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Iseq fund investment down 28% since 2021 peak

Fund managers held just under €14 billion in Euronext Dublin at the end of February as professional investors opting to invest elsewhere

At the end of 2021, which was considered a pinnacle year for the Irish stock exchange, there were 2,635 European-domiciled funds invested in its companies. Picture: Spencer Platt

European fund managers held just under €14 billion in the Iseq all share at the end of February this year, down from the 10-year peak of €19.4 billion a little over two years ago.

At the end of 2021, which was considered a pinnacle year for the Irish stock exchange, there were 2,635 European-domiciled funds invested in Irish companies. At that time the funds held about 0.36 per cent of their overall capital in the ...