Fund overview
Pursuing alpha via private market analysis
The U.S. Select Equity Fund seeks long-term returns by exploiting gaps between a company’s PMV and public market price.

Seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing at least two-thirds of its assets in equity securities of US companies of any market capitalisation, using analysis to determine a company's private market value (the price an investor is willing to pay for the entire company)

Key differentiators

  • Draws on in-depth PMV process to uncover opportunities to exploit market emotion and determine when a company’s stock price is attractive or overvalued
  • Adopts a truly active approach with a benchmark-agnostic process to pursue risk/reward opportunities without the constraint of “style box” factors
  • Invests in reasonably priced companies with strong growth profiles to result in output offering growth at a reasonable price
  • Seeks companies with favourable PMV characteristics, including competitive positioning, key trends, management quality and various valuation types

Performance

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Calendar year

Calendar year

For regulatory reasons, we are unable to show performance until there is a 12 month performance record.
Average annual returns

Average annual returns

For regulatory reasons, we are unable to show performance until there is a 12 month performance record.
Cumulative

Cumulative

For regulatory reasons, we are unable to show performance until there is a 12 month performance record.
Performance and volatility metrics

Performance and volatility metrics

Products must have at least a 36 month performance record before we show these metrics.
Morningstar ratings and rankings

Morningstar ratings and rankings

Investments must have at least 36 continuous months of total returns in order to receive a rating from Morningstar.

Prices and distributions

Historical prices

YTD high £177.09 11/25/2024
YTD low £143.53 8/5/2024
52-week high £177.09 11/25/2024
52-week low £143.53 8/5/2024
2023 high -
2023 low -
Best quarterly return 7.54% 3/31/2024
Worst quarterly return -2.79% 6/30/2024

Composition

Portfolio statistics

Portfolio statistics

(as of 10/31/2024)
Fund Benchmark
Number of Holdings 38 1969

Placement within the Morningstar Equity Style Box is based on two variables: relative median market capitalization and relative price valuations (price/book and price/earnings) of the fund’s portfolio holdings. These numbers are drawn from the fund’s portfolio holdings figures most recently entered into Morningstar’s database and the corresponding market conditions. The Ownership Zone is represented by a shaded area surrounding the centroid. This zone encompasses 75% of a portfolio’s holdings on an asset-weighted basis and is designed to be a visual measure of how wide-ranging the portfolio is.

Holdings

Top 10 holdings

(as of 11/30/2024)
Security
Fund
Dynatrace, Inc.
3.19%
Revolve Group, Inc Class A
3.11%
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
3.05%
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc
3.01%
EQT Corporation
2.99%
Marvell Technology, Inc.
2.98%
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. Class A
2.97%
BioLife Solutions, Inc.
2.91%
YETI Holdings, Inc.
2.91%
PagerDuty, Inc.
2.90%
Top 10 represents 30.02% of total net assets

Based on ending weights as of month-end. Source: FactSet. The information shown is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, a recommendation to buy or sell an individual security.

Sector allocation

Sector allocation

(as of 10/31/2024)
Type
Fund
Benchmark
Industrials
28.15% 17.13%
Information technology
23.05% 12.59%
Health care
13.96% 17.38%
Financials
8.92% 18.66%
Consumer discretionary
8.45% 9.80%
Energy
5.30% 5.21%
Materials
5.17% 4.59%
Communication services
4.69% 2.73%
Consumer staples
2.31% 2.76%
Utilities
0.00% 2.81%
Real estate
0.00% 6.34%

Based on ending weights as of month-end. Source: FactSet. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.

ESG data summary

MSCI Overall ESG Score 1
Portfolio
6.3
Index
5.4
Sustainalytics ESG Risk Score 2
Portfolio
21
Index
24
SFDR Rating
 
8

Product involvement 3

Portfolio Benchmark
Controversial Weapons exposure 0.00% 0.37%
Oil Sands exposure 0.00% 0.00%
Small Arms exposure 0.00% 0.18%
Thermal Coal exposure 0.00% 0.88%
Tobacco exposure 0.00% 0.10%
UN Global Compact non-compliant exposure 0.00% 0.00%

¹ Data is sourced from MSCI ESG Research where companies are rated on a scale of 0 – 10 (0 - worst, 10 - best). Weighted average scores exclude effects of unrated securities.

