MoneyAM Fund Centre

Quick Stats

Fund Objective

The Fund aims to increase the value of your investment over the long term. It currently looks to outperform the S&P 500 Index over rolling 3-year periods, after the deduction of charges. The Fund is actively managed, and invests at least 75% of its assets in a concentrated portfolio of shares of American (US) companies. The Fund selects companies in which the fund manager has a high conviction that the current share price does not reflect the prospects for that business. These companies may be chosen from within any industry or economic sector, with significant sector and share weightings taken at the discretion of the fund manager. There is no restriction on company size, however, investment tends to focus on larger companies, such as those included in the S&P 500. The S&P 500 Index is regarded as an appropriate performance measure of the US stock market, with around 500 of the largest US listed companies currently included. It provides a helpful benchmark against which the performance of the Fund can be measured and evaluated over time. The Fund typically invests in fewer than 60 companies, which may include shares of some companies not within the Index. The Fund may also invest in other assets such as cash and deposits, and on occasion hold other funds (including funds managed by Columbia Threadneedle companies).

Fund Managers

Ashish Kochar

Ashish Kochar is a portfolio manager for the Threadneedle Global Extended Alpha, American Extended Alpha, American Absolute Alpha and American Select funds. He also is responsible for consumer sector research.Ashish joined the company in 2008 as a senior portfolio analyst within the US Equities team and subsequently joined the Global Equities team in 2010. He joined the company from a ‘Tiger Cub’ hedge fund and previously worked as an analyst for Merrill Lynch in New York. Ashish holds an MBA from Mason School of Business, The College of William and Mary.