Active funds come out top in Fundscape performance experiment

Royal London Sustainable World fund tops table

Victoria McKeever
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Active funds from Royal London and Architas, as well as 'control' active funds, have topped the six month performance chart in Fundscape's 'The Great British Wealth Off' challenge.

On £300 invested at the experiment's launch in February, Royal London's active Sustainable World fund led the chart, having seen 10% growth in the half-year period, bringing the value of the investment up to £330. The control active fund, constructed by GBi² managing director Graham Bentley, came second after growing 7% to £321, followed by Architas' MA Active Progressive fund, which grew 6% to £318. However, the active MI Hawksmoor Vanbrugh fund diverged from this trend, slipping to second to last place in the table after it experienced a mere 4% growth, bringing the value up to £313...

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