Compared with the All Country World Index benchmark, which produced returns of 2.8%, China generated 8.9%, making it far and away the best performing country on a total return basis.
The second best performing country of the month, Australia, produced returns of 4.4%, while Switzerland fell to the bottom of the leaderboard, returning a disappointing 0.9%.
Looking at year-to-date returns, China also remained top of the pack having produced returns of 36.1%, followed by Korea (33%) and France (21.3%).
The UK, which was the single worst performing country in June, was in the middle of the pack in July, returning 2.6%, just under the ACWI.
Over July, momentum was the best performing factor, returning 3.5% versus the ACWI’s 2.8%.
Year-to-date, momentum produced returns of 20.8%, beating enhanced value (15.7%), quality (16.6%) and high dividend yield (12.4%).
The weakest factor so far this year has been minimum volatility USD, which generated returns of just 11.9%.
