Last month capped off a record year for fund inflows from UK investors, but not for funds backing British companies, which saw net outflows for the ninth year in a row.
Data from Calastone found equity funds enjoyed the most demand compared to fixed-income and other funds.
UK investors mostly put their money into global funds and those focused on North America.
UK-focused funds saw net selling of £221 million last month, which was the second-best month since May 2021, Calastone said.
Overall, UK-focused funds suffered a ninth year of outflows, and with a total of £9.6 billion the annual outflows were the worst recorded relative to the wider market since the research began.
For the year as a whole, investors added a net £27.22 billion to total equity fund holdings in 2024, exceeding the previous record of £19.8 billion from 2021.
Global equity funds were most popular at £19.5 billion of inflows, followed by almost £12 billion for North American funds.
Asia-Pacific also remained out of favour, suffering the worst outflows in the survey's history record of £1.8 billion, within which funds investing in Greater China saw outflows but Japanese equities bucked the trend.
Weak bond markets from the summer saw inflows to fixed income funds fall sharply to £1.3 billiion in 2024.
Almost all the inflow were to passive equity funds, with exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other trackers getting £29.6 billion of inflows, while actively managed funds were hit by £2.4 billion of net outflows, which bodes badly for traditional asset management companies.