Are UK investment assets becoming more attractive? Yahoo Finance readers have their say
Earlier this week, investment bank Peel Hunt (PEEL.L) said it was seeing more positivity from institutional investors towards the UK market.
In its full-year results, published on Monday, Peel Hunt said: "Following the challenging market conditions of February and March, FY26 has started more positively, with the Trump administration agreeing a number of trade deals, including with the UK, and with interest rates having been cut by the Bank of England.
"We are seeing a rotation out of US assets into Europe and greater institutional positivity towards the UK."
The investment bank said that equity capital market (ECM) activity in the UK "remains generally subdued but could gain traction should macroeconomic conditions continue to stabilise."
Read more: Why the UK's AIM is struggling 30 years on
The UK's FTSE 100 (^FTSE) is up nearly 8% year-to-date, while the US S&P 500 (^GSPC) index is just 1.7% in the green since the start of 2025, with concerns about the economic impact of US president Donald Trump's tariffs weighing on investor sentiment.
On the back of the FTSE's latest record close last week, Saxo Markets UK investor strategist Neil Wilson said that the UK blue-chip index has "rallied somewhat against the odds with broad-based gains among its diverse membership".
"I think we have clearly seen a rotation in global equity markets as investors have for the first time in years questioned the TINATA — there is no alternative to America," he said said. "Investors are looking elsewhere and consistently conversations with clients revolve around geographic diversification and reducing exposure to the US."
At the start of the week, we asked Yahoo Finance UK readers whether UK investment assets were becoming more attractive. We received 201 responses, with 41% of readers believing that the UK market was becoming more appealing, while 38% disagreed and 21% were undecided on the matter.
Read more:
UK consumers braced for petrol price hikes
Bank of England holds interest rates at 4.25% amid inflation fears
Eurozone inflation falls below ECB target to 1.9%
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