The £4.8bn Jupiter European fund, managed by Alexander Darwall, has piqued the most adviser interest over 2017 with the most searches on FE Analytics, the investment research and analysis tool.
The European fund is up 27% year-to-date, outperforming both its FTSE World Europe ex UK benchmark (18.5%) and its IA Europe ex UK sector average (18%) over the same period. This is its first time it has achieved top place and it led the pack by some way, with advisers researching the fund 47% more than the second most-researched vehicle, Fundsmith Equity. The Jupiter fund was awarded the maximum five FE Crown rating at the last ratings rebalance and also features in the FE Approved List. Meanwhile, last year's most-searched fund, Standard Life's Global Absolute Return Strategies (...
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