OBSR awards four funds A ratings

Old Broad Street Research has awarded four funds a new A rating.

Aberdeen World Equity, BlackRock UK Income, Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Equity and JPMorgan Emerging Markets Alpha Plus have been given a new A rating – while Threadneedle’s Latin American vehicle has seen it’s a rating reinstated. Meanwhile, the Artemis Capital fund was downgraded to A from its previous AA rating, with OBSR noting a "deterioration in the performance profile versus the index and relevant peers since mid 2007".