Source: FE Analytics
The three sectors fell sharply during the global market sell-off induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and none had since recovered.
Within the infrastructure equity sector only three funds out of 52 managed to make a return last year. These were Mercer Global Unlisted Infrastructure at 12.8%, RARE Infrastructure Income B at 7.02%, and RARE Infrastructure Income A at 6.5%.
The Mercer fund was also the only fund to regain losses since the March sell-off.
Top and bottom performing infrastructure funds during 2020
Source: FE Analytics
RARE Infrastructure (now ClearBridge) said its global income fund had performed strongly in the last quarter of 2020, inline with infrastructure and global equity indices which rose as two effective COVID-19 vaccines had been approved for use in many countries.