25 May 2018 What drove Gatekeepers in 2017?
We compared Gatekeepers in 2017 to 2016 to look for any emerging trends or changing preferences. But it's safe to say that 2017 can be characterised as a year when Gatekeepers continued to stick with big-name funds, despite their non-appearance as top performers. Meanwhile lesser-known funds outperformed, but were unable to get on fund selectors' radars or if they had been noticed, get fund selectors to up their exposure. Fund groups The fund groups with the most selections in 2017 were still the behemoths of the UK industry. Overall, BlackRock was the most popular, leapfrogging Fidelity and Schroders to become the group