Baillie Gifford and Morgan Stanley offer worst maximum drawdowns across Global and North America funds

Biggest drawdown of -51.2%

Growth biased funds suffered the worst maximum drawdown in 2022 among global and US-focused funds, with Morgan Stanley and Baillie Gifford dominating the bottom end of the table.

In a continuation of Investment Week's study into the best and worst maximum drawdowns across a variety of equity sectors, this edition focused on the IA Global and IA North America sectors. Data provided by Morningstar Direct examined the worst peak-to-trough loss over the year to look at the UK-domiciled funds that had held up the best, and which ones had struggled defensively in an undeniably tough year. Worst maximum drawdown repeat offenders Glancing at the data as a whole, the IA Global sector comprised the majority of the bottom end of the table. The biggest global offe...