What Are They Best Performing Private Pension Funds To Buy For Your SIPP?
Hargreaves Lansdown investors were firmly in buying mode in the third quarter of 2025, with the Artemis Global Income Fund emerging as the most bought fund across all three pension wrappers, SIPPs, Junior SIPP and Drawdown.
The latest HL data show investors continuing to favour global and passive funds during the accumulation phase, with top buys including Fidelity Index World, Vanguard FTSE Global All Cap Index, and Legal & General International Index Trust.
In contrast, drawdown investors leaned toward income-producing strategies such as Artemis High Income, Royal London Sterling Extra Yield Bond, and Aegon High Yield Bond. Despite gold hitting new highs during the quarter, no gold ETCs appeared among HL’s top ten lists, suggesting investors maintained confidence in diversified equity and bond markets.
What Is The Artemis Global Income Fund?
The Artemis Global Income Fund, managed by Jacob de Tusch-Lec and James Davidson, aims to deliver a rising level of income and long-term capital growth by investing in 60–80 dividend-paying companies worldwide. With around £3.3 billion under management, the fund blends high-yield and dividend-growth stocks across sectors and regions, typically yielding about 2.5%.
Its global remit allows it to diversify beyond the technology and U.S. concentration that dominates many portfolios — one reason HL analysts believe it appealed to investors seeking balance after a strong AI-led rally.
Artemis integrates ESG considerations into its investment process and has a flexible approach that can adapt to changing market conditions. The fund’s success over the past year, up more than 30%, has drawn renewed inflows, though HL cautions that such high returns are unlikely to persist indefinitely.
Over the longer term, Artemis Global Income also stands out as one of the best-performing funds among HL’s top buys, delivering a five-year annualised return of around 18 %, comfortably ahead of most global equity income peers. Other consistent performers include Fidelity Index World and the Legal & General US Index, both of which benefited from the strong run in U.S. and technology stocks.
However, Artemis’s ability to generate both income and capital growth, without overreliance on any single market, explains why it dominated HL’s SIPP, Junior SIPP, and Drawdown investor flows in Q3 2025.
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