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Alternatives

Funds with exposure to this asset class
−3.3%

£146.8B combined fund size · 3 sub-categories · average OCF 1.34%.

How Alternatives funds have returned on average.

Average 1Y return to September 2026 end, GBP net total return.

The headline is the average return of the funds, to September 2026 end. The chart follows the ten funds with most exposure, equal weighted, weekly points built from daily prices, to 23 Oct 2026. They measure different things, so the numbers differ.

Source: FE fundinfo. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns.

Composite of the 10 most exposed funds with 1Y of history, equal weight, GBP total return, NAV to 23 Oct 2026. 10 funds.

Funds in this line

The funds used in the chart above.

Funds
236
Monthly universe, as at September 2026.
Fund size (GBP)
£146.8B
Sub-categories
3
Average ongoing charge
1.34%

Alternatives funds on Funds Benchmark are grouped here by what they invest in, with an average 1 year return of −3.3% to September 2026 and an average ongoing charge of 1.34%. United States, Belgium and Netherlands lead the country breakdown among them. Open any fund for its holdings, performance and allocation breakdown, or select a country below to filter the funds shown. Fund data is from FE fundinfo. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns.

Geographic mix

What Alternatives exposure is made of.
65.5%
United States
  • United States65.5%
  • Belgium6.7%
  • Netherlands6.7%
  • Others21.1%
United States is the largest at 65.5%. Share of exposure across the funds with Alternatives exposure. Based on funds that disclose country data. Shares are of the largest eight.

Geographies within this asset class

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United States 33 funds · 10.1% average portfolio share across Alternatives funds +13.0% ▲ Average 1Y return
Netherlands 13 funds · 1.0% average portfolio share across Alternatives funds +5.0% ▲ Average 1Y return
United Kingdom 16 funds · 0.6% average portfolio share across Alternatives funds +3.5% ▲ Average 1Y return

Fund counts here are a separate set from the Funds figure above.

Dots: last Friday of each month, GBP total return, ten most exposed funds with the sub-category at 10% or more (at least five funds), equal weighted, against the whole category (small grey dots). Bars: average portfolio share, relative to the largest.

Largest Alternatives funds

The biggest funds with this exposure, to open or compare.
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Top Alternatives funds by assets under management, one share class per fund.

Alternatives holdings

Positions that appear most often among the ten largest holdings of these funds.
1 AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.6%
2 TREASURY BILL 12.6%
3 ERSTE GROUP BANK AG 8.1%
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Positions that appear most often among the ten largest holdings of the funds we list. Bar = average weight among the funds that have the position in their ten largest holdings.

All funds with Alternatives as the asset class

Largest by size first, one share class per fund. Open any fund for its holdings, performance and allocation breakdown.