This article is part of the special series, Investing with ISAs.
Morningstar's 'Perspectives' series features guest contributions from third parties such as asset managers, academics and investment professionals. The below article was written by Darius McDermott, the managing director at Chelsea Financial Services.
This year, parents and grandparents are favouring overseas equities for Junior ISA investments, with more than 50% of investments going into the following categories: global, Asia ex-Japan and global emerging markets.
The best selling fund for children's investments so far is the Newton Asian Income Fund, followed by the Invesco Perpetual High Income fund and the Liontrust Special Situations fund.
Top 10 Best-Selling Funds for JISAs
Rank |
Fund |
Morningstar Analyst Rating |
Fund Manager |
1 |
Jason Pidcock & Caroline Keen |
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2 |
Neil Woodford |
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3 |
Anthony Cross & Julian Fosh |
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4 |
Stuart Rhodes |
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5 |
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6 |
Not rated |
Giles Hargreave |
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7 |
Matthew Vaight |
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8 |
Jonathan Asante & Glen Finegan |
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9 |
Christine Johnson |
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10 |
Not rated |
Thomas See & Richard Sennitt |
The majority of Junior ISAs are still being set up on behalf of older children (73%) rather than newborn children, but the overall take-up rate has increased significantly in recent months. Applications over the last six months have been more than double those received in the preceding year.
This article was written using fund and sales data that was collected on February 28, 2013, by Chelsea Financial Services.
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