Serial underperformers prop up All Cos peer group

Jupiter and Barings are best-known names among UK All Companies sector laggards

While the Saracen Growth fund topped the UK All Companies sector over three years to the end of July, the worst fund in the peer group returned just 33.85%. The CF JM Finn portfolio was joined at the bottom of the table by EFA J Brearley Premium Growth, GHC UK Equity, Nucleus Growth trust and Henderson Growth & Income, which produced respective cumulative returns of 34.85%, 36.33%, 40.35% and 42.25%. Other poor performers came from the £66m Baring UK Growth, the £36m Jupiter Growth & Income, the £38m Tilney UK Equity and the £35m Sovereign Ethical. Over the three-year period, the Barings...