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Australian funds failing to meet benchmarks
Only 6.5 per cent of Australian funds consistently beat their benchmarks consecutively over three years, according to S&P Dow Jones.
The index provider found there were relatively few funds in the ACS universe which managed to stay at the top for consecutive years. This percentage fell further when the funds were considered over a five-year period, dropping to 1.3 per cent.
The Australian Equity A-REIT sector was the most consistent with 15.8 per cent of funds in that sector outperforming over three consecutive years. However, there were zero sectors which showed high persistence in their outperforming funds over five consecutive years.
When the research examined only funds in the top quartile, it found 9.7 per cent, some 19 funds in the investment universe, maintained their top quartile rankings over three years and 2.2 per cent over five years.
Most consistent for top quartile funds was Australian Bonds with half of its top quartile funds remaining top quartile over three years while International Equity General was worst with only 1.7 per cent of funds remaining top quartile.
The report concluded: “While comparing returns against a benchmark is a common practice to evaluate the performance of active funds, performance persistence is an additional test of the fund managers’ skills at overcoming different market environments.”
AUTHOR
Laura Dew
Laura Dew is editor at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK covering asset and wealth management.
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TOP PERFORMING FUNDS
ACS FIXED INT - AUSTRALIA/GLOBAL BOND
Fund name
3y(%)pa
1
DomaCom DFS Mortgage
90.28 3 y p.a(%)
2
GAM LSA Private Shares AU I
37.08 3 y p.a(%)
3
DomaCom Lot 21 Chellaston Road Munno Para West SA 5115 Australia
31.44 3 y p.a(%)
4
Fidante Credit Suisse Global Private Equity
31.12 3 y p.a(%)
5
Global X GlobalX FANG+ ETF
28.28 3 y p.a(%)
