Bank of Ireland ranks bottom in Russell/Melon balanced universe
UK - Bank of Ireland has ranked bottom of the Mellon Analytical Solutions balanced universe for the year to the end of August, returning 7% gross against a median return of 11.9%.
Over five years, Bank of Ireland ranked 29 returning 0.1% p.a. against a universe median return of -0.2% p.a. The Bank of Ireland fund had a 52.4% allocation to UK equities, 15.9% in US equities, 9.2%...
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