Revealed: The best and worst performers in September's ETF Select 100

Energy ETFs among best performers

Bond ETFs were among the worst performing vehicles in Selftrade's ETF Select 100 list during September while energy ETFs dominated the charts amid rising Brent crude prices.

The poor performance of bond products was largely driven by the Federal Reserve's announcement of plans to begin reducing its $4.5trn balance sheet in October. According to data from Selftrade and ITI Group, the iShares $ Treasury Bond 1-3yr UCITS ETF was the worst performing bond ETFs during the month, declining 5.6%, while the iShares $ Short Duration Corporate Bond and iShares $ Treasury Bond 20+yr UCITS ETFs fell 5.5% and 5.3% respectively. This month, the Fed will stop reinvesting the proceeds of maturing debt accumulated through a variety of its QE programmes. However, the bi...