Trustnet Magazine 49 March 2019 | Page 48

In the back [ PLATFORMS & PENSIONS ] 48 / 49 In the second of a two-part special, AltRetire’s John Blowers finds out which funds have made it on to every platform’s buy-list The A-list: Part II L ast month, John Blowers began to scrutinise the buy-lists of five popular platforms to see how much agreement there was between each one. He then checked whether this corresponded with table- topping performance and the maximum FE Crown Rating. The first article in the two-part series covered funds in areas such as Asia, emerging markets, Europe, corporate & government bonds, ethical and Europe. Here, he finishes the job. FE TRUSTNET Global There is little overlap in terms of global funds, although Fidelity Global Special Situations (18th by five- year performance), Newton Global Income and Rathbone Global Opportunities have been picked twice each. The top three funds by performance over five years are Morgan Stanley Global Opportunity, Lindsell Train Global Equity and Fundsmith Equity, all with five FE Crowns. Hargreaves Lansdown AJ Bell Youinvest Barclays Fidelity Interactive Investor The Wealth 50 Favourite Funds Barclays Fund List The Select 50 Super 60 Lindsell Train Global Equity Baillie Gifford Global Alpha Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity BNY Mellon Long- Term Global Equity iShares Core / MSCI World ETF Jupiter Global Value Equity Fidelity Global Special Situations - Fidelity Global Special situations Fundsmith Equity Rathbone Global Opportunities Fidelity Index World Fund - Rathbone Global Opportunities F&C Investment Trust Newton Global Income Newton Global Income - - Standard Life Global Smaller Companies Artemis Global Income Schroder Global Recovery - - Scottish Mortgage IT L&G International Index Trust Standard Life Global Smaller Companies - - Artemis Global Growth TB Saracen Global Income & Growth - - iShares Core MSCI World - - trustnet.com