UK Funds: Performance & Attribution Review, Q3 2024

249 UK Equity funds, AUM $180bn

UK Funds: Performance & Attribution Review, Q3 2024

Summary

In the third quarter of 2024, active UK funds delivered an average return of +2.65%, outperforming the SPDRs FTSE All Share ETF by +0.18%. A slight majority of 51.5% of funds managed to beat the benchmark.

 

Fund returns ranged from a high of +7.8% to a low of -3.7%, with most funds falling between 0% and 6%. Value and Yield strategies once again led performance, while Growth and GARP funds underperformed the benchmark on average.

 

Stock-level analysis highlights that underweights in AstraZeneca, HSBC, Shell, BP, and Glencore contributed positively, while underweights in Rolls Royce, British American Tobacco, and Unilever negatively impacted relative returns.

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