In this note we review the performance of Fusion Model Portfolios (MPS), both Optima and Active ranges, after the unprecedented market moves during the first quarter of 2020, comparing it against selected benchmarks and wider industry offerings.

Since the last update on the 15th of March, global markets fell even further down before starting to rebound in the last week of March. At their lowest points, equity indices were down between -30% and -40% from the start of the selloff, with both corporate bonds and commodities also in disarray.

Recap of what has happened The market selloff during this month is the sharpest market move since the 1929 crash....

Since the last quarterly re-balance, while showing strong positive returns across all portfolios, the portfolios demonstrated considerable under-performance against their corresponding benchmarks.

Since the last rebalancing, during the period between 17th of July and 14th of October, all Fusion DFM portfolios outperformed their respective benchmarks with the highest outperformance of around 0.60% recorded for more risky portfolios.

Since the last rebalancing, during the period between April and July, all Fusion DFM portfolios outperformed