Trustnet Insurance Funds / Sector analysis

38 Sectors

Rank	Sector	1m	3m	6m	1y	3y	5y
1	Asia Pacific Excluding Jap	+3.7	+4.3	-4.1	+16.7	+84.1	+166.2
2	Asia Pacific Inc Japan	+4.7	+6.3	+0.3	+8.0	+52.3	+112.0
3	Balanced Managed	+2.7	+5.0	-1.1	-1.9	+29.4	+60.2
4	Cautious Managed	+1.7	+2.3	-2.0	-3.4	+16.0	+34.3
5	Commodity & Energy	+1.4	+5.7	+1.8	+21.9	+113.2	+158.0
6	Defensive Managed	+1.0	+0.6	-1.2	-1.8	+9.5	+20.6
7	Distribution	+1.9	+2.0	-3.1	-5.1	+11.2	+27.9
8	Europe Excluding UK	+2.1	+10.2	+0.1	+0.3	+55.3	+107.4
9	Europe Including UK	+2.0	+10.2	-0.9	-1.8	+45.7	+86.6
10	Fixed Int-Global	+0.2	+1.4	+5.4	+6.2	+7.8	+8.9
11	Flexible Managed	+3.3	+6.1	-1.7	-2.1	+35.9	+74.3
12	Friendly Societies	+2.5	+2.7	-5.9	-5.7	+25.2	+57.7
13	Global Emerging Markets	+4.9	+8.0	+1.2	+20.7	+110.4	+227.8
14	Global Equities	+3.2	+6.2	-0.8	-0.0	+37.7	+67.5
15	Global High Yield	+3.7	+8.1	+1.4	+1.3	+17.7	+44.4
16	Global Property	+1.2	+3.6	-2.5	-16.3	+33.8	+48.6
17	Japan	+4.6	+7.5	+1.9	-8.5	+4.5	+40.9
18	Money	+0.3	+0.9	+1.8	+3.8	+10.4	+16.1
19	North America	+3.3	+3.8	-0.1	-4.1	+18.3	+25.8
20	Not yet assigned	+1.2	+6.7	-1.9	-0.7	+44.8	+101.0
21	Protected/Guaranteed	+1.1	+2.3	-0.3	+0.6	+17.4	+31.4
22	Specialist	+1.9	+1.1	-6.5	-9.1	+4.1	+29.5
23	Sterling Corporate Bond	+1.1	-1.6	-1.6	-1.3	+3.2	+10.9
24	Sterling High Yield	+2.6	+2.1	-2.6	-2.9	+9.0	+28.8
25	Sterling Other Fixed Interest	+2.1	+0.7	-1.9	-2.4	+7.1	+24.2
26	Sterling Pref Shs & Converts	+1.5	-0.4	-1.7	-3.0	+10.6	+46.9
27	UK All Companies	+3.9	+7.1	-3.6	-6.3	+34.3	+77.1
28	UK Direct Property	-0.8	-1.4	-11.9	-15.2	+7.6	+35.8
29	UK Equity & Bond Income	+2.0	+2.6	-2.9	-5.5	n/a	n/a
30	UK Equity Income	+2.9	+4.9	-4.9	-9.0	+27.9	+70.6
31	UK Fixed Interest	+0.9	-0.8	-0.9	-0.5	+5.0	+13.8
32	UK Gilt	-0.7	-1.2	+1.0	+3.6	+5.7	+10.7
33	UK Index-Linked Gilts	0.0	+0.5	+3.7	+9.6	+16.6	+28.8
34	UK Long Bonds	+1.1	-1.2	-1.5	-1.2	+7.5	+19.2
35	UK Property Securities	-1.4	-1.3	-9.9	-25.2	+5.4	+52.5
36	UK Smaller Companies	+4.2	+5.5	-10.6	-14.2	+30.4	+110.5
37	Unclassified	+0.4	-0.1	-3.3	-4.0	+17.8	+48.5
38	With Profits	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+2.3	+9.3	+15.8

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