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The most popular assets on Bestinvest

Who’s buying what on Bestinvest? Every month, we share which funds, shares, ETFs and Investment Trusts our clients are investing in the most.

The value of your investments and the income from them may go down as well as up, and you could get back less than you invested.

The lists are provided for information purposes only. They should not be taken as a personal recommendation and are not intended to provide advice. All clients should carry out their own research and get financial advice before investing if unsure.

Most purchased funds by our clients

May 2025

Rank Name Type
1.

Evelyn Growth Portfolio

Fund of funds

2.

Evelyn Adventurous Portfolio

Fund of funds

3.

Artemis UK Select Fund

UK All Companies

4.

Fidelity Index World

Global

5.

Evelyn Maximum Growth Portfolio

Fund of funds

6.

TM Natixis Loomis Sayles U.S. Equity Leaders Fund

North America

7.

Fundsmith Equity Fund

Global

8.

Legal & General Global Technology Index Trust

Technology and Technology Innovation

9.

Vanguard FTSE Developed World ex UK Equity Index Fund

 Global
10.

HSBC American Index

North America

Source: Bestinvest. Note: the top 10 is based on the number of “buys” during the month.

Most purchased shares by our clients

May 2025

Rank Name Type
1.

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC

Aerospace & Defense

2.

NVIDIA Corp

Technology

3.

BP PLC

Energy

4.

Tesla Inc

Automotive and Energy

5. Marks & Spencer Group PLC Personal Goods
6.

Legal & General Group PLC

Life Insurance

7.

BAE Systems PLC

Defense and Aeronautics

8.

Greatland Gold PLC

Mining

9.

Phoenix Group Holdings PLC

Insurance

10. Filtronic PLC

IT Hardware

Most purchased Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) by our clients

May 2025

Rank Name Type
1. Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF North America
2.

Invesco Physical Gold ETC

Commodities and Natural Resources

3.

iShares Physical Gold ETC

Commodities and Natural Resources

4.

Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF

Global

5.

Invesco EQQQ Nasdaq-100 UCITS ETF

North America

6.

SPDR S&P 500 UCITS ETF

North America

7.

WisdomTree Physical Gold

Exchange Traded Funds

8.

iShares Core FTSE 100 UCITS ETF

Uk All Companies

9.

HSBC MSCI World UCITS ETF

Global

10.

iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF

Global

An ETF is an Exchange Traded Fund and an ETC is an Exchange Traded Commodity.

Most purchased Investment Trusts by our clients

May 2025

Rank Name Type
1.

Temple Bar Investment Trust PLC

UK Equity Income

2.

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC

Global

3.

JPMorgan Global Growth & Income PLC

Global Equity Income

4.

City of London Investment Trust PLC

UK Equity Income

5.

F&C Investment Trust PLC

Global

6.

Allianz Technology Trust PLC

Technology and Technology Innovation

7.

HgCapital Trust PLC

Private Equity

8.

Renewables Infrastructure Group Ltd

Renewable Infrastructure

9.

Alliance Witan PLC

Global

10.

Fidelity European Trust PLC

Europe

 

Most purchased for monthly investment savings

May 2025

Rank Name Type
1.

Evelyn Growth Portfolio

Fund of funds

2.

Evelyn Adventurous Portfolio

Fund of funds

3.

Evelyn Maximum Growth Portfolio

Fund of funds

4.

Fundsmith Equity Fund Portfolio

Global

5.

Fidelity Index World Fund

Global

6.

Vanguard LifeStrategy 100% Equity

Global

7.

TM Natixis Loomis Sayles U.S. Equity Leaders

North America

8.

Vanguard FTSE Developed World ex UK Equity Index Fund

Global

9.

Evelyn Smart Maximum Growth Portfolio

Fund of funds

10.

Vanguard LifeStrategy 80% Equity Fund

Global

 

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