Will UK equity income funds repeat past mistakes as concentration grows?

Anna Fedorova
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Large-cap funds in the UK Equity Income sector have increased the concentration of their top ten holdings even as the UK's largest stocks begin to struggle, data compiled for Investment Week has revealed.

The amount the average UK equity income fund holds in its top 10 stocks has begun to climb again in the past two years as the lessons of BP's 2010 dividend cut fade into the past. The typical fund in the sector held 39% in its top ten as of end-2013, according to data from Harwood Multi Manager, having climbed again since 2011 rather than falling back to the pre-financial crisis level of 35%. Separate data from FE shows the average concentration of top ten holdings across the sector as a whole has ticked up since the end of 2011, despite the negating impact of a host of multi- and sma...

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