Absolute return funds post double-digit losses in Q1 while small-cap and tech mandates leap ahead

City Financial fund named the worst

Beth Brearley
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The recently suspended City Financial Absolute Equity fund was by the far the worst-performing fund in the first quarter of this year, FE data shows, alongside a number of other absolute return mandates.

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