Post-financial crisis: Where did your money work the hardest?
8 Aug 17
This Wednesday (9 August) marks 10 years since the global financial crisis began, the morning BNP Paribas finally halted redemptions from funds containing now-infamous CDO instruments. We take a look at six sectors to see where you would have been best placed to invest in the decade that followed.
Often talked about as a prime area for investing, the Japan sector returned 90.48% over the 10 years since the crisis.
The worst performer in the space was the Fidelity Japan fund, which disappointed with returns of 45.52%.
The Threadneedle Japan and Santander Japanese Equities funds also lagged behind the sector average with respective returns of 53% and 54%.
In stark contrast was Legg Mason’s Japan Equity fund.
It returned 375.74% over the 10 years, outpacing even Asia-specialists Baillie Gifford where its Japanese Fund returned 185.42%, making it the second best performer over the period.
