VAM Growth Fund
CLASSIFICATIONS
Asset Class: Multi-Asset
Region: Global
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The objective of the Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation through capital growth. The Fund will, directly or indirectly, gain exposure to equities and similar securities, fixed income instruments (including convertible instruments) and/or money market instruments. The Fund may gain exposure to assets worldwide without any restriction in relation to the currency of denomination of the assets to which exposure is obtained.
The Fund’s direct and/or indirect exposure to equities and similar securities of issuers worldwide may vary between 0% and 100%, and its exposure to fixed income instruments (including sovereign or corporate fixed income instruments of issuers worldwide and of any credit rating as well as convertible instruments) and/or money market instruments may vary between 0% and 100% of the Fund’s net assets.
KEY FACTS
A Class USD | A Class GBP | A Class EUR | A Class SGD | A Class AUD | |
Launch Date | 8th December 2016 | 1st December 2015 | 18th September 2017 | 7th December 2016 | |
ISIN | LU1235259220 | LU1235258842 | LU1525537657 | LU1508396451 | LU1374865985 |
Sedol Code | BXRTSC8 | BXRTSB7 | BYWJC17 | BD3WF97 | BYXV739 |
Bloomberg Ticker | VAMMGAU LX | VAMMGAG LX | VAMMGAE LX | VAMMGAS LX | VAMMGAA LX |
Base Currency | GBP | GBP | GBP | GBP | GBP |
Dealing Frequency | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily |
D Class USD | D Class GBP | D Class EUR | D Class AUD | ||
Launch Date | 24th February 2017 | 24th February 2017 | |||
ISIN | LU1558095235 | LU1558095151 | LU1558095318 | LU1558095409 | |
Sedol Code | BD31MJ3 | BD31MH1 | BD31MK4 | BD31ML5 | |
Bloomberg Ticker | VAMMGDU LX | VAMMGDG LX | VAMMGDE LX | VAMMGDA LX | |
Base Currency | GBP | GBP | GBP | GBP | |
Dealing Frequency | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | |
Z Class USD | Z Class GBP | ||||
Launch Date | 2nd July 2018 | 2nd July 2018 | |||
ISIN | LU1837982278 | LU1821417638 | |||
Sedol Code | BFMB4L4 | BFXXN78 | |||
Bloomberg Ticker | VAMMGZU LX | VAMMGZG LX | |||
Base Currency | GBP | GBP | |||
Dealing Frequency | Daily | Daily | |||
SANLAM PRIVATE WEALTH
Sanlam Private Wealth is a leading discretionary investment manager based in London, with over £12 billion of assets under management. It is part of the Sanlam Group, the largest non-banking financial services company in Africa managing over £50 billion of client assets globally. The group is over 100 years old and the investment team in London holds multiple awards in recognition of its investment capabilities.
PORTFOLIO MANAGER
Phil Smeaton
Phil is the Chief Investment Officer for Sanlam Private Wealth. He graduated with a first-class honours degree in Mathematics from Oxford University and has 19 years of investment experience. He has a proven track record running a market neutral hedge fund as well as global long only funds.
Phil’s career began in 2000 as an analyst on the European Equity team at Tokyo Mitsubishi Asset Management. In 2006 he joined the Global Equity team at Batterymarch (now Legg Mason) where he was initially based in London before relocating to the US. Phil has been a CFA Charterholder since 2003.