MoneyAM Fund Centre

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Fund Objective

The Fund aims to increase the value of your investment over the long term. It looks to outperform the FTSE World Europe ex UK 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 companies domiciled in Continental Europe, or which have significant Continental European business operations. 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 any industry or economic sector, with significant sector and share weightings taken at the fund manager’s discretion. There is no restriction on company size, however, investment tends to focus on larger companies, such as those included in the FTSE World Europe ex UK Index. The FTSE World Europe ex UK Index is regarded as providing an appropriate representation of the share performance of large and medium-sized companies across Europe (excluding the UK), currently with approximately 500 companies included. It provides a suitable target benchmark against which Fund performance will be measured and evaluated over time. The Fund typically invests in fewer than 50 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 hold other funds (including funds managed by Columbia Threadneedle companies) when deemed appropriate.

Fund Managers

David Dudding

David Dudding is a senior portfolio manager at Columbia Threadneedle Investments where he is the lead portfolio manager of the Global Focus strategy and co-manager of the European Select strategy. He joined the company as an equity research analyst in 1999, moving on to manage the European Smaller Companies strategy for 10 years until December 2012. David previously worked for John Swire and Sons in Hong Kong and for Investors Chronicle as a financial journalist.He holds a Modern History degree and a European Politics Masters degree from Oxford University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society of the UK.

Benjamin Moore

Benjamin Moore is a portfolio manager within the European equities team and he has co-managed the Threadneedle European Select strategy since April 2019.Benjamin joined the European equities team in 2015 as an equity analyst, where he was responsible for researching small cap European companies. In this role, he was also deputy portfolio manager of the Threadneedle European Smaller Companies strategy.Before joining the company, Benjamin spent six years with Goldman Sachs, where he worked as an equity research analyst within the European mid cap team covering companies across a range of industry sectors. Benjamin holds an MA in History of Art from Cambridge University and studied Music at the University of the Arts, Berlin. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.