Top 20 Investment Funds

 Trying to pick an investment fund to invest in can be a mind boggling exercise. Even for those of us who work in the industry it is at best a time consuming task.

Citywire, an industry publication, have helpfully produced Citywire Selection which is a short list from over a thousand investments which they consider the best.

How do they do it?

‘’Drawing on [their] Citywire Fund Manager Rating heritage, [they] started from a quant base, looking for funds that could demonstrate consistent outperformance with regard to the risks their managers took to get there.

Different vehicles, of course, require different methods of scrutiny; absolute return funds delight investors with low volatility and limited downside, so that is what [they] look for. As for ETFs, it is price, liquidity and counterparty risk that really count.’’

The funds/investments are picked in isolation and not as a balanced portfolio. Just because Citywire like the fund does not necessarily mean it is right for you. But what their list does to give a guided selection of those they consider worth looking into.

 So below I have listed their top 20 star fund picks along with their relevant sectors.

 

Citywire’s Top 20 fund picks

FUND	SECTOR
Gartmore UK Absolute Return	Absolute Return
Ruffer Investment Company	Absolute Return
Standard Life Investment GARS	Absolute Return
First State Asia Pacific Leaders	Asia Pacific
GLG Japan CoreAlpha	Asia Pacific
Investec Emerging Market Debt	Bonds
M&G Optimal Income	Bonds
Old Mutual Global Strategic Bond	Bonds
ETFS Physical Gold	Commodities
Cazenove European	European Equities
Aberdeen Emerging Markets	Global Emerging
Aberdeen World Equity	Global Equities
M&G Global Basics	Global Equities
Newton Global Higher Income	Income
Invesco Perpetual High Income	Income
Jupiter Merlin Balanced Growth	Managed
Neptune US Opportunities	North America
Henderson Global Technology	Specialist Equities
JOCHIM UK Opportunities	UK Equities
M&G Recovery	UK Equities

(Source Citywire)