2009 – The Year Of Private Investments
According to research by the Investment Management Association, 2009 witnessed huge volumes of private investment across property, savings accounts and equity funds compared to 2008.
During their research, the IMA discovered that ten times more money was invested into private investment funds which enabled their net sales to soar above the £2 billion mark for 8 months in a row.
And this is a stark difference to 2008 where inflows topped only £2.3 billion (10% of 2009’s current figures).
Yet investment funds are not the only niche to have experienced a resurgence in interest over the last 12 months:
- Sales of individual savings accounts have risen to £2.6 billion – their highest since 2002
- Equity funds outsold corporate bond funds in the 3 months leading up to November as investors took advantage of the 20% FTSE recovery
- Equity inflows rose to an astounding £930 million compared to the £187 million inflows which went into bond funds
- Property funds were at their highest selling capacity in November with property investors becomingly increasing confident that commercial property prices was going to rise by 78% in 2010
It is undeniable that 2009 has defied the odds and have ended on a high. With all areas experiencing stronger more powerful inflows, we can only hope this will continue into 2010
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