Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Consumer Discretionary is the strongest consensus overweight among UK active funds, with 85% positioned above the FTSE All Share Index.</li>
<li>The sector’s relative overweight has climbed steadily to decade highs, with 85% of funds positioned above benchmark.</li>
<li>Stock-Level tilts show consistent preference for Burberry, Whitbread, and Next, alongside reductions in Taylor Wimpey, Dowlais, and Frasers Group.</li>
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Consumer Discretionary is the strongest consensus overweight among UK active funds, with 85% positioned above the FTSE All Share Index.
The sector’s relative overweight has climbed steadily to decade highs, with 85% of funds positioned above benchmark.
Stock-Level tilts show consistent preference for Burberry, Whitbread, and Next, alongside reductions in Taylor Wimpey, Dowlais, and Frasers Group.


UK Consumer Discretionary Positioning: A Consensus Overweight

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for F100 and F250 in the run-up to the December 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>Our latest estimates suggest there could be one regular change for F100 and four regular changes for the F250 index during the December 2025 rebal.</li>
<li>The index changes for the December 2025 rebal will be based on the close of 2nd December 2025 and announced after the close of 3rd December 2025.</li>
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In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for F100 and F250 in the run-up to the December 2025 index rebal event.
Our latest estimates suggest there could be one regular change for F100 and four regular changes for the F250 index during the December 2025 rebal.
The index changes for the December 2025 rebal will be based on the close of 2nd December 2025 and announced after the close of 3rd December 2025.


Quiddity Leaderboard F100/F250 Dec25: New ADDs Identified; Several M&A-Related Changes Likely

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for F100 and F250 in the run-up to the December 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>We see four M&amp;A-related intra-review changes for the F250 index <em>prior to</em> the December 2025 rebal and then four more after the rebal event.</li>
<li>Our latest estimates suggest there <em>could be</em> no regular changes for the F100 and F250 indices during the December 2025 rebalance.</li>
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In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for F100 and F250 in the run-up to the December 2025 index rebal event.
We see four M&amp;A-related intra-review changes for the F250 index prior to the December 2025 rebal and then four more after the rebal event.
Our latest estimates suggest there could be no regular changes for the F100 and F250 indices during the December 2025 rebalance.


Quiddity Leaderboard F100/F250 Dec25: Solid Lineup of High-Impact Intra-Review Changes

Schroder Asian Total Return In / Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for F100 and F250 in the run-up to the December 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>We see five M&amp;A-related intra-review changes for the F250 index prior to the December 2025 rebal and then three more after the rebal event.</li>
<li>Our latest estimates suggest there could be no regular changes for the F100 and F250 indexes during the December 2025 rebalance.</li>
</ul>


In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for F100 and F250 in the run-up to the December 2025 index rebal event.
We see five M&amp;A-related intra-review changes for the F250 index prior to the December 2025 rebal and then three more after the rebal event.
Our latest estimates suggest there could be no regular changes for the F100 and F250 indexes during the December 2025 rebalance.


Quiddity Leaderboard F100/F250 Dec25: Intra-Review Changes Galore; High-Impact Replacement Names

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for F100 and F250 in the run-up to the September 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>Our latest estimates suggest there could be two regular changes for F100 and six regular changes for F250 during the September 2025 rebalance.</li>
<li>After that, we expect multiple M&amp;A-related intra-review changes over the next few weeks.</li>
</ul>


In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for F100 and F250 in the run-up to the September 2025 index rebal event.
Our latest estimates suggest there could be two regular changes for F100 and six regular changes for F250 during the September 2025 rebalance.
After that, we expect multiple M&amp;A-related intra-review changes over the next few weeks.


Quiddity Leaderboard F100/F250 Sep25: ~10 Regular & Intra-Review Changes Likely in September

United Kingdom

Dowlais Group PLC operates as an engineering specialist. The Company offers automotive drive systems, powder metallurgy, and metal hydride technology solutions. Dowlais Group serves clients in the United Kingdom.

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UK Consumer Discretionary Positioning: A Consensus Overweight

Consumer Discretionary is the UK’s standout active overweight. Absolute allocations are stable, but the sector’s relative overweight has surged to...

Steven Holden

Quiddity Leaderboard F100/F250 Dec25: Solid Lineup of High-Impact Intra-Review Changes

The Top 10 F250 potential ADDs from our Leaderboard could outperform the F250 index over the next few weeks due to intra-review index addition...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity Leaderboard F100/F250 Dec25: Intra-Review Changes Galore; High-Impact Replacement Names

We expect at least five intra-review replacements in the F20 index prior to the December 2025 index review. There are three other deals that could...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity Leaderboard F100/F250 Sep25: ~10 Regular & Intra-Review Changes Likely in September

F100/250 Sep25 index changes will be confirmed after market close today. Yesterday was the base date for final ranks. Please see discussion point...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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UK Consumer Discretionary Positioning: A Consensus Overweight

Consumer Discretionary is the UK’s standout active overweight. Absolute allocations are stable, but the sector’s relative overweight has surged to...

Steven Holden

Quiddity Leaderboard F100/F250 Dec25: New ADDs Identified; Several M&A-Related Changes Likely

The base date for the December 2025 review is Tuesday 2nd December 2025. The index changes could be publicly confirmed after market close on...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity Leaderboard F100/F250 Dec25: Solid Lineup of High-Impact Intra-Review Changes

The Top 10 F250 potential ADDs from our Leaderboard could outperform the F250 index over the next few weeks due to intra-review index addition...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity Leaderboard F100/F250 Dec25: Intra-Review Changes Galore; High-Impact Replacement Names

We expect at least five intra-review replacements in the F20 index prior to the December 2025 index review. There are three other deals that could...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity Leaderboard F100/F250 Sep25: ~10 Regular & Intra-Review Changes Likely in September

F100/250 Sep25 index changes will be confirmed after market close today. Yesterday was the base date for final ranks. Please see discussion point...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA