Given the widespread debate over the ‘patriotic bubble’ and the combined impact that the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations and the 2012 Olympic games will have on boosting economic and consumer confidence, the new data suggests affluent investors still have significant concerns over the state of the economy and investment outlook, the report reveals.

The UK was among the top three countries across Europe with the highest proportion of investors who expected financial issues to cause them concern over the coming year (88%). Italy came top (91%) followed by Spain (88%). At the other end of the scale only 8% of UK investors expected to be concerned about how to manage their debts.

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Latest Schroders research, which is part of an annual study, tracks the outlook and habits of 1,341 affluent investors across 12 European countries.

Peter Beckett, Head of International Marketing at Schroders, said: "Whilst this summer’s patriotic events give people reason to feel upbeat, investors have not taken their eyes off important economic realities.

"Our research shows that investors across Europe have taken steps in the last year to take more control over their financial planning. Whilst this is positive, our new data also underlines that investors are still living with unprecedented economic uncertainty and this shows in their financial worries looking ahead.

"The ability to achieve growth on investments and improve returns are the overriding issues for many UK investors and exploring new opportunities to make money work harder continues to be important," he added.

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