² ESG Risk Ratings measure exposure to and management of ESG risks. Lower risk scores reflect less ESG risk. Sustainalytics ESG Risk Scores measure ESG risks on a scale of 0 – 100 (0 - no ESG Risk, >40 - Severe ESG Risk).

³ Carbon emissions includes operational and first-tier supply chain greenhouse gas emissions. Data sourced from S&P Trucost Limited.

⁴ Source: Allspring Global Investments. This report contains information developed by Sustainalytics. Such information and data are proprietary of Sustainalytics and/or its third-party suppliers (Third Party Data) and are provided for informational purposes only. They do not constitute an endorsement of any product or project, nor an investment advice and are not warranted to be complete, timely, accurate or suitable for a particular purpose. Their use is subject to conditions available at https://www.sustainalytics.com/legal-disclaimers. Copyright © 2023 Sustainalytics. All rights reserved.

Documents

Literature Date Language
Fund Profile 12/31/2023 English Download
Regulatory Document Date Language
KIID 5/21/2024 English Download
Lux Fund Sustainability-Related Disclosures 10/31/2024 English Download
PRIIPs KIDs 12/4/2024 English Download
PRIIPs KIDs 12/4/2024 French Download
Our team
Meet the investment team

On a public stock exchange, a stock typically trades between 50% and 80% of its PMV.

The team’s process is geared toward buying in the lower half of the trading range and selling as it pushes the upper limit.

Key risks

Geographic concentration risk: Investments concentrated in specific geographic regions and markets may be subject to greater volatility due to economic downturns and other factors affecting the specific geographic regions.

Smaller-company securities risk: Securities of companies with smaller market capitalisations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than securities of larger companies.

ESG risk: Applying an ESG screen for security selection may result in lost opportunity in a security or industry resulting in possible underperformance relative to peers. ESG screens are dependent on third-party data and errors in the data may result in the incorrect inclusion or exclusion of a security.

Equity securities risk: These securities fluctuate in value and price in response to factors impacting the issuer of the security as well as general market, economic and political conditions.

Global investment risk: Securities of certain jurisdictions may experience more rapid and extreme changes in value and may be affected by uncertainties such as international political developments, currency fluctuations and other developments in the laws and regulations of countries in which an investment may be made.

Leverage risk: The use of certain types of financial derivative instruments may create leverage which may increase share price volatility.

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Investors should note that, relative to the expectations of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, this fund presents disproportionate communication on the consideration of non-financial criteria in its investment policy.
 

The ongoing charges/total expense ratio (TER) reflects annual total operating expenses for the class, excludes transaction costs and is expressed as a percentage of net asset value. The figure shown is from current KID. The investment manager has committed to reimburse the Sub-Fund when the ongoing charges exceed the agreed upon TER. Ongoing charges may vary over time.
 

Any benchmark referenced is for comparative purposes only, unless specifically referenced otherwise in this material and/or in the prospectus, under the Sub-Funds’ Investment Objective and Policy.
 

†Promotes environmental and social characteristics but does not have a sustainable investment objective
 

†While the Sub-Funds listed above have access to both internal and external ESG research and integrate financially material sustainability risks into their investment decision-making processes, ESG-related factors are considered but not determinative, permitting the relevant Sub-Investment Managers to invest in issuers that do not embrace ESG; as such, sustainability risks may have a more material impact on the value of the Sub-Fund’s investments in the medium to long term. The investments underlying these Sub-Funds do not take into account the EU criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities.
 

The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or star rating, is calculated for managed products (including mutual funds, variable annuity and variable life subaccounts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, and separate accounts) with at least a three-year history. Exchange-traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar risk-adjusted return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The Morningstar Rating does not include any adjustment for sales loads. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are: 100% 3-year rating for 36–59 months of total returns, 60% 5-year rating/40% 3-year rating for 60–119 months of total returns, and 50% 10-year rating/30% 5-year rating/20% 3-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. While the 10-year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10-year period, the most recent 3-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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