Whether you’re looking for highly rated UK funds, more adventurous investments from the emerging markets or even specialist funds such as those investing in property, you will find our top picks here. We update the list twice a year, so only funds we believe are of the highest quality make it in.

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Our new fund rating system

At the beginning of 2019 we revamped our fund rating system to focus on those funds in which we have the highest conviction. We now have a smaller, more concentrated list of rated funds which we believe are the best of the best. And instead of using a range of ratings, from now on all funds will simply be rated or unrated.

You may be familiar with our previous star rating system, where each fund was awarded between one and five stars. Broadly, our rated funds are those that previously held three, four or five stars (although there are some exceptions).

This means that you will no longer see star ratings listed for any of the funds on our website. Instead, if a fund is rated you will see this symbol: 

How we select funds

Our rated funds are those that we have the most conviction in. When rating funds, we track the performance of the fund manager rather than reviewing a fund’s historical returns. We also look at the people, processes and philosophy behind each fund.

• Our team has hundreds of face-to-face meetings with managers each year
• We examine the full record of each manager in their relevant sector and carry out statistical analysis to check that this performance is the result of skill rather than chance
• We also consider qualitative factors, such as whether there is a consistent investment approach and how closely the manager’s interests are aligned with those of their investors