Global Britain: should the dramatic shift in ownership of the UK stock market be feared or cheered?
Domestic investors no longer rule the roost in the UK stock market. We look at why foreign investors now dominate and what it means for investing. By Duncan Lamont, CFA Head of Research and Analytics
How global will Britain be in future? This is a question that polarises opinion. But while the UK still needs to define its place in a post-Brexit world, its financial markets have never been more populated with foreigners.
According to data from the Office for National Statistics, more than half of the UK stock market is owned by international investors, a figure that continued to rise even after the Brexit referendum.