less love on the global stage? Allocation to British equities dropped to a net 28 percent underweight in a Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of global fund managers released Tuesday, the biggest drop since May 2016. It is no wonder: in dollar terms, the country’s shares have plunged to the lowest versus global equities since the 1970s, according to MSCI indexes.