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Allianz US Equity C
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475.78p
Price (Inc)
These are the shares in the fund that pay out an income to clients. The income is made up of the total dividends – the money a company can pay out to its investors – from the companies in the fund.
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Price (Acc)
These are the shares in the fund that don’t pay out an income to clients. Any dividends – the money a company can pay out to its investors – are reinvested into companies in the fund. Despite no income, the shares should be worth more over time. Good incentive, eh?
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0.00%
Initial chargeSome funds charge you when you first invest, which is aptly known as the initial charge. They’re usually between 3-5% but at Bestinvest, we usually don’t charge you a penny!
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0.75%
Annual management charge
This is how much the fund management company charges to run the fund. It’s like paying a babysitter, dog sitter or house sitter (that makes well-informed, heavily researched changes to improve your baby/dog/house when needed).
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0.87%
Ongoing charges
This stands for Ongoing Charges Figure. It’s the cost of running a fund and includes admin fees, manager fees, administration costs, etc.
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0.20%
Yield
How much the fund is currently paying out in income to investors. It’s NOT to be confused with the overall growth of a fund – a very different thing indeed. It’s also NOT a guarantee of future pay-outs, just a snapshot. This is more what it’s not than what it is…
Run from Allianz Dresdner's RCM offices in San Francisco, manager Seung Minn has adopted the same process he has used for some years on the offshore equivalent. Investing principally in large cap stocks, the approach is contrarian with the manager seeking undervalued companies undergoing positive change, which can offer good long term returns - he believes these provide upside potential at the same time as downside protection.
Fund summary
| Sector | North America |
| Structure | OEIC |
| Launched | |
| Size | £37m |
| Yield | 0.20% |
| Charging basis | Income |
| Dividends paid | Acc units only |
Charges
| Standard initial charge | 0.00% |
| Initial charge via Bestinvest | 0.00% |
| Annual management charge | 0.75% |
| Ongoing charges figure | 0.87% |
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Investment process
To achieve its aim of capital growth the fund invests in large US companies with good prospects for increasing profits and attractive price/earnings ratios (a multiple of the share price to earnings). The process starts with an investment universe of 1200-1500 stocks with a market cap greater than US$1bn. These are screened based on valuation grounds and the existence of catalysts in order to identify candidates for further research. This is undertaken on both a sector basis and using RCM's Grassroots Research, which uses street level research, such as surveys to uncover information ahead of the market. Price range analysis is then undertaken to produce upside and downside targets - typical investments have an upside of 30/40% but a downside of around 20%.
Manager research
Average monthly relative returns
- 16/17 0.00%
- 17/18 0.00%
- 18/19 0.00%
- 19/20 0.00%
- 20/21 0.00%
Bestinvest MRI
- 3 years 0.00%
- 5 years 0.00%
- Career 0.00%
- 3 years 0.00%
- 5 years 0.00%
- Career 0.00%
Performance figures are based on the average of monthly percentage returns relative to the benchmark index.
Track record
Periods of worst performance
| Absolute | 0.00% () |
| Relative | 0.00% () |
About the MRI
Our unique indicator: the Bestinvest Manager Record Index (MRI) measures the likelihood that the fund manager is adding value through their decisions. It is based on their performance record over the course of their career, adjusted for the amount of risk taken. MRI is an important contributor to our fund rating system but it is also vital to take account of qualitative factors. It is also very important to select funds to form a cohesive portfolio with an appropriate overall risk level.
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Sector breakdown
| Technology | 26.00% |
| Consumer Discretionary | 20.00% |
| Financials | 14.00% |
| Industrials | 13.00% |
| Health Care | 12.00% |
| Others | 6.00% |
| Energy | 5.00% |
| Basic Materials | 1.00% |
| Real Estate | 1.00% |
| Utilities | 1.00% |
Portfolio
The portfolio usually holds between 50 and 80 large cap US stocks.
Key Investor Information