Investors are seeing widely discounted shares in 3i Group Ord
3.99% as a bargain, with the private equity behemoth soaring back into the bestsellers table.
The trust, associated both with its chunky stake in discount retailer Action and the substantial premium on which its shares have tended to trade, initially slipped late last year amid warnings of softening sales growth for its main holding.
The shares tumbled afresh late last week, after an update from Action that outlined plans to expand into the US market appeared to unsettle investors. 3i Group shares have moved to a discount in recent weeks and that has widened markedly in recent days.
Some separate trends otherwise hold firm. Royal London Short Term Money Mkt Y Acc retains its top position, perhaps unsurprising given the continued volatility of markets.
Interestingly, we also see plenty of investors taking advantage of such volatility via global tracker funds, with Vanguard FTSE Global All Cap Index £ Acc and Vanguard LifeStrategy 80% Equity A Acc each moving up a notch, to second and third place respectively. HSBC FTSE All-World Index C Acc also sits in the top five, having gained two places.
Artemis Global Income I Acc, which recently spent a few weeks in top spot and delivered massive gains in 2025, has now drifted down to seventh place.
The fund, which has substantial exposure to equity regions most shaken by recent conflict such as Europe and emerging markets, has lost around 9.5% since the onset of hostilities in late February.
A few other favourites retain their presence in the table, from future trends play Scottish Mortgage Ord
0.76% to high-yielding renewables trust Greencoat UK Wind UKW0.51%.
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