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AXA WF TALENTS A EUR - Fund overview

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Overview of AXA WF TALENTS A EUR

A global equity fund which seeks to identify and invest in entrepreneurs who have a demonstrable track record and are incentivised and motivated to add value for shareholders. Unusually the process does seek seek to analyse company financial factors, industry fundamentals or economics, on the basis that the entreperenuers themselves are the best judge of the viability of their own business. The fund's benchmark for reference and performance fee purposes is the MSCI World index.

Standard Initial Charge

5.50% 2.50%

Fund summary

Sector  –
Product type  OFFSHORE FUND
Launched  August, 2001
Size  £132m
Yield 0.0%
Charging basis  –
Dividends paid  Accum.
Bid price 16,864.00p

Fund Charges

Standard Initial charge 5.50%
Initial charge via Bestinvest 2.50%
Additional bid/offer spread 0.00%
Annual management charge 1.50%
Total expense ratio 1.50%
Reduction in yield (10yr) 1.75%

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Portfolio

axa wf talents a eur asset allocation illustration
Allocation Proportion
Equity 98%
High yield bonds
Quality bonds
Property
Commodities
Hedge
Fund cash 2%
axa wf talents a eur equity geographic illustration
Allocation Proportion
UK 3%
Europe 21%
Nth America 25%
Japan 14%
Pacific 33%
Other Equity 4%
axa wf talents a eur equity capitalisation illustration
Allocation Proportion
Large Caps 80%
Mid Caps 15%
Small Caps 5%

Investment process


Selection criteria for entrepreneurs include a 10-15 year track record, strong alignment of interest, no potential for conflict of interest with other owned operations. The manager will also try to assess the motivation of the entrepreneur in order to identify their longer term objectives, i.e. whether the entrepreneur is primarily focused on maximising short term gains via a spin off / IPO, or trying to build a business over the longerterm.
Company criteria include a minimum free float of 20%, low debt levels and a current valuation which offers a low price earnings to growth ratio (PEG) of < 1.0. Positions are automatically sold when the PEG exceeds 2.
Portfolio diversification is achieved by type of entrepreneur (deal makers, turn around specialists, or business creators) and by ensuring that the portfolio companies source of revenues are not focused on any particular region of the world.
The fund will tend to be biased towards retail, consumer staples, consumer discretionary, media, boutique financials and technology industries, where entrepreneurial talent tends to be more prevalent. On the other hand exposure to utilities, integrated oil companies and banks will be small due to the limted number of entrepreneurs operating in these sectors.

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