One to Watch: Natixis Loomis Sayles US Equity Leaders

Although the S&P 500 index suffered its worst annual performance since 2008 last year, large technology positions and a focus on the growth drivers of tomorrow helped boost returns for the Natixis Loomis Sayles US Equity Leaders fund in 2015.

While Boston-based investment manager Loomis Sayles runs over 30 funds across a variety of sectors, only two OEICs are currently available in the UK via Natixis Global AM.   The US Equity Leaders fund was launched in the UK in April 2013, as a version of an existing US strategy in existence since 2006. It returned 11.7% over the past year according to FE Trustnet, beating both its S&P 500 benchmark and the IA North America sector. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 returned just 0.7% over 2015, while the sector was up 3.2%. Since launch the fund is up 44.8%, versus 28% for the IA North America se...