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EP EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITIES INST GBP - Fund overview

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Overview of EP EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITIES INST GBP

The aims to produce a capital return in excess of the benchmark FTSE Europe ex UK by investing in continental european equities. The investment process and philosophy derives from the founder and CEO Sandy Nairn and focuses on investing over a 5 year time horizon in companies with low price to earnings. Dale Robertson, the manager since launch in 2004 and has been largely successful in implementing this approach.

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Fund summary

Sector  –
Product type  OFFSHORE FUND
Launched  June, 2005
Size  £302m
Yield 1.2%
Charging basis  –
Dividends paid  –
Bid price 149.60p

Fund Charges

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Initial charge via Bestinvest 0.00%
Additional bid/offer spread 0.00%
Annual management charge 0.75%
Total expense ratio 1.00%
Reduction in yield (10yr) 1.00%

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Portfolio

ep european opportunities inst gbp asset allocation illustration
Allocation Proportion
Equity 100%
High yield bonds 0%
Quality bonds 0%
Property 0%
Commodities 0%
Hedge 0%
Fund cash 0%
ep european opportunities inst gbp equity geographic illustration
Allocation Proportion
UK 0%
Europe 100%
Nth America 0%
Japan 0%
Pacific 0%
Other Equity 0%
ep european opportunities inst gbp equity capitalisation illustration
Allocation Proportion
Large Caps 100%
Mid Caps 0%
Small Caps 0%

Investment process


The central thesis is that investors are too short term and that buying strong, growing companies on attractive valuations for the medium to long term is the most profitable and consistent way to gain exposure to equities.
The prime valuation methodology used is price to earnings. The earnings number that they use is over 5 years. This is therefore the crucial forecasting number in the investment process and Edinburgh Partners monitor their performance closely in this regards. For each company that they research they derive a base, best and worst case outcome.
Robertson constructs a portfolio and whilst this is largely stock picking fund he is pragmatic about being extremely underweight areas of the market and risk in general. The fund has traditionally been run with a low tracking error and a relatively high beta. Out performance is generated primarily through stock selection.
The process was developed largely by Sandy Nairn an experienced investor who during his career spent a prolonged period working with John Templeton in the US.

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