Top IMA sector returns 0% in September

No IMA sector was able to generate an average positive return in September, with a flat result for the Money Market category providing the only respite from last month’s stock turmoil.

The Money Market sector’s 0% return led a 0.36% decline for UK Gilt and 2.36% dip for Guaranteed/Protected vehicles (Morningstar figures).

Fidelity FundsNetwork September stats showed UK Equity Income was still the most popular sector, but its share of sales dived 33% on August. UK All Companies was next, followed by the Specialist sector.

Skandia Q3 stats also released today showed UK equity funds were the most popular on its Selestia Investment Solutions platform.

The best selling funds on FundsNetwork in September across all channels and wrappers were the consistent investor favourites; Neil Woodford’s Invesco Perpetual High Income and Mark Lyttleton’s BlackRock UK Absolute Alpha.

"Generally all asset classes were affected by market turbulence during the month of September with the money market sector flat and all other areas in negative territory,” FundsNetwork head David Dalton-Brown says.

“Caution continued to prevail among investors with cash, fixed income and domestic equities remaining the funds in favour."

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