13/10/2026
Last year's best-performing fund is one of the least reliable guides to next year's.
It's one of the most well-documented patterns in performance data: the fund that tops the tables one year often slips into the bottom half, sometimes the fourth quartile, the next.
Performance-chasing feels intuitive: buy what's working. Chase it, and you're just as likely to buy in right before it falls back down the rankings.
Our house view stays the same regardless of which fund topped the tables last quarter: process over headlines. Holding on when it's uncomfortable is the harder discipline, but it's usually the right one. As Nick puts it: ignore the noise.
Follow for the view behind the headlines.