By Elliot Gulliver-Needham The first six months of the year saw UK investors bet big on markets and make record deposits into equity funds, with £1.7bn added in June alone. UK investors added a total of £11.4bn to equity funds in the first half of 2024, the highest on record, spurred on mainly by the popularity of North American focused funds, which brought in £7.8bn in new cash alone, according to data from Calastone. Despite this, June was a rare exception for North America funds, as investors actually withdrew £600,000 from them throughout the month, after consistently adding hundreds of mi…