Objective
The fund aims to provide a combination of capital growth and income to deliver a return that is higher than that of the European stockmarket over any five-year period.
Investment policy and strategy
Core investment: At least 80% of the fund is invested in the shares of companies across any sector and of any size that are domiciled, or conducting the major part of their economic activity, in Europe. The fund usually holds shares in fewer than 35 companies. Companies that are assessed to be in breach of the United Nations Global Compact principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption are excluded from the investment universe. Industries such as tobacco and controversial weapons are also excluded.
Other investment: The fund also holds cash or assets that can be turned quickly into cash.
Strategy in brief: The investment manager invests in the shares of companies with sustainable business models, where short-term issues have created attractive buying opportunities. The investment manager believes that this approach offers a powerful combination of the long-term, compounding growth that quality businesses can deliver, along with the potential boost to a company’s share price when a short-term issue has been resolved. Sustainability considerations are fully integrated into the investment process.
Performance comparator: The fund is actively managed. The MSCI Europe Index is a point of reference against which the performance of the fund may be measured.
Risks associated with the fund
The value and income from the fund's assets will go down as well as up. This will cause the value of your investment to fall as well as rise. There is no guarantee that the fund will achieve its objective and you may get back less than you originally invested.
The fund holds a small number of investments, and therefore a fall in the value of a single investment may have a greater impact than if it held a larger number of investments.
The fund can be exposed to different currencies. Movements in currency exchange rates may adversely affect the value of your investment.
In exceptional circumstances where assets cannot be fairly valued, or have to be sold at a large discount to raise cash, we may temporarily suspend the fund in the best interest of all investors.
The fund could lose money if a counterparty with which it does business becomes unwilling or unable to repay money owed to the fund.
Further details of the risks that apply to the fund can be found in the fund's Prospectus.
Other information
The fund invests mainly in company shares and is therefore likely to experience larger price fluctuations than funds that invest in bonds and/or cash.