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SKANDIA BARING EUROPEAN GROWTH PF - Fund overview

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Overview of SKANDIA BARING EUROPEAN GROWTH PF

Conviction portfolio of 40-50 stocks that the manager believes have good prospects for earnings surprise together with cheap valuations. The four key characteristics sought are companies with unrecognised growth, quality management, value creation opportunities and reasonable valuations. Stocks are initially bought with a two year view and the portfolio has a bias towards large and medium sized companies.

Standard Initial Charge

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Fund summary

Sector	–
Product type	PENSION FUND
Launched	February, 1989
Size	£4m
Yield	0.0%
Charging basis	–
Dividends paid	–
Bid price	528.90p

Fund Charges

Standard Initial charge	–
Initial charge via Bestinvest	–
Additional bid/offer spread	4.99%
Annual management charge	–
Total expense ratio	–
Reduction in yield (10yr)	0.51%

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Portfolio

skandia baring european growth pf asset allocation illustration

Allocation		Proportion

	Equity	97%
	High yield bonds	0%
	Quality bonds	0%
	Property	0%
	Commodities	0%
	Hedge	0%
	Fund cash	3%

skandia baring european growth pf equity geographic illustration

Allocation		Proportion

	UK	0%
	Europe	100%
	Nth America	0%
	Japan	0%
	Pacific	0%
	Other Equity	0%

skandia baring european growth pf equity capitalisation illustration

Allocation		Proportion

	Large Caps	83%
	Mid Caps	14%
	Small Caps	3%

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Investment process

Focus is on buying companies with growth at a reasonable price characteristics. Economic and sector views are also inputted into the process.
Four key measures looked for are:-
Growth - quality of earnings, competitive position.
Management - clear and credible strategy, corporate governance.
Value creation - good cash flow returns, economic value added.
Valuation - cheap companies on price/earnings, and price/cash flow.

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