EQ Rated Funds

These are the current EQ top fund picks in each sector which form the core of our model portfolios. Less than 10% of all active fund managers consistently beat their benchmarks over the long term, so we are prepared to use low cost tracker funds unless we are convinced about the potential for outperformance.

Growth
Bonds: Corporate Credit - HY
	AXA Pan European High Yield Bond	A fund focusing on the European high yield bond market	Details
	AXA US Short Duration High Yield	A high yield bond funds which invests in securities that have a maturity of under 3 years.	Details
	AXA (LUX) Pan European High Yield Bond	A fund focusing on the European high yield bond market	Details
Equities: Thematic
	CT Responsible Global Equity	A global equity fund investing in companies considered to be making a positive contribution to society and the environment.	Details
	Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust	A global equity investment trust investing in both public and private companies with strong growth prospects.	Details
	First Sentier Global Listed Infrastructure Fund	The fund focuses on identifying stocks that are under-priced with respect to their quality in sectors with Infrastructure characteristics such as long-duration cash flows and inflation linked revenues.	Details
	GAM Star Disruptive Growth	An equity fund investing globally in a diversified portfolio of technology related companies.	Details
	Impax Environmental Markets	A fund that looks to deliver a portfolio of stocks that play into broad environmental themes that are chosen for their positive impact as well as the potential for compelling returns.	Details
	Pictet Water	A fund that invests in equities that benefit from the global growth in demand for clean water and related industries.	Details
	Impax Environmental Leaders	A fund managed by the largest independent environmentally focused investment house that looks to deliver a portfolio of stocks that play into resource efficiency themes.	Details
	Polar Capital Biotechnology	A thematic equity fund that gives investors access to both large and small companies in the rapidly growing biotechnology space	Details
	Baillie Gifford Positive Change	A global equity fund investing across both developed and emerging markets and focused on a number of social and environmental impact themes that are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.	Details
	Baillie Gifford Worldwide Positive Change	A global equity fund investing across both developed and emerging markets and focused on a number of social and environmental impact themes that are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.	Details
	Baillie Gifford Worldwide Health Innovation	A thematic equity fund investing at the edge of innovation within the healthcare sector, with a focus on companies transforming human health or improving existing healthcare systems.	Details
	Ninety One Global Environment	Helping drive the shift in energy systems and transport to result in decarbonisation.	Details
	Baillie Gifford Health Innovation	A thematic equity fund investing at the edge of innovation within the healthcare sector, with a focus on companies transforming human health or improving existing healthcare systems.	Details
	Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust	A global equity investment trust that invests across both developed and emerging markets and focused on a number of social and environmental impact themes that are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.	Details
	Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions	A global equity fund that is invested across a number of high impact themes that are positively linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.	Details
	Regnan (Ire) Global Equity Impact Solutions	A global equity fund that is invested across a number of high impact themes that are positively linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.	Details
	M&G Global Sustainable Paris Aligned	The fund invests in a concentrated portfolio of quality, sustainable companies that are expected to contribute towards achieving the Paris Agreement climate change goals.	Details
	Aviva Climate Transition Global Equity	A long-only global equity fund which employs a robust, best-in-class integration of environmental analysis throughout the investment process.	Details
	Sanlam Global Artificial Intelligence	Invests in companies whose products or services are involved in Artificial Intelligence.	Details
Equities: Japan
	Baillie Gifford Japanese	An equity fund investing in large sized Japanese companies.	Details
	Morant Wright Nippon Yield Fund	A Japanese equity fund that invests in companies with strong financial positions in order to support high dividend yields relative to the market.	Details
Equities: Emerging Markets
	Federated Hermes Global Emerging Markets	An equity fund investing predominately in stocks of emerging market countries.	Details
	Abrdn EM Sustainable Development Equity	An emerging market equity fund investing predominately in stocks which make positive contribution to society and delivering attractive return.	Details
	Stewart Investors Global Emerging Markets Leaders Sustainability	The Global Emerging Market Leaders Sustainability fund launched in 2021, The team invests into 35-50 high-quality emerging markets companies that they consider to be well positioned to contribute to and benefit from sustainable development.	Details
Equities: UK
	Royal London Sustainable Leaders Trust	This is a UK Equity fund that will predominately invest in large cap stocks chosen for their positive impact on society and the environment.	Details
	Ninety One UK Sustainable Equity	This fund invests in quality companies that exhibit strong internal and external sustainability within the sustainable themes developed by Ninety One. The fund has a differentiated approach that combines ESG, investment returns and impact	Details
Equities: Asia
	Federated Hermes Asia ex-Japan Equity	A fund that follows a contrarian strategy, investing in large sized companies in the Pacific.	Details
Equities: Europe
	UBAM Positive Impact Equity	A European equity fund that invests in companies with products and / or services that aim to deliver positive social and environmental impact.	Details
	Amundi MSCI Europe SRI PAB Index	A tracker offering exposure to the MSCI Europe SRI Index performance.	Details
	FP Carmignac European Leaders	A European ex UK equity fund that invests in quality companies with long-term prospects irrespective of the macroeconomic environment.	Details
Equities: Global
	Templeton Global Climate Change	A value-orientated environmental equity fund adapted from an existing global equity strategy.	Details
Equities: US & North America
	Janus Henderson US Sustainable Equity	The fund focuses on US companies that have a positive impact on the environment and society, their low-carbon investment approach aims to deliver compounding growth and attractive investment returns.	Details

