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reported a difference of almost 9% between the best and worst performing FTSE 100 index tracking fun...

reported a difference of almost 9% between the best and worst performing FTSE 100 index tracking funds over the past three years. Total accumulated assets on a £1,000 investment on 1 May 1997 in the top-rated Marks & Spencer UK 100 Companies Fund, run by Barclays Global Investors, would have grown to £1,506.72 on an offer to bid basis, with income reinvested. An identical investment in the bottom-rated Scottish Widows FTSE 100 Fund, which is a rebranded Lloyds TSB fund following its takeover of Scottish Widows, would have grown to just £1,378.96. Scottish Widows Investment management al...

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