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Ardevora Global Long Only Equity C
Capital growth from global equities
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285.04p
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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0.95%
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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0.00%
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…
This is a long-only multi-cap fund offering exposure to global equities and aims to achieve capital growth over the long term by investing in a diversified portfolio of value and growth companies with a market capitalisation / free float in excess of $1bn. Manager Jeremy Lang previously spent 13 years at Liontrust Asset Management working alongside co-manager William Pattisson before they departed to set up Ardevora Asset Management in 2010.
Fund summary
| Sector | Global |
| Structure | OFFSHORE FUND |
| Launched | November, 2013 |
| Size | £547m |
| Yield | 0.00% |
| Charging basis | 50% Income 50% Capital |
| Dividends paid | Acc units only |
Charges
| Standard initial charge | 0.00% |
| Initial charge via Bestinvest | 0.00% |
| Additional bid/offer spread | 0.00% |
| Annual management charge | 0.75% |
| Ongoing charges figure | 0.95% |
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Investment process
This fund is a long-only carve out of the Ardevora Global Equity fund's portfolio which is managed using an identical investment approach, with 100% overlap in holdings. The fund will typically invest in both value and growth companies with a market capitalisation / free float in excess of $1bn. The process is grounded in cognitive psychology and recognises that the key players in investment markets have biases which affect their behaviour and lead to poor judgements. The portfolio is diversified and will include c.125 - 175 holdings. All research is done in house and the managers will typically not meet company management, conducting all research based on supporting accounting information, company management statements, analyst reports, industry knowledge and experience to make their final stock selections. No fund manager specialises and they will typically analyse companies from every region and sector, across the capitalisation spectrum.
Manager Jeremy Lang previously spent 13 years at Liontrust Asset Management working alongside co-manager William Pattisson before they departed to set up Ardevora Asset Management in 2010. The investment style is pragmatic and is structurally underweight mega caps (based on equal weighting of all portfolio constituents) and financials (based on quality screens). The process is bottom-up and is based on cognitive psychology - it recognises that the key players in investment markets have biases.
Manager research
Average monthly relative returns
- 16/17 -0.56%
- 17/18 0.11%
- 18/19 0.35%
- 19/20 0.72%
- 20/21 -0.25%
Bestinvest MRI
- 3 years 0.28%
- 5 years 0.08%
- Career 0.16%
- 3 years 50.00%
- 5 years 50.00%
- Career 96.90%
Performance figures are based on the average of monthly percentage returns relative to the benchmark index.
Jeremy Lang
Lang founded Ardevora in 2010 after leaving Liontrust in 2009, which he joined in 1995. Prior to this he was at James Capel Fund Managers from 1986 to 1991 and left to take up sailing full-time. Lang has a First Class degree in Economics and Econometrics from University of York and has a Masters in Economics of Finance and Investment from University of Exeter.
Track record
Jeremy Lang has 12.9 years experience of managing mutual funds in this sector. Over this period the average monthly return relative to the benchmark index has been +0.16%. During the worst period of relative performance (from June 2008 - November 2008) there was a decline of 18% relative to the index. The worst absolute loss has been 42%. Statistically, we estimate the probability that this fund manager is adding value, rather than being lucky, is 97%.
Periods of worst performance
| Absolute | -42.00% (October 2007 - February 2009) |
| Relative | -18.00% (June 2008 - November 2008) |
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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Top 10 holdings
| Centene Inc 0.80 Investor Bias |
| Old Dominion Frt 0.71 Analyst Bias |
| Outokumpu 0.68 Investor Bias |
| Groupe Eurotunnel 0.68 Analyst Bias |
| SK Hynix 0.68 Investor Bias |
| Calbee Inc 0.65 Analyst Bias |
Portfolio
- Circa 125 - 175 stocks - Equally weighted positions - No tracking error targets
Constraints
+/- 5% on a regional basis
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