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LF LINDSELL TRAIN UK EQUITY D

Bestinvest LogoA UK equity fund with a concentrated portfolio and a long-term approach to adding value.

PRICE (INC)

169.08p

PRICE (ACC)

205.22p

INITIAL CHARGE

2%

0%

ANNUAL MANAGEMENT CHARGE

0.45%

ONGOING CHARGE

0.49%

YIELD

2.1%

1 YEAR
8.32%
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Prices as at 12 Oct 2023.

Fund commentary last updated 18 Oct 2022.

Past performance is not an indication of future performance.

Capital at risk.

The fund seeks to deliver capital and income growth and generate a return in excess of the FTSE All-Share Index. It aims to do this by investing at least 70% of its assets in truly “exceptional” best-in-class UK companies with strong long-term growth prospects and holding them for many years. Some assets may also be invested in UK-listed global companies. Well-known manager Nick Train focuses on durable, cash-generative companies which he believes have been wrongly valued by the market. He prefers branded goods companies and those with enduring intellectual property. The portfolio is concentrated and includes Guinness brewer Diageo, Cadbury chocolate owner Mondelez and football club Glasgow Celtic. He runs a quality-focused, buy and hold, bottom-up investment strategy, taking little account of the economic environment.

Fund summary

SectorUK All Companies
StructureOEIC
LaunchedFebruary 2014
Size£4,267m
Yield2.1%
Dividends paidJanuary, September

Charges

Standard Initial Charge2%
Initial Charge Via BestInvest0%
Additional Bid/Offer Spread0%
Annual Management Charge0.45%
Ongoing Charges Figure0.49%

Investment Process

The UK Equity Fund has an investible universe of around 50 companies. A company must have a particular set of outstanding characteristics to be considered for the fund - these include heritage, predictable earnings through pricing power and/or intellectual property, low capital intensity and sustainably high returns on capital. Train has identified four key strategic areas for ideas: digital winners, luxury/premium, beloved trusted brands, and the private wealth industry. He finds most of his investments in a select group of industry categories – consumer branded goods and internet/media/software - as people will never tire of being entertained or informed. Other strong categories include financials and pharmaceuticals, but he avoids heavy, old industry and particularly cyclical sectors. Train values his candidate investments using a variety of approaches, the most important being a discounted cash flow calculation. He has a very long-term investment horizon, looking at companies with a view of the next 25-plus years. He will only look to sell a holding if there is a ‘significant breach’ of its valuation target or when the investment premise is no longer valid. This is because he believes that owning great companies for the long haul makes sense and that transaction costs are a tax on his clients’ money. The result is a concentrated portfolio with the number of stocks, most valued over £1billion, unlikely to exceed 35. Its top 10 holdings typically make up around 80% of its assets.

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