Mixed Investments
Mixed Investments: IA OE Mixed Investment 20-60%
	Capital Gearing	A mixed-asset fund investing across asset classes, both risk assets at an intrinsic discount, as well as a variety of defensive strategies to provide suitable ballast. This is a relatively cautious fund focused on providing positive absolute returns across the market cycle, with low volatility.	Details
	CG Absolute Return	A mixed-asset fund investing across asset classes, both risk assets at an intrinsic discount, as well as a variety of defensive strategies to provide suitable ballast. This is a relatively cautious fund focused on providing positive absolute returns across the market cycle, with low volatility.	Details
Mixed Investments: IA OE Mixed Investments 0-35%
	Ninety One Diversified Income	A fund investing across the full spectrum of asset classes, allocating across equities, bonds, commodities, infrastructure, property, in addition to a derivative overlay to offer protection.	Details

Defensive
Bonds: Short Dated
	TwentyFour Monument Bond	A fixed income fund investing exclusively in lower risk Asset Backed Securities across Europe.	Details
	Insight High Grade ABS	An asset backed securities (ABS) strategy focused on high quality paper in the European market.	Details
	L&G Short Dated Sterling Corporate Bond Index	A fund that tracks the performance of investment grade sterling corporate bonds with maturities of 1-5 years.	Details
	EdenTree Responsible & Sustainable Short Dated Bond	A high quality investment grade only bond fund, with its strategy built upon a “profit with principles” approach which is achieved by investing responsible in sustainable businesses.	Details
Bonds: Government Bonds
	Vanguard UK Government Bond Index	A fund that looks to track the performance of UK government bonds	Details
	Vanguard US Government Bond Index	A fund that looks to track the performance of US government bonds	Details
Bonds: Corporate Credit - IG
	Liontrust Sust Future Corporate Bond	A fixed income fund that focuses mainly on the bonds of UK corporates which make a positive contribution to society and the environment through sustainable and socially responsible practices	Details
	Rathbone Ethical Bond	A fixed income fund that focuses on the bonds of UK corporates that are engaged in activities with a benefit to society and the environment	Details
	CT UK Social Bond	A fund that focuses on the corporate bonds of UK corporates and institutions which make a positive contribution to society.	Details
	Allianz Green Bond	The fund invests in green bonds, which are bonds issued to finance projects meeting specific environmental criteria. The Allianz Green Bond fund was one of the first funds to invest in this area, and still boasts one of the largest and most experienced teams.	Details
	CT European Social Bond	A fund that focuses on the corporate bonds of European corporates and institutions which make a positive contribution to society.	Details
	Rathbone (Lux) Ethical Bond	A fixed income fund that focuses on the bonds of UK corporates that are engaged in activities with a benefit to society and the environment.	Details
	Wellington Global Impact Bond	A global investment grade fund aiming to achieve both attractive financial returns and a meaningful social and/or environmental impact.	Details
Bonds: Flexible Bonds
	EdenTree Responsible & Sustainable Sterling Bond	A fixed income fund that focuses mainly on the bonds of UK corporates which make a positive contribution to society and the environment through sustainable and socially responsible practices	Details
	Janus Henderson Strategic Bond	A flexible bond fund which can rotate through the various parts of the fixed income markets, depending on economic outlook and valuations.	Details
	TwentyFour Dynamic Bond	An unconstrained fixed income fund that invests in a broad range of bonds and fixed-income assets, managed by a team of industry veterans who were involved in the development of the fixed income markets over the last 25 years.	Details
	TwentyFour Strategic Income	An unconstrained fixed income fund that invests in a broad range of bonds and fixed-income assets, managed by a team of industry veterans who were involved in the development of the fixed income markets over the last 25 years.	Details
	Pimco GIS Climate Bond		Details
Bonds: Inflation Linked Bonds
	Royal London Global Index Linked	An inflation-linked government bond fund with geographically diversified exposure to the government index linked bond market.	Details
	Royal London Short Duration Global Index Linked	An inflation-linked government bond fund with geographically diversified short duration exposure to the government index linked bond market.	Details

Alternatives
Infrastructure: Infrastructure
	FP Foresight UK Infrastructure Income	A fund of funds investing in physical infrastructure assets which are vital to a well-functioning society and should offer an attractive return profile over time.	Details
Property: Property
	UK Commercial Property REIT	UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) invests exclusively into UK commercial real estate.	Details
Property: Global Property
	Sarasin Sustainable Global Real Estate Equity	A fund that invests in ethically screened securities of real estate companies globally with a focus on sustainable buildings.	Details
Absolute Return: Multi Strategy
	BNY Mellon Real Return	A global multi-asset fund attempting to achieve a positive return over a three year rolling period, irrespective of market movements.	Details
	Ninety One Global Macro Alternative	The Ninety One Global Macro Alternatives fund is a multi-asset strategy aiming to generate differentiated total returns with variable correlation over time through a top-down macro-thematic, dynamic asset allocation driven process.	Details
	Trium Climate Impact Fund	Trium Climate Impact Fund is a long/short market neutral equity strategy. The long book will invest in companies that provide environmental solutions, alternative energy infrastructure and clean technology, while the short book will hedge the long book’s market and factor risk.	Details
Absolute Return: Directional Trading
	Montlake DUNN WMA Institutional	Follows systematic trends, encompassing global financial, energy, metal and agriculture.	Details
	JPMorgan Global Macro Sustainable	The fund should be viewed as an Absolute Return vehicle, attempting to generate a return of cash + 7% by identifying and investing in macroeconomic themes globally that are likely to drive asset prices.	Details
Absolute Return: Relative Value
	Goldman Sachs Global Strategic Macro Bond	The fund invests in global fixed income markets, focused mostly on developed market interest rates and currencies. The investment philosophy is focused on macroeconomic fundamentals and takes both long and short positions across markets.	Details

EQ Fund Selection

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