Execution Only Investments giant, Bestinvest, has published it’s latest six-monthly ‘Spot the Dog’ list.
To make it onto the list, a fund must underperform the market by 5% after fees over three years.
There are 150 funds on this list, but here are just the worst 18.
| Fund | Size | Sector | 3-year under-performance |
| Invesco High Income | £3.1bn | UK All Companies | -26% |
| Scottish Widows MM International Equity | £3.0bn | Global | -13% |
| SJP Global Equity | £2.4bn | Global | -16% |
| Fidelity Special Situations | £2.2bn | UK All Companies | -9% |
| HL Multi-Manager Income & Growth trust | £2.0bn | UK Equity Income | -12% |
| Halifax UK Equity Income | £1.7bn | UK Equity Income | -7% |
| Invesco Asian | £1.5bn | Asia Pacific | -7% |
| Invesco European Equity | £1.5bn | Europe | -21% |
| Invesco Income | £1.4bn | UK All Companies | -26% |
| Artemis Global Income | £1.4bn | Global Equity Income | -31% |
| SJP Global | £1.3bn | Global | -29% |
| Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity | £1.3bn | Global Emerging Markets | -9% |
| Jupiter Income trust | £1.2bn | UK Equity Income | -12% |
| M&G Recovery | £1.2bn | UK All Companies | -17% |
| Man GLG Japan Core Alpha | £1.2bn | Japan | -28% |
| SJP UK High Income | £1.1bn | UK Equity Income | -26% |
| Invesco Global Equity | £1.1bn | Global | -28% |
| Dimensional International Core | £1.0bn | Global | -12% |
Source: Bestinvest
There are three points I would like to make about this list
Not one of these companies on the list are in a multi asset sector, meaning that they are exposed to just one geographical sector or one asset type. In a well-balanced portfolio containing funds from other geographical areas and a mix of commercial property and bonds with the equities, then these significant falls may be offset by gains elsewhere.
Anstee & Co always recommend multi-asset funds which contain a blend of different asset types and geographical areas with the overall fund manager making the day to day decisions of where to put your money and in our view, this is the best solution for our clients.
We recommend that all investments are reviewed by an Independent Financial Adviser at least once a year.
Invesco appears five times in the above list, but it manages well over 100 funds, so the law of averages says that some are going to be good and others not so good. An Independent Financial Adviser may well recommend one of Invesco’s better funds to you but look at another fund manager for UK, European and Global Equities where they currently have problems.
St. James’s Place (SJP), on the other hand, has three funds in the above list, out of a total of just 39 funds that they offer. SJP funds are recommended by their advisers who can only recommend SJP funds, so if you need some Global or UK Equity exposure in your portfolio, you have no choice but to invest in a dog fund.
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