Top 20 Funds For Spreading Global Investment Risk

Neil Woodford’s demise as a celebrated fund manager has prompted many investors to diversify – but the problem is where to look for suitable investments.

If you are making a single investment to spread across lots of different stocks, sectors and countries, then the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has put together a list of the top 20 funds that will do the job.

Investing like this lets you capture growth and income from a range of sources and spreads the risk.

Annabel Brodie-Smith, the AIC communications director, said: “With the news bringing more reasons to worry than to celebrate, many investors might take comfort from knowing their investments are spread across a wide range of different countries.

“The ability to spread your investment across a variety of companies, countries and sectors is one of the biggest benefits of collective investments, such as investment companies. Different countries will have varying economic and political environments as well as different strengths and weaknesses, so investing in a good spread of regions can make sense.

“It’s not surprising to see big, global investment companies top the list, investing in as many as 37 different countries. However, it’s interesting that some investment companies with strong sector specialisms, such as environmental or financials, are so diversified by country.”

Top 20 funds for spreading investment risk across countries

Rank	Name	AIC sector	Largest single country exposure	No of countries invested in
1	F&C	Global	52% – USA	37
2	Witan	Global	35% – UK	36
3	Genesis Emerging Markets	Global Emerging Markets	25% – China	32
4	Aberdeen Emerging Markets	Global Emerging Markets	24% – China	26
5	Utilico Emerging Markets	Global Emerging Markets	26% – Brazil	26
6	Alliance Trust	Global	47% – USA	26
7	Murray International	Global Equity Income	14% – USA	25
8	Aberdeen Frontier Markets	Global Emerging Markets	26% – Vietnam	24
9	Bankers	Global	32% – USA	24
10	BlackRock Frontiers	Global Emerging Markets	11% – Indonesia	23
11	Polar Capital Global Financials	Financials	40% – USA	23
12	Caledonia	Flexible Investment	40% – UK	23
13	Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income	Global Emerging Markets	14% – Cayman Islands	22
14	JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income	Global Emerging Markets	21% – China	20
15	Templeton Emerging Markets	Global Emerging Markets	24% – China	20
16	Henderson International Income	Global Equity Income	29% – USA	20
17	Jupiter Green	Environmental	30% – USA	20
18	Impax Environmental Markets	Environmental	43% – USA	20
19	Herald	Global Smaller Companies	51% – UK	19
20	Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus	Asia Pacific Smaller Companies	14% – Thailand	18

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