Invesco’s latest assessment of value report flagged three funds for failing to deliver value: the Invesco Japanese Equity Advantage (UK) fund, the Invesco UK Companies fund and the Invesco European Equity Income (UK) fund.
Martin Walker’s £130m Invesco UK Companies fund has delivered a 65.5% return over five years but failed to beat the FTSE All Share.
Performance of the fund vs sector and benchmark over past 5yrs
Source: FE Analytics
Invesco said the fund’s manager and investment process were changed in September last year and argued that fund is better positioned to deliver value in the future.
The £452m Invesco European Equity Income fund was also flagged for failing to beat its benchmark, the IA Europe Excluding UK sector, over the past one, three and 10 years.
Performance of fund vs sector and benchmark over the past 10 yrs
Source: FE Analytics
The assessment of value report added: “The team has taken action to address performance challenges and will need time to assess whether the changes made are resulting in better performance outcomes.”
Finally, the £94m Invesco Japanese Equity Advantage (UK) also underperformed over the past three, five and 10 years, ranking within the third or bottom quartile of its peer group. Over 10 years it is the worst performing fund in the sector, up by just 49.9% compared to a sector average of 100.6%.
However, recent performance is better, with the fund up 7.7% over the past year, outperforming the sector average and benchmark.
Performance of fund vs sector and benchmark over one year
Source: FE Analytics
This improvement was attributed to changes made last year, when FE fundinfo Alpha Manager Tadao Minaguchi took over from the previous manager and the fund’s emphasis on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria was removed. Invesco conceded that it “needs time to assess if the changes made are resulting in better performance” but concluded that no further action is currently required.