Trustnet Pension Funds / Sector analysis

35 Sectors

Rank	Sector	1m	3m	6m	1y	3y	5y
1	Asia Pacific Excluding Jap	+4.5	+5.5	-4.9	+18.1	+96.8	+194.7
2	Asia Pacific Inc Japan	+5.3	+6.8	-0.4	+9.4	+61.8	+131.6
3	Balanced Managed	+3.1	+6.1	-1.0	-1.8	+35.0	+70.1
4	Cautious Managed	+1.9	+2.6	-1.8	-3.1	+20.2	+42.9
5	Commodity & Energy	+0.6	+4.8	+1.2	+30.3	+178.7	+261.1
6	Defensive Managed	+1.1	+1.1	-0.6	-0.5	+13.8	+29.0
7	Europe Excluding UK	+2.2	+11.5	+0.4	+0.1	+63.4	+121.8
8	Europe Including UK	+2.8	+11.1	-0.1	-0.1	+63.6	+123.5
9	Fixed Int-Global	0.0	+1.5	+7.0	+8.4	+10.2	+11.7
10	Flexible Managed	+3.6	+7.1	-1.6	-2.1	+41.4	+86.1
11	Global Emerging Markets	+5.9	+9.6	+1.5	+24.9	+136.9	+285.5
12	Global Equities	+3.8	+7.5	-0.4	+0.2	+43.2	+78.6
13	Global High Yield	+3.9	+5.0	+1.4	+1.4	+21.1	+53.4
14	Global Property	+1.5	+4.3	-2.2	-12.5	+29.1	+64.0
15	Japan	+5.2	+8.2	+2.9	-7.6	+12.6	+53.9
16	Money	+0.4	+1.1	+2.3	+4.8	+13.2	+21.0
17	North America	+3.6	+4.2	+0.1	-4.2	+20.8	+29.6
18	Not yet assigned	+2.7	+3.8	-2.1	-1.4	+20.6	+37.8
19	Protected/Guaranteed	+0.7	+3.3	+2.3	+3.7	+21.2	+33.5
20	Specialist	+2.3	+2.8	-5.1	-7.4	+7.0	+41.6
21	Sterling Corporate Bond	+1.3	-1.7	-1.5	-1.2	+5.4	+16.8
22	Sterling High Yield	+3.0	+2.6	-2.1	-2.2	+13.1	+37.2
23	Sterling Other Fixed Interest	+2.5	+1.0	-2.0	-2.3	+9.5	+31.0
24	Sterling Pref Shs & Converts	+1.6	-0.2	-1.9	-3.4	+12.3	+56.9
25	UK All Companies	+4.3	+8.2	-3.6	-6.6	+40.0	+89.7
26	UK Direct Property	-0.6	-1.3	-12.6	-16.9	+9.0	+42.5
27	UK Equity Income	+3.1	+5.4	-5.7	-10.4	+32.7	+84.3
28	UK Fixed Interest	+0.7	-0.9	-0.3	+0.9	+7.6	+19.0
29	UK Gilt	-0.7	-1.2	+1.5	+5.0	+8.5	+15.9
30	UK Index-Linked Gilts	-0.1	+0.5	+4.4	+11.4	+20.0	+34.2
31	UK Long Bonds	+0.1	-2.0	-0.0	+2.2	+7.9	+18.7
32	UK Property Securities	-1.5	-1.7	-9.4	-27.1	+10.9	+75.0
33	UK Smaller Companies	+4.7	+6.4	-11.3	-15.4	+37.6	+136.1
34	Unclassified	+1.5	+2.2	-2.3	-2.5	+23.2	+55.1
35	With Profits	+0.2	+0.6	+1.3	+2.8	+10.6	+17.9

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