Investing in equities has a number of potential benefits:
We believe experienced active investment managers, who take the time to analyse and select individual stocks, will do better over the long-term than index funds that invest passively and indiscriminately in the market as a whole.
We therefore believe that an active approach is more likely to provide a better return and to help you achieve your investment objectives.
Our investment managers are specialist stock pickers and are supported by global research teams.
We are not tied to any one particular style or school of investing. This is because experience shows there is no single approach that works for all markets at all times.
As they aren’t constrained by a single investment approach, our investment teams have the freedom to uncover the most compelling investment opportunities from their markets in the way that they think will work best.
We do not aspire to cover every market. Instead our resources are focused where we believe we have a real competitive advantage and can deliver the results our clients expect.
We believe that investing in equities offers great potential for investors. There are risks however, and it’s therefore important to find an experienced manager to manage these.
Equity strategies could invest in emerging markets, where investments can be higher risk and more volatile, or have investments denominated in a foreign currency meaning a change in exchange rates could affect their value. They may also use derivatives which carry similar risks, or use leverage. Investments are subject to the risk of material losses resulting from human error, systems failures or the incorrect valuation of the underlying securities.
Past performance is not a guide to future performance. The value and income of an investment can fall as well as rise and you may not get back the amount originally invested.