Junior ISAs now 4 years old

5th November 2015 - This month marks the fourth anniversary of the Junior ISA. Since launch, our Junior EasyISAs have returned up to 37.95%*, and have turned a £50 monthly regular saving into a pot of £2,457. Not a bad start for a pre-schooler, I'm sure you'll agree.

The most popular funds for Junior ISA investments amongst our clients, over the past four years, have been:

1. Newton Asian Income
2. Liontrust Special Situations
3. Rathbone Global Opportunities
4. M&G Global Dividend
5. Invesco Perpetual High Income
6. Marlborough Special Situations
7. M&G Global Emerging Markets
8. CF Woodford Equity Income
9. Marlborough UK Micro Cap Growth
10. Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity

If you'd like to know more about this tax wrapper, read our guide on Junior ISAs and, if you are one of those people who were stuck for years in the inferior Child Trust Fund wrapper and haven't yet done so, why not transfer to our Junior ISA today and benefit from 12 months of 0% annual service fees?

*Source: FE Analytics, 1st March 2012 to 28th October 2015. Junior Aggressive EasyISA returned 37.95%, Junior Core EasyISA returned 34.38% and Junior Balanced EasyISA returned 27.56%. The performance calculated takes into account any changes to the underlying funds in the EasyISAs during the four year period.

Published on 05/11/